In the news

 

21 April 2012

New city kindy to cater for demand

Timaru Herald

 

15 April 2012

Government Efforts to Increase ECE Participation Examined

Radio New Zealand

 

11 April 2012

Tall tale to raise funds for kindergarten

Nelson Mail

 

10 April 2012

Garden helps children grow

Taranaki Daily News

 

5 April 2012

Kindergarten taking shape

Otago Daily Times

 

3 April 2012

Fun learning about our environment

The Northern Advocate

 

26 March 2012

ECE fears more funding cuts

Radio New Zealand


21 March 2012

Enviroschools’ preschoolers project unveiled

Scoop Independent News

 

20 March 2012

Kindy rewarded for healthy habits

Wairarapa Times-Age


20 March 2012

Outdoor fun at Wadestown kindy

Dominion Post

 

14 February 2012

Early education's critical path

Dominion Post

 

10 February 2012

Taking action to raise quality in early childhood education

Scoop Independent News

 

8 February 2012

Kindergartens encourage male input

Scoop Independent News

 

6 February 2012

Longer sessions for kindy kids

Ashburton Guardian

 

3 February 2012

NZ Kindergarten Response to Treasury Briefing Recommendations for Early Childhood Education

NZ Kindergartens

 

2 February 2012

Males missing in preschools

Wanganui Chronicle

 

26 January 2012

Kindergarten expected to be open for term two

Otago Daily Times

 

24 January 2012

Blokes-in-kindy challenge

Marlborough Express

 

21 January 2012

Y-men to the rescue

Superheroes sorting out kindy problem

Dominion Post

 

14 December 2011

Kindergarten kids top of their crop

Wanganui Daily Chronicle

 

13 December 2011

In with the new for kindy kids

Otago Daily Times

 

13 December 2011

Kindy celebrates its new name in song

Whangarei Leader

 

12 December 2011

Santa's little helpers help

Hawkes Bay Times

 

8 December 2011

Kindy vegetable garden is a winner

Manawatu Standard

 

6 December 2011

Hutt supermarket builds new $1m kindy

Dominion Post

 

5 December 2011

UCOL Carpentry students Adopt a Kindy

UCOL News

 

2 Decemberr 2011

Manchester Kindergarten Wins top Heart Foundation Award

Scoop Independent News

 

28 November 2011

Te Mata's sleeping giant comes to life

Hawkes Bay Today

 

26 November 2011

Love is sharing Play-Doh

Timaru Herald

 

25 November 2011

Ruahine Kindergarten Association 1st to head into the cloud

Scoop Independent News

 

24 November 2011

 Kindy on right health track

Fielding Herald

 

23 November 2011

UNICEF NZ Writes for Children’s Rights

Scoop  Independent News


17 November 2011

Famous rockers turning heads

Timaru Herald

 

17 November 2011

Portable vege patch impresses judges

Otago Daily Times

 

17 November 2011

Environment Action Award winners announced

Scoop Independent News

 

10 November 2011

Bears, bears everywhere

Wairarapa Times-Age

 

4 November 2011

"Why aren't you the prime minister?"

The Dominion Post

 

4 November 2011

Kindergartens receive Good Idea Award for rainwater barrels!

Scoop Independent News

 

2 November 2011

Kindy kids help paint town mural

Marlborough News

 

31 October 2011

Lincoln kindergarten takes top environmental awards

NZ Kindergartens

 

2 October 2011

Kindergarten face lift

SunLive

 

28 September 2011

Birthday bake-off for kindergarten

Marlborough Express

 

14 September 2011

Starling has starring roles - Talking bird entertaining kindy kids

Stuff.co.nz

 

31 August 2011

Kindy goes all black

Ashburton Guardian

 

16 August 2011

Marlborough kids take top prize in online art competition

Scoop Independent News


10 August 2011

Hand-some support for Kelsey fundraiser

Otago Daily Times

 

9 August 2011

Bulls Kindergarten fundraiser goes for gold

Scoop Independent News


9 August 2011

Kindies get ERO thumbs up

Timaru Herald


8 August 2011

Children at the heart of policy

NZK Press release

 

6 August 2011 

Ranfurly youngsters in line for new kindergarten next year

Southland Times

 

 

6 August 2011

Kindy shortfall being met

Otago Daily Times


3 August 2011


Sick teddy bears get their treatment

Otago Daily Times

 

31 July 2011


Lord Robert Winston & Sir Peter Gluckman on Early Childhood Education

Television New Zealand Q+A 


31 July 2011


Annette King on Early Childhood Education

Television New Zealand Q+A

27 July 2011


Every Child Thrives, Belongs, Achieves

Green Paper for vulnerable children

26 July 2011

New mentoring guidelines build confident teachers

Scoop News


25 July 2011

Child-care costs pressure for families

Otago Daily Times

 

21 July 2011

Kindergarten funding

Radio New Zealand


18 July 2011

A vision for ECE

Scoop Independent News

 

15 July 2011

Making way for new kindergartens

 Otago Daily Times

 

4 July 2011

Standards undermined

NZK Press release

 

