Child, 2, locked in stifling hot daycare
Daycare head teacher left 2-year-old asleep when she locked up and went home.
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Child suffers brain damage after choking on apple
Call for tighter rules after child suffers brain damage after choking on an apple.
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Start working on those school routines now.
Kiwi preschoolers create iPad art, music, before they can write
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Tighter controls may force higher childcare fees, centre closures
Tighter monitoring may force some childcare centres to close despite increased funding.
Plans afoot for 'back to nature' preschool
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Daycare crisis: The job no one wants despite pay bonus
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Meet the Alaskan tracing his secret Māori history
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Pukekohe childcare centre downgraded after animal faeces found in sandpit
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Kindy teacher 'went to work and never came home'
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Thames childcare centre licence cancelled for breach
An investigation into multiple complaints has forced the Ministry to cancel its licence.
Shots fired near West Auckland childcare centre
Police are reported to have requested security footage from early childhood centre.
Kindy teacher held children down to force them to sleep
Newly trained teacher loses registration after physical and psychological abuse of kids.
Dr Lance O'Sullivan's health-by-email NZ-wide
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Grandpa collects wrong child from kindy, takes him for injection
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Bullying rife in early childhood sector, new report finds
Bullying is rife at early childhood centres, new ChildForum study finds.
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Ardern hosted community morning tea and met her Plunket nurse this morning.
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Budget 2018: Teachers' pay hikes threaten education pledges
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Lift to 'halve queue for tots seeking aid'
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Daycare death report: Staff 'did wonder if he had fallen'
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Death threats for owner of daycare, as second incident revealed
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