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That's excellent news.
Likely I only read very old books by English speaking NZ authors.

I hope it's done better than Irish in Irish schools which is going backwards for various reasons since 1922, though it depends on the school.

British were actually encouraging Irish in Primary schools in 1907 (I see from my Grandfather's school books). It dwindled from 17th C to 19th by choice of the Irish people believing they'd get on better in English. Elizabeth I in 16th C had a prayer book published in Irish. The first book of Irish names for children was published in 1923. For 100s of years people had been using either Catholic saints' names or Anglo-Norman names.