4 July 2011

Cuts see increased fees for parents

Nelson Mail

 

4 July 2011

Handy protest against kindy cuts

Otago Daily Times

 

30 June 2011

New Matarau kindergarten opens 

The Northern Advocate

 

28 June 2011

Children have hand in protest

Otago Daily Times

 

28 June 2011

Kindergarten enjoys healthy celebration

Scoop News

 

27 June 2011 

Most successful duck race ever in Havelock North

Hawkes Bay Today

 

27 June 2011

Kindergarten, 40, cooks up fundraiser

Southland Times

 

26 June 2011

Government funding cuts impact kindergartens

Dominion Post

 

22 June 2011

Government ECE cuts force Kindergartens into a corner

Scoop News

 

2 June 2011

ECE Taskforce Report Released

 NZK Press release

 

4 May 2011

Kindergartens launch Facebook page

Scoop Independent News

 

20 April 2011

Children to be screened

Otago Daily Times

 

19 April 2011

Low  decile children will miss out on ECE

Scoop Independent News

 

19 April 2011

Parents hit hard by school costs

Dominion Post

 

15 April 2011

Play just comes naturally at kindy

Southland Times

 

13 April 2011

Gwen Rogers Kindergarten recognised for environ achievement

Scoop Independent News

 

6 April 2011

Lesson in healthy eating

Otago Daily Times

 

5 April 2011

First three years' learning vital for kids

Dominion Post.

 

29 March, 2011

Kindergarten gets Green Gold award

SunLive - the Bay's news first

 

28 Februray, 2011

Christchurch earthquake: School's out as parents look elsewhere

NZ Herald

 

16 February, 2011

Kindy garden is blooming great

Malborough Midweek

 

9 February, 2011

Despite the cuts

The Marlborough Express

 

8 February, 2011

Hutt Kindergartens forced into asking for higher fees, donations

Hutt News

 

8 February, 2011

UN raises concerns about NZ child abuse

Timaru Herald

 

8 February, 2011

ECE cuts a 'backwards step'

Kapi Mana News

 

8 February, 2011

Kids losers in funding cuts

City Life Porirua

 

6 February, 2011

Parents paying for kindy cuts

Sun Live (Tauranga)

 

5 February, 2011

Kids' day of peaceful protest, not play

The Nelson Mail

 

3 February, 2011

Education cuts meet resistance

Kapiti Observer

 

3 February, 2011

Kindergartens set to protest

The Nelson Mail

 

2 February, 2011

Teaching mother hit hard by ECE cuts

Dominion Post

 

2 February, 2011

Petition against cuts growing

Taranaki Daily News

 

2 February, 2011

Call for reversal of cuts

Timaru Herald

 

2 February, 2011

Teachers vow to fight funding changes

Or see PDF of newspaper page.

Southland Times

 

1 February, 2011

Petition launched against early childhood cuts

Otago Daily Times

 

1 February, 2011

Crunch time for parents as ECE centres open

Otago Daily Times

 

1 February,2011

Further early childhood education cuts possible

Stuff website

 

31 January, 2011

ECE funding cuts start to bite

NZ Childcare Association Media Release to Scoop

 

29 January, 2011

Early childhood cuts reversal bid

Otago Daily Times

 

28 January, 2011

Protest amid fears of more cuts

The Nelson Mail

 

2 January, 2011

Wellington parents hit with fee rise

Dominion Post

 

23 December, 2010

Early Education needs commitment

Gisborne Herald

 

20 December, 2010

Harcourts Foundation makes two local grants

Taranaki Daily News

 

17 December, 2010

Kindy kids celebrate spirit of Christmas

Star Canterbury 

 

16 December, 2010

Kids have hearts in the right place

Taranaki Daily News

 

16 December, 2010

Pacific Enrolments in ECE indictment of John Key

Voxy.co.nz

 

14 December, 2010

Kindy leads way to healthy hearts 

Marlborough Express

 

13 December, 2010

Cuts will 'dumb down service'

Northern Advocate

 

12 December, 2010

Running wild in Fiordland (gallery)

Running wild in Fiordland (continued)

Radio New Zealand

 

11 December, 2010

Tolley should contact profs

Gisborne Herald

 

11 December, 2010

Targeted assistance for participation

Ministry of Education - Early Childhood Education

 

08 December, 2010

Child and teacher numbers to drop under ECE funding cuts

Scoop.co.nz 

 

07 December, 2010

From workshops to waiata

Education Gazette

 

02 December, 2010

Preschools protest budget cuts

Manukau Courier

 

01 December, 2010

Survey shows stark reality of Government ECE cuts

 Scoop.co.nz

 

01 December, 2010

Parents face $80 a week fees shock

New Zealand Herald

 

30 November, 2010

Labour says early Childhood participation will drop

Radio New Zealand

 

29 November, 2010

Early Childhood Education grant cuts

Radio NZ - Nine to Noon 

 

27 November, 2010

Kindergartens face more funding cuts

Nelson Mail

 

26 November, 2010

Kindergartens face $1m funding cut

Otago Daily Times

 

26 November, 2010

Editorial: Cutting corners

Timaru Herald

 

