ANALYSIS. OECE, 13 May 2025.
The long-running pay equity claim for early childhood teachers – alongside their primary and secondary school colleagues – has been scrapped after Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden last week announced changes to the Equal Pay Act.
But, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s the e
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Anyone thinking about getting a job in ECE working in ECE or thinking about moving to a different service will find clear, practical information in this article about pay rates, employment conditions, and what to expect in different roles. It explains everything from starting salaries and pay‑step calculations to workplace rights, benefits, and how to recognise a supportive, professional environment.
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The titles, authors and abstracts for papers published in the NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, Volume 10, 2007 are shown below.
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Children’s Views of their World
Freda BriggsUniversity of South AustraliaNZRECE Journal, Vol. 10, 2007, pp. 3 – 1
Research on health and wellbeing of Pacific children in NZ early childhood education, and factors that impede or enable better health and wellbeing. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.
A free kindergarten association plans to make all of its kindergartens open year-round from the beginning of 2026, the Office of Early Childhood Education understands.
Multiple sources have told the OECE that the association’s management team has informed teachers employed by the kindergarten association, one of the largest ECE service providers in New Zealand, of the proposal, but parents and families have not yet been told.
The move to year-round care and education may prove popular with parents in paid employment.
No public announcements have been made yet, so the OECE has chosen not to name the kindergarten association at this stage.
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The board/committee, management, families and all involved in the early childhood service need to be confident that
Not Doing Enough to Promote Sign Language September 4, 2013. A report from the Human Rights Commission says that early childhood education services and schools
Research on child wellbeing and insights into wellbeing gains for children in early childhood education. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.
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