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Costs make return to work hardly worthwhile
New mum Vanessa Mealings would welcome any change that made it easier for her to stay at home in the first year of her children's lives.
Childcare changes would cost parents - Govt
Parents would end up footing the bill for many of the recommended changes in a Children's Commissioner report on pre-primary care, the Government says.
Care for under two-year-olds variable - report
A new report from the Children's Commissioner is a timely call to take the care and education of NZ's under two-year-olds seriously, NZCA says.
It's double trouble - times four
Four sets of identical twin boys are keeping caregivers on their toes at a Northland childcare centre.
Healthcare pilot offers training for parents
Doctors and nurses are being recruited to run parenting programmes in a bid to intervene before unruly children turn into delinquent teenagers.
Parental lessons may miss most in need
Thousands of New Zealand parents are going back to school to learn how to be better parents - but experts still do not know if the multiple programmes are reaching the parents who most need them.
Huge horror buried in small news story
Dita De Boni is horrified at the fear of a 2-year-old kicked to death after wetting himself.
Parents face $80 a week fees shock
The parents of tens of thousands of preschoolers can expect to start paying more for early childhood care next year.
Distraught toddler alone for two hours at childcare centre
A distraught toddler was mistakenly left alone in a childcare centre for nearly two hours while her teachers and friends went for a daytrip to the park.
Graduating to big kids' daycare
It's the first few months of daycare that are the worst, writes Scott Kara.
Boy hurt in kindy crash released from hospital
A five-year-old boy hit by a car outside a South Auckland pre-school has been discharged from hospital.
Boy, 5, seriously hurt in kindy crash
A 5-year-old boy was in a serious condition last night after he was hit by a car outside a kindergarten centre in South Auckland.
20 hours of free care to be reviewed, says Tolley
The 20 hours of free care children 3 and over receive in early childhood centres is under review.
Schools shut out siblings as baby boom fills rolls
Popular primary schools could turn away pupils' little brothers and sisters, as they are hit by the start of a new baby boom.
Pupils shut out of quake-hit schools
Some 1200 Canterbury school children will not be able to return to their schools for weeks.