Around 8% of qualified ECE workforce made up of migrants on Accredited Employer Work Visas
ANALYSIS. July 17, 2025.
New Zealand’s early childhood education sector has become so reliant on migrant labour that around 8% of the qualified workforce is in the country on a temporary work visa – that’s nearly twice as many migrant teachers wor
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