The kohanga reo (English: language nests) are kindergartens where all instruction is given in the Maori language. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Kindergarten   listen? (German for garden for children) is a name used in many parts of the world for the first stages of a childs classroom education. ... Māori (or Maori) is a language spoken by the native peoples of New Zealand and the Cook Islands. ...

Kohanga reo were initially established in 1982, when there were real fears that the Maori language was dying out. The success of the kohanga reo programme is such that now they have been supplemented with primary schools and secondary schools where Maori remains the primary language of instruction. There are also kohanga reo in other Polynesian languages, eg. Fijian, Rarotongan, Samoan, and Tongan. Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... Secondary school may refer to Secondary school in the United Kingdom, is the general term for the schools for children between the ages of eleven and eighteen in most areas (a few areas have schools for 13-18 year olds instead, and these are called upper schools). ...

The idea behind the kohanga reo has been adopted in a number of other places. The most notable occurrence of this is probably found in the punana leo, which were established in Hawaii to assist in revitalizing the indigenous Hawaiian language. State nickname: The Aloha State Other U.S. States Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle (R) Senators Daniel Inouye (D) Daniel Akaka (D) Official languages Hawaiian and English Area 28,337 km² (43rd)  - Land 16,649 km²  - Water 11,672 km² (41. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hawaiian is the ancestral language of the indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiians, a Polynesian people. ...