Press releases and articles

Like many not-for-profits, The Castle faced challenges with a tight budget while needing a functional, easy-to-manage website. The centre needed a solution that allowed them to update their website efficiently without ongoing maintenance fees, allowing them more time to focus on the children.

The Early Childhood Council is welcoming the Government’s Early Childhood Education Food Programme, to be delivered by KidsCan.

The Early Childhood Council supports the pay gains made for teachers, but says the flawed Pay Parity policy delivered by the Ministry of Education from 2021 will slowly destroy providers if solutions aren’t found.

ECE operators and teachers hope the Regulation Ministry finds answers to the over-regulation burden that’s made childcare increasingly unsupportive to work in and unaffordable for families.

Manawatu’s Country Kindy has regained its full operating licence and is taking enrolments, bringing a two year saga to an end and giving a rural community its childcare centre back.

The Early Childhood Council says removing Pay Parity rates for relief teachers will help centres balance the books and bring teachers back to permanent roles.