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Dr. Arapera Royal Tangaere
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Kaihere Kaupapa Kounga (National Advisor—Quality of the kaupapa) Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust
Arapera Royal Tangaere is of Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa and Kaitahu descent.
She has been involved in early childhood since 1975 and was the Director of the School of Early Childhood Education at the Auckland College of Education in the 1990s.
Arapera has been with Te Kōhanga Reo since 1982 and joined the kōhanga national office in 1995. She is a strong advocate for empowering all children and particularly Māori children and their whānau in life achievements and in their own learning and development. She joined the NZCER board in October 2017.