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Northern Manawatu Community ‘Relieved’ And ‘Excited’ As ECE Centre Provision Retained
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:33 am | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Local parent Rosie Edwards says parents, the community and Whānau Manaaki will all work in partnership to ensure the success of the new kindergarten. More >>
Emergency Housing Blowout Predicted
Tuesday, 30 July 2024, 6:16 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
A decrease in renters’ rights will jeopardise government objectives such as improving educational attainment, reducing truancy, reducing crime, reducing gang numbers and moving people off benefits and into jobs. More >>
Funding For Lunches In Early Childhood Education Welcomed
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 2:15 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens welcomes the government decision to fund morning tea and lunch for up to 10,000 children in equity-funded not-for-profit early childhood services. More >>
Whānau Manaaki Supports Regulations To Safeguard Children’s Interests
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:44 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens is concerned about changes to the early childhood sector that remove the requirements for the person responsible to be a fully registered teacher, and that allow new centres to be set up even where there is no need for ... More >>
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Welcomes Plan To Reduce Cost Of Fruit And Vegetables
Monday, 14 August 2023, 3:18 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Pacific people will benefit from the removal of GST from fruit and vegetables according to Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens, an organisation that provides services to many Pacific families in Porirua and elsewhere in New Zealand. Whānau Manaaki’s community ... More >>
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Welcomes Budget Focus On Families
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 7:20 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
One of the country’s largest early childhood services, Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens, welcomes the focus on families in today’s budget, but says that early childhood funding increases won’t keep pace with inflation. The government has announced ... More >>
He Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens – Press Release
Monday, 20 April 2020, 4:50 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens welcomes the government’s announcement about a move to level three of its response. We are working to a plan for opening our kindergartens for those children who need to come from Wednesday next week. Whānau Manaaki Kindergarten ... More >>
Early Learning Action Plan Good for Children
Wednesday, 4 December 2019, 4:21 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens welcomes the government’s early learning action plan, in particular the commitment to fund 100 per cent qualified teachers from July next year. More >>
Pay jolt for ECE Teachers
Thursday, 3 October 2019, 1:17 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
He Whānau Manaaki, one of the largest kindergarten associations in the country, fully supports the call for a “pay jolt” for qualified registered ECE teachers working in the wider ECE sector. More >>
Whānau Manaaki calls on government to honour its promises
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 11:15 am | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Kindergartens around the country are campaigning for the government to honour its commitments to restore funding for 100 per cent qualified teachers. More >>
Kindergartens Welcome $24m for Learning Support Services
Monday, 24 June 2019, 3:50 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
He Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens welcome the announcement that $24m will be invested into Early Intervention Services. More >>
Improvements to homebased education welcome
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 4:32 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens welcomes government moves to improve the quality of home-based education. More >>
Qualified Teachers Help Ensure Quality for Young Children
Monday, 11 February 2019, 1:17 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Parents wanting quality early childhood education for their children should look for services that have 100 per cent qualified teachers, says one of the country’s largest Kindergarten Associations. More >>
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens welcomes draft strategic plan
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 9:07 am | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
He Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens, which operates 86 kindergartens in the Lower North Island as well as three home-based networks, welcomes the government’s plan to strengthen the quality and raise the funding of early childhood education. More >>
Toru Fetū celebrates prestigious award
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 10:35 am | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Toru Fetū Kindergarten in Porirua will celebrate its Prime Minister’s award at the kindergarten on Friday with songs, speeches and lunch including traditional dishes. More >>
Toru Fetū Kindergarten wins prestigious award
Friday, 6 July 2018, 9:39 am | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Toru Fetū Kindergarten wins prestigious award Porirua’s Toru Fetū Kindergarten has won a Prime Minister’s education excellence award because of its strong links with its communities. It’s the only early learning service to win an award, which ... More >>
Kindergarten nominated for prestigious award
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 1:03 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Porirua’s Toru Fetū Kindergarten has been nominated for a Prime Minister’s education award for engagement because of its strong links with its communities. More >>
Malofie Exhibition – Samoan Tattooing event
Thursday, 22 March 2018, 4:40 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
The public will have a rare chance to see traditional Samoan tattooing in Porirua next week. More >>
Qualified, Registered Teachers Needed to Improve Quality f
Monday, 19 March 2018, 3:21 pm | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Recent publicity about unsafe early childhood services reinforces the need for qualfied and registered teachers, says Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens chief executive Amanda Coulston. More >>
Kindergartens agree learning support services are in crisis
Thursday, 15 February 2018, 9:44 am | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens agrees with school principals that the Ministry of Education’s learning support service is in crisis. More >>