Official Opening of Kimbolton Kindergarten
Kimbolton Kindergarten had its official opening last Friday, with children welcomed into the kindergarten this week.
Kimbolton Kindergarten had its official opening last Friday, with children welcomed into the kindergarten this week.
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Kindergartens Aotearoa says decades of progress has been reversed as the government’s move to reduce qualified relief and fixed term teachers’ pay to the minimum wage takes effect.
Kindergartens Aotearoa says private centres are trying to use the government’s review of regulations to drive down quality and reduce teachers’ pay so they can make greater profits from taxpayer funds.
Whānau Manaaki is to open a kindergarten in the northern Manawatu settlement of Kimbolton, after the early learning centre there closed last week.
Whānau Manaaki representatives attended a select committee hearing this week regarding changes to the Oranga Tamariki Act.
Representatives from Piri’anga Alofa Pacific and Community Services appeared before a parliamentary select committee this week to voice their opposition to the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill which they say, will see an extreme uptake of families in emergency housing.
Whānau Manaaki has made submissions on two government bills that are currently before select committees at parliament.
Although kindergartens welcome any increase to funding, the latest Government budget has increased the funding to early childhood services by only half the rate of inflation, meaning an effective funding cut to services.
Island Bay Kindergarten is working with Garden to Table - a charitable trust that helps empower tamariki to whanake (grow), hauhake (harvest), whakarite (prepare), and whāngai (share) fresh, seasonal, and affordable kai.