Finance Minister and Wellington based MP Nicola Willis visited Waitohi Kindergarten in Johnsonville, responding to an invitation to hear concerns about the future of early childhood education under the government’s deregulation agenda.
Rachel Graves and Kylie Semu joined the board after the AGM late last year as community representatives.
The Education Review Office has now published its report on Whānau Manaaki Services
Whānau Manaaki opposes the Regulatory Standards Bill 2025 and calls for it to be rejected.
Whānau Manaaki opposes the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill and calls for it to be rejected.
Kindergartens Aotearoa opposes the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill and calls for it to be rejected.
Kindergartens Aotearoa is concerned that the recommendations of the regulatory review will lower standards and heighten concerns about safety – for babies and young children and for staff.
Early childhood education takes place at the most important period in a child’s life, when the most learning occurs and when the foundation for all future learning is set.
Whānau Manaaki has released it's very first parent panui, to keep our families up to date with what our association has been up to, and what's been happening in the ECE (Early Childhood Education) sector in Aotearoa.
Many Wairarapa teachers featured in the Wairarapa Times Age with a photo of them taking parent statements to local MP Mike Butterick.
