Since 1996 Aotearoa New Zealand has had a national early childhood curriculum, Te Wh riki, which validates the language and culture of the Indigenous M ori. This book provides two lenses into the history of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, with a particular focus on M ori children and their famiiles, In elucidating the specific context of early childhood care and education in Aotearoa, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which the recent policy context has operated in an attempt to effect inclusion or exclusion of M ori epistemologies and pedagogies within both M ori...