Kindergartens Stand Strong for NZEI Te Riu Roa Day of Action
Kindergartens across the motu stood up for high quality ECE for the national NZEI day of action!
Kindergartens across the motu stood up for high quality ECE for the national NZEI day of action!
This week Masterton West Kindergarten welcomed Labour MP's Kieran McAnulty and Jan Tinetti to kindergarten to discuss the Early Childhood Education Regulatory Review.
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
We welcomed the newest addition to our Otago whānau, KidzWay Kindergarten, this month in Tapanui.
Kaiako from three kindergartens in Karori met Wellington Central MP Tamatha Paul this week, to talk about the issues in early childhood education
The Government has announced a funding review of early childhood education, which has drawn significant criticism from many within the sector—particularly around concerns for quality.
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.
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.
Yesterday, the government made an announcement that further weakens pay parity provisions for early childhood teachers outside of kindergarten.
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.