Journals Search Journal Browse Journal All Issues Current Issue Online First Journal Info Editorial Board Journal Description Journal Permissions Submission Guidelines Subscribe Alerts and Contact Subscribe He kōrero mō Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi Authors Hoana McMillan Abstract Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāpuhi) was born on 21 March 1929 in Wharekahika, East Coast, the daughter of Matenga Matuakore Thatcher and Winirangi Albert (nee Chelsey), and recently passed on 1 February 2025. This article chronicles four decades of dedicated struggle and visionary leadership in Dame Iritana’s profoundly influential work with Te Kōhanga Reo, and concludes with some thoughts about the future. Downloads Citation McMillan, H. (2025). He kōrero mō Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi. Early Childhood Folio, 29(1), 6–9.