Changes to Family Boost Scheme

Whānau Manaaki CEO Amanda Coulston was interviewed by TVNZ Breakfast News, alongside Simon Lauber from the Early Childhood Council on whether increasing the threshold will make a tangible difference to families

Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Support Pay Equity Inquiry

Whānau Manaaki Board Chair Martin Robinson represented our association at the launch of a “Peoples’ Select Committee’ of former MPs from parties across the political spectrum, held to gather evidence about pay equity for women workers.

MP Suze Redmayne Visits Kimbolton Kindergarten

Rangitikei MP Suze Redmayne visited Kimbolton Kindergarten last week and featured the kindergarten on her Facebook page. She described the visits as “a fantastic start to my day visiting the incredible team and kids at Kimbolton Kindergarten.

Pay Parity Further Underminded

Yesterday, the government made an announcement that further weakens pay parity provisions for early childhood teachers outside of kindergarten.

Calling on PM to Back Quality Early Childhood Education

The union for early childhood teachers, NZEI Te Riu Roa, has released an open letter to the Prime Minister and Government, calling on them to stop undermining decades of progress in ECE and start supporting quality ECE.