Some 1200 Canterbury school children will not be able to return to their schools for weeks.

Early childhood provider KidiCorp is the focus of a Serious Fraud Office inquiry over $30 million of taxpayer money.

The Govt's decision to remove recognition for fully qualified centres 'dumbs down' the sector, early childhood educators say.

A 3-year-old boy was bitten by a police dog in front of more than 30 children during a kindergarten visit.

Fire is the third attack on an early childhood centre in the Nelson region in a year.

The Fire Service believes a fire this morning at a west Auckland day care centre was deliberately lit.

Dita De Boni delves into some of the more extreme mummy-chat forums on US parenting sites.