In some New Zealand towns families have just one option for full day early childhood education care for under 2-year-olds, while in other parts of the country they don’t have access to certain kinds of early childhood services (including free kindergarten, Playcentre or kaupapa Māori services) at all.
These are just some of our findings. Continue reading below for full details.
Toward the end of last year, the Office of Early Childhood Education undertook a project to analyse and map early childhood services across Aotearoa, identifying ECE “deserts” (large areas where families have significantly limited options).
This work drew on data from
