Child Care News
Available grants for early learning teachers
Education NZ - March 15, 2019If you’re working towards an early childhood teaching qualification, these grants could help you. Learning Support Study Awards. Learning Support Study Awards support teachers (in early learning services and schools) who are undertaking specific postgraduate courses...
Measles outbreak: Wellington schools, early childhood centres warned of risk
Stuff NZ - Katarina Williams - March 14, 2019Residents across the greater Wellington region are being assured there are sufficient supplies of the measles vaccine in the wake of recent outbreaks in Canterbury, Auckland, Dunedin and Waikato. On Thursday, Regional Public Health (RPH) Wellington issued information sheets...
Wellington families express relief after Maranatha funding decision
Wellington Times - Daniel Shirkie - March 13, 2019A group of Wellington mothers who worked to spotlight the desperate need for increased childcare opportunities have called the recent funding granted to Maranatha House a 'fantastic announcement'. The $1.5 million grant will allow Maranatha House...
Voting open in Teaching Council elections
Education HQ - March 12, 2019Teachers from across New Zealand's education system can choose who will represent them on their professional body. "These elections are very significant,” says Lesley Hoskin, Teaching Council interim Chief Executive. “The Teaching Council is doing important work...
Ministry moves to terminate Lower Hutt childcare centre's licence following investigation
Stuff NZ - Matthew Tso - March 12, 2019The Ministry of Education is moving to terminate the licence of a Lower Hutt childcare centre following an investigation into the centre. Stuff revealed last December that staff at the Hutt Hospital Childcare Centre had been stood down while an investigation was carried out...
Opinion: Submissions needed for early childhood education
NZ Herald - Andrew Maclean - March 12, 2019Federated Farmers Rural Education spokesperson Andrew Maclean urges people to take part in the Ministry of Education's consultation on the Early Learning Strategic Plan before it closes on March 15. You cannot be part of the conversation if you are not at the table...
'Where are we staying tonight, mummy?': The heartbreaking question heard at kindergarten
Stuff NZ - March 11, 2019Being at kindergarten for six hours a day was the most stable thing in her life. She needed lots of cuddles. Some days she'd say, "I don't like me". It was her way of expressing how unhappy she was, not feeling the love she was used to. Because children feel loved through being cared for...
KidsCan want to support preschoolers nationwide
Māori News - Te Ao - March 10, 2019KidsCan have extended their services to provide help to Kiwi preschool children aged under 5. This comes in response to increasing requests from Early Childhood Centres, they say, as parents struggle to provide enough food or warm clothing for their children...
KidsCan launches pilot to feed children under the age of five at early childcare centres
Stuff NZ - Matthew Rosenberg - March 8, 2019Children under the age of five have been fainting from hunger at early childhood education centres - and some are dropped off without warm clothes, nappies or formula. Now, there is a nationwide push by KidsCan to keep New Zealand's most vulnerable fed and clothed...
Measles outbreak in Canterbury: What you need to know on Friday
Stuff NZ - March 8, 2019The number of people infected by a recent outbreak of measles has reached 15, including a baby and four preschool-aged children. The number is expected to rise and vaccine supplies are being shipped into Canterbury as swathes of parents rush to get their children – and themselves – immunised...
Prominent Kiwi wāhine explain what International Women's Day means to them
Stuff NZ - March 8, 2019The day has been recognised worldwide for more than a century, but has gained momentum following the emergence of the #MeToo movement. Stuff asked several prominent Kiwi women what this day means to them – in their own words...
Early childhood educators wearing black and white on International Women's Day to fight for pay equity
Newshub - Mel Burgess - March 8, 2019Our aim is to raise awareness about the fight for pay equity in education. We’re hoping by wearing black and white we can start conversations about why fairer pay for ECE (early childhood education) teachers, support staff, and teacher aides is vital to ensuring our tamariki...
New research offers insights into how mothers choose ECE
Scoop Education - March 7, 2019The research, funded by the Ministry of Social Development’s Children and Families Research Fund and conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Education, examines the link between maternal workforce participation and the use of early childhood education services....
Refugee early childhood carers need extra support with new mandatory qualification
Stuff NZ - Paul Mitchell - February 27, 2019Migrants and refugees who provide home-based childcare face an additional hurdle in the leap towards new qualification standards. The Education Ministry has announced plans to introduce a requirement for home-based educators to have at least a level 4 early childhood...
Childcare Provider Underpins Augusta Investment Offering
Scoop NZ - February 2019Augusta Funds Management has headed back across the Tasman for its latest offering of a multi-tenanted commercial property in Brisbane anchored by one of Australia’s longest established early childcare providers. An Australian limited liability partnership (LLP)...
