Vol. 70 No. 1 (2026) | Early Education Journal

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Vol. 70 No. 1 (2026)

Published: 12-06-2026

Editorial

Editorial

Karyn Aspden
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Peer Reviewed Articles

Kaiako wellbeing in Aotearoa: Pandemic insights for future practice

Natalie Tunnell
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Age ain’t nothing but a number: Rethinking groupings in ECE

Raewyn Penman, Victoria Kees, Sherideen Lange, Rachel Winslow
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“Trying to wrap your head around all of that” – Leadership and curriculum implementation in early childhood settings.

Monica Cameron, Penny Smith, Karyn Aspden
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Opinion Pieces or Commentaries

Moving past the dichotomy: Toward transformative evaluation in early childhood education

Lisa Winiata
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Reweaving practice: The challenges and opportunities for overseas-trained teachers in Aotearoa

Patricia Ong
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Research Notes

Why and how to integrate music into the early childhood classroom

Hamidreza Niknampour, Birce Tanriguden
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International ECE student teachers on practicum in Aotearoa New Zealand: Fostering ethnorelative understandings

Yanan Li, Tamar Weisz-Koves
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Introducing New Zealand Sign Language within an inquiry-based assessment

Paige Thomson, Gillian Postlewaight
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Book or Resource Reviews

Where the Wild Things Are: A teacher's perspective on a timeless classic

Reviewer: Andrea Saladin
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Tribute

A Tribute to Nola Harvey

Jenny Ritchie, Janet S Gaffney, Charlotte Robertson, Diti Hill, Marianne Kayes, Ruth Ham, Meg Jacobs
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