Puna Reo Rua is a name I have used to describe bilingual education in Aotearoa. It includes early childhood and primary school programmes where there is 51%- 80% te reo Māori teacher instruction. Puna Reo Rua programmes make a significant contribution to Māori language revitalisation. Puna Reo Rua are somewhat unknown Māori educational settings in Aotearoa. Their culturally sustaining characteristics remain enigmatic to many educationalists, policy makers and others due to limited research in this area (Hill, 2017). Puna Reo Rua imbue cultural nuances, teach in and through te reo Māori and embed mātauranga Māori; they potentially provide a good blueprint for supporting culturally responsive teaching in the English medium system (Jones, 2015).