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Every morning I would feel overwhelmed by the noise level
Dr Sarah Alexander warns systemic failures in New Zealand’s early
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Getting Smarter on Early Childhood Education in NZ’s National Infrastructure Plan
Statement from the Office of ECE. Submitted to the Hon Chris Bishop and the NZ Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga. July 16, 2025.
Released August 6, 2025.
The draft National Infrastructure Plan notes that NZ has a formidable number of infrastructure
The top funded ECE services
Should the government want to champion high-quality ECE provision and diversity of models and choices for parents, it will want to spread its funding around the sector more. Currently, there is a problem. An increasing chunk of its entire ECE budget going towards the biggest for-profit or private providers.
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April 12, 2017. A new early childhood curriculum replacing the current ‘Te Whāriki’ document has been published on the Ministry of Education website. It was
June 26, 2019. The Ministry of Education has reviewed the minimum rates that must be paid for attestation of certificated teachers’ salaries/ wages. It has
Confidence in the Complaints Process. By Sarah Alexander. September, 2014. This report discusses the results of a survey looking at the levels of confidence in
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