25 November, 2010

More funding cuts to Kindergartens

Scoop.co.nz 

 

25 November, 2010

Kindys up in arms over cutbacks

Mountain Scene 

 

25 November, 2010

Early Childhood Education takes funding body blow

Manawatu Standard

 

24 November, 2010

More cost cutting to early childhood education 

NZEI

  

Posted, 21 November, 2010

Peaceful protest in Dunedin

Otago Daily Times

 

19 November, 2010

Kindies bracing for budget cuts

Timaru Herald 

 

19 November, 2010

Reversal of Early Childhood Cuts urged

Scoop.co.nz

 

 

16 November, 2010

Christchurch Mass Reading for Children's Rights

UNICEF via Scoop.co.nz

(More information available at http://www.unicef.org/rightsite/files/rightsforeverychild.pdf)

 

10 November, 2010

Centres' funding cuts start to bite

Marlborough Express 

 

09 November, 2010

Marchers protest against funding cuts to early childhood education

Channel 9, Dunedin Television

  

08 November, 2010 

Real little people matter

Otago Daily Times

 

06 November, 2010

Economic Benefits of Early Education

NZ Kindergartens

 

05 November, 2010

Underinvestment in Early Education a stupid Policy

Scoop 

 

03 November, 2010

Early Childhood Centres brace for cuts

Hawkes Bay Today 

 

02 November, 2010

Childcare centres brace for less money as cuts hit home

New Zealand Herald

 

02 November, 2010

Funding cuts threaten Kindergartens

Bay of Plenty Times 

 

01 November, 2010

First big funding drop for early childhood service

Scoop

 

01 November, 2010

Union: ECE centres have started raising fees

TVNZ

 

29 October, 2010

Giving teachers the recognition they deserve

New Zealand Kindergartens 

 

27 October, 2010

Early Childhood Costs to rise

TVNZ

 

22 October, 2010

How will childcare centres cope with the Govt's cuts?

Campbell Live, TV3

 

 22 October, 2010

Early Childhood centres to raise fees - survey

New Zealand Herald

 

19 October, 2010

Funding cuts result in Kindergarten job losses

Wanganui Chronicle

 

15 October, 2010

Fears for affordability of preschool education

New Zealand Herald

 

12 October, 2010

Govt cuts affect early childhood educators

Campbell Live, TV3

 

12 October, 2010

Childhood education cuts pressure family

Star Canterbury

 

09 October, 2010

Govt cuts push up costs to parents

Otago Daily Times

 

08 October, 2010

Taskforce needs to focus on children

Scoop

 

 08 October, 2010

Benefits of ECE to Maori Children

Waatea News, Radio New Zealand

 

08 October, 2010

Taskforce needs to focus on children

Media Release, NZK

 

03 October, 2010

Cuts push kids out of daycare

Sunday Star-Times

 

26 September, 2010

More funding cuts loom for early childhood centres

Sunday Star-Times

 

23 September, 2010

Concern over early childhood subsidy change

Radio New Zealand

 

22 September, 2010

Children: Experts and Leaders Gather

Scoop

 

17 September, 2010

Fiordland Kindy's innovative nature earns award

Southland Times

 

14 September, 2010

Early Childhood Education Funding Cuts: "It's all part of a massive downhill slide in ECE funding"

Geraldine News

 

7 September, 2010

Quality Early Childhood Care and Education: Every Child's right

Address by Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan to the NZ Kindergarten Conference.

 

30 August, 2010

Kindergarten committed to 100% qualified teachers

Media Release - NZK

 

29 August, 2010

Kindergarten teachers slam funding cuts

TVNZ 7 - News at 8

 

28 August, 2010

Education cuts target young and vulnerable - protesters

3 News

 

27 August, 2010

Reconsideration of early childhood funding cuts turned down

Radio New Zealand 'Checkpoint'

 

27 August, 2010

Protest at 'dumbing down' of education

Bay of Plenty Times

 

18 August, 2010

NZK Chief Executive Clare Wells talks about pressure on ECE Services (See 'rise in birth rate putting pressure on education - 8.21am)

Morning Report

 

15 August, 2010

Sir Peter Gluckman interview

TV1, Q + A

 

10 August, 2010

Good Kindergarten Teachers worth Thousands

Morning Report

 

4 August, 2010

Sharp Childcare Cash Cut

 Upper Hutt Leader

 

25 June, 2010

Pre-schools pass Budget bill to parents

NZ Herald

 

25 June, 2010

Young thrive with skilled teachers

NZ Herald: Margaret Carr and Linda Mitchell on why early childhood centres need qualified staff

 

25 June, 2010

Early childhood centres hit by funding cuts

Media Release to Scoop: Early Childhood Council

20 June, 2010

Preschool costs to rise

Sunday Star Times

 

16 June, 2010

Fee increases, service cuts in store for ECE

Southland Times

 

3 June, 2010

Funding cuts see kindergarten proposal dead in the water

Media Release - Tauranga Region Kindergartens 

 

20 May, 2010

Children lose out in budget cutbacks

Media Release - NZK