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80,000 books: Library service reaches schools, rest homes and young offenders
Some customers have been using the service for more than 20 years.
ECE expert calls for more regulations after issues raised in coronial reports
Two coroner’s reports highlight tragic deaths at early education centres.
Call for mandatory child protection training for teachers
Teachers are in prime position to notice signs of child abuse.
'Thoughtless act': Police appeal after preschool robbery leaves kids without playground
Police are asking the robbers to think about the children and return the equipment.
Thieves ransack Auckland preschool, every room trashed
The preschool now faces a hefty bill to repair the wrecked centre.
Australian state luring Kiwi ECE teachers with $55,000 incentives
Victoria Government is targeting New Zealand early childhood teachers to move.
'Sickening': Female preschool teacher charged with possessing child abuse images
The teacher has been in court and has been granted interim name suppression.
Adult dead, child injured as truck hits kindergarten in Victoria
Riddells Creek crash less than two weeks after a similar fatal tragedy in Melbourne.
Auckland daycare staffer fell ill from gas leak while cleaning out fridge, two others overcome
Those affected by the incident have been discharged from hospital.
Only 1 in 7 children are meeting global health guidelines, study finds
Kids are not moving as much as they should be, impacting healthy growth and development.
Manawanui sinking and rates revolt | Focus Morning Bulletin October 7, 2024
Ripple effects hit after Navy ship’s sinking, clean-up efforts get under way in Dunedin and how one Wellingtonian is boycotting the city’s rates increase.
Auckland daycare requests child’s removal over multiple allergic reactions
The Ministry of Education is processing a complaint regarding the daycare.
Only two children allegedly remain at Ponsonby preschool
Parents threatened to remove children from preschool after fiery feud with management.
‘We’re prepared to withdraw our children’: Scrap threatens preschool’s future
Parents not happy at board plans to make preschool in upmarket suburb ‘more inclusive’.
At 49, DJ Sowerby finds his calling in early childhood education
Gisborne man DJ Sowerby breaks gender norms as an early childhood teacher.
'He is the proudest little Samoan boy ever'
Ask 3-year-old Samson Salima what his name is and he will answer in Samoan - Samasoni.
David Seymour criticised for claiming foreign ECE teachers 'less useful'
The Associate Education Minister blames poor funding for low morale in the sector.
How much language learning is lost during toddlers' screen time?
The average 3-year-old could be missing out on more than 1100 adult words a day.
Cancer strikes South Canterbury preschool twice
Two little girls at the same childcare centre have been diagnosed with leukaemia.
'Extremely serious and concerning': Preschool teacher hit child on head for not sharing
A preschool teacher has been censured for hitting child who refused to share a toy.
High school students mingling outside preschool has parents worried
The behaviour of high school students has twice forced a childcare centre into lockdown.
Childcare waitlist warnings as 20-hours-free scheme extended
Australia is trying to poach teachers as centres prepare for increasing demand.
Early Childhood funding will make 'all the difference' to families
New conditions around the 20 hours free early learning could save parents even more money.
'A worsening trend': Hundreds of early learning centres close down
285 early learning centres have closed in two years.
'It just wasn't affordable': Childcare costs drive family to leave New Zealand
An expat family says childcare costs were one of the reasons they left New Zealand.
'Ow, it hurts': Teacher 'tweaked' ear of preschooler after he smeared faeces on himself
'These are called ears and they aren’t painted on so please use them,' teacher told child.
Hopes Ellis ruling will see more men working in early childhood sector
Less than three per cent of New Zealand early childhood educators are male.