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An Option For Everyone

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Teacher

  • Original articles you won’t find anywhere else, written by our experts and members, on a huge range of childcare, teaching, learning and employment-related topics.

  • Our vast library with over 20 years of ECE journal research articles.

  • Insights and analysis on a large range of matters to help you to think more critically.

  • Increased awareness of what you don’t know and need to know.

  • Opportunity to have your voice heard, through our surveys and feedback on issues and policy and regulation changes.

  • A letter of evidence of professional membership and contribution (available on request).

  • Member-only emails and newsletters.

Kaiako – Teachers – Student Teachers – Parents – Nannies – Hospital Play Specialists – Kaimahi Whānau – Anyone working with young children.

  • Invest $78.00 for 1 year of membership ($1.50 week!)
  • Invest $145.00 for a 2 year membership ($1.39 week!)

Providing you meet the Ts & Cs your membership will commence from the date that payment is received and run for a full 12 or 24 months depending on the time you selected.

When it is time to renew, you will receive a notification email.  Payment for renewal is due, unless you notify us in writing that you wish to cancel your membership.

First – join us.

Second – participate. 

Third – keep in touch and let us know of anything significant or concerning in your area.

Fourth – be an OECE ambassador. Spread the word to others about joining.

Fifth – be an advocate for what we are doing in the OECE to make ECE safer for all and raise the bar of quality in ECE.

Service Provider

  • Policies and templates.

  • The comprehensive ECE Employers’ Guide to employment requirements and obligations, including templates.

  • Free advertising obtained by us on www.myece.org.nz to promote your service to parents and families.

  • Parent survey run for your service and confidential report of results delivered to your in-box.

  • Guidance and ideas on a wide range of topics for running your service and growing your service’s quality.

  • Join our zoom meetings with other service providers to share updates and get ideas on approaches to common problems.

  • Insights and analysis on regulation and policy changes to keep you in the know and better understand the implications for your service and people.

  • Online access to the best NZ published ECE research articles – over 20 years’ worth.

Providers of home-based, kōhanga reo, pasifika ECE, playcentre, hospital-based, early intervention, and education and care centres including free kindergarten assns.

See our T&Cs for membership eligibility criteria and conditions of membership.

We can approve your membership pending getting a probationary licence.  So let us know if you are opening a new service or purchasing one and we can get your membership ready. 

Certificated playgroup providers are welcome to take out a service provider membership but we recommend the Educator Membership option as holding more benefits for you.

Rates start from 70 cents a day for 12 month membership (less for 24 month membership).  The membership rate scale is based on the size of your organisation, to ensure affordability for small services through to extra-large ECE organisations.

Providing you meet the Ts & Cs your membership will commence from the date that payment is received and run for a full 12 or 24 months depending on the time you selected.  

When it is time to renew, you will receive a notification email.  Payment for renewal is due, unless you notify us in writing that you wish to cancel your membership.

First – join us.

Second – participate. 

Third – keep in touch and let us know of anything significant or concerning in your area.

Fourth – be an OECE ambassador. Spread the word to others about joining.

Fifth – be an advocate for what we are doing in the OECE to make ECE safer for all and raise the bar of quality in ECE.

Research User

Over 20 years of high-quality peer-reviewed articles, commentaries, and research notes published in the NZ Research in ECE Journal, now known as the NZ-International Research in ECE Journal.

  • Individuals who would like a personal research subscription

  • Libraries, public and private institutions

Perhaps you may qualify for an Educator membership or an ECE Service Provider membership?  If you can’t find a membership option that fits you, contact us to discuss options – email: [email protected]

  • Personal Research User membership 1 year $79.00
  • Libraries and institutions 1 year $250.00


A 2 year option is also available.

Choose your own username and password when you subscribe online. This will be your login for access.   Or IP address access is available. Let us know if your organisation/institution would like IP address access for your staff and students on site so they don’t need to enter a username/password.

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You can join one or multiple membership plans. For example, if you’re joining as a ECE Service Provider, you can also join as an Educator to gain access to even more member only posts.

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