Arapera Royal Tangaere CNZM (born 1950)[1] is a New Zealand early childhood education leader and advocate for the Māori language. She has worked in early childhood education for more than forty years. In 2022 Royal Tangaere was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and education.
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| Awards | Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Herbison Lecture |
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| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
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| Doctoral advisor | Colleen McMurchy-Pilkington, Stuart McNaughton |
Early life and education
editRoyal Tangaere is Māori, and affiliates to Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa and Kai Tahu iwi.[2]
Royal Tangaere has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Otago, and a Diploma in Teaching and a Master of Arts from the University of Auckland.[2] She completed a PhD titled Te Hokinga ki te ukaipoa: A socio-cultural construction of Māori language development: Kōhanga Reo and home at the University of Auckland in 2012.[3][2] Royal Tangaere also completed the Te Tohu Mātauranga Whakapakari Tino Rangatiratanga o Te Kōhanga Reo professional degree in 2019.[4][2]
Career
editRoyal Tangaere began her involvement with early childhood education in 1975.[2] In 1982 she became involved with the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust. Kōhanga reo are early childhood programmes that provide education to children up to the age of 6 years in a Māori language environment. Royal Tangaere was the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust National Advisor and manager for 26 years, developing the curriculum for kōhanga reo and overseeing teaching qualifications.[5][6][5] Royal Tangaere has conducted research to enable parent-led early childhood education to be better supported by the Ministry of Education.[7]
Honours and awards
editIn 1996 Royal Tangaere was awarded the Herbison Lecture by the New Zealand Association for Research in Education.[8] In the 2022 New Year Honours Royal Tangaere was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and education.[9]
Selected works
edit- Arapera Royal Tangaere; Stuart McNaughton (14 March 2014). "From preschool to home: processes of generalisation in language acquisition from an indigenous language recovery programme". International Journal of Early Years Education. 2 (1): 23–40. doi:10.1080/09669760.2003.10807104. ISSN 0966-9760. Wikidata Q113278475.
- Arapera Royal Tangaere; Stuart McNaughton (18 December 2010). "From preschool to home: processes of generalisation in language acquisition from an indigenous language recovery programme". International Journal of Early Years Education. 2 (1): 23–40. doi:10.1080/0966976940020104A. ISSN 0966-9760. Wikidata Q113278467.
- Mitchell, Linda; Royal-Tangaere, Arapera; Mara, Diane; Wylie, Cathie (2006). Quality in parent/whänau-led services: Summary Report (Research Report). NZCER.
References
edit- ^ "Arapera Royal Tangaere". www.komako.org.nz. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Ko Te Kōhanga Reo – Dr Arapera Royal-Tangaere | Tuia Te Ako 2022". ako.ac.nz. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Royal Tangaere, Royal (2012). Te Hokinga ki te ukaipoa: A socio-cultural construction of Māori language development: Kōhanga Reo and home (PhD thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland.
- ^ "Te Kōhanga Reo: Te Tohu Mātauranga Whakapakari Tino Rangatiratanga - Te Tohu Paetahi". www.kohanga.ac.nz. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ a b Melbourne, Hineani (14 January 2022). "Dr Arapera Royal Tangaere -advocate of early childhood Māori education". Waatea News.
- ^ ErenaS (21 July 2022). "Services to Māori and education recognised". New Zealand Educational Publishers. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Quality in parent/whänau-led services: Summary Report | New Zealand Council for Educational Research". www.nzcer.org.nz. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Herbison Lecture". web.archive.org. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2022 - Citations for Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
External links
edit- Ko Te Kōhanga Reo, Arapera Royal Tangaere talking about her life, 28 November 2023, via YouTube (in te reo Māori with English subtitles)