Tamariki can’t vote, but they live with our decisions
Kindergartens Aotearoa has called on political parties to commit to ECE and adopt three key principles to underpin government decision-making, policy settings and investment.
Piri'anga Alofa Pacific and Community Services Senior Lead Lealamanua Aiga Caroline Mareko spoke at an Action Station hui over Kings birthday weekend about motivating communities to enrol and to vote.
Kindergartens Aotearoa has published a media release in response to the 2026 budget, and funding for early childhood education services.
Early childhood education pays off - now and in the future. Increased public funding to ECE services not only realises the educational and social benefits for children but also helps ease the financial pressure on households.
The seventh edition of our Whānau Pānui : Family Newsletter was published this month.
The Labour candidate for the new Kāpiti electorate, Sophie Handford, visited Whānau Manaaki’s Porirua office last week to find out more about our programmes and policies that affect education.
Kaiako from kindergartens and other services, kindergarten parents, union activists, sector leaders, academics and others gathered this week for the Early Childhood Summit to discuss the perils of deregulation and privatisation in the early childhood sector.
This week 135 staff from across our four support offices (Whanganui, Taranaki, Porirua and South Otago) came together for an office hui in Porirua.
A meeting at Le Fale Jobs and Skills Hub in Cannons Creek, Porirua this week considered how creating a living wage city could improve the lives of families and children in the community.
From 2 March 2026 Kindergarten Taranaki will join with Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens.
