Child Care News
The long wait: 179 days for assessment for struggling Waikato children
Stuff - Libby Wilson - October 26, 2020An almost 180-day wait is ahead of Waikato children - and families – who need a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or other developmental issues. Voices in the sector say that’s too long, and it’s a problem right around New Zealand. At Waikato DHB’s Child Development Centre...
Napier childcare centre taking precautions after NZ traveller tests positive to Covid-19 in Japan
TVNZ - 1 News - October 26, 2020A child is under investigation as a suspected historical or potential false positive Covid-19 case after they tested positive on arrival in Japan - after previously testing negative in New Zealand. New Zealand continues to follow its precautionary approach while the case is under...
Mum 'eternally grateful' to daycare teacher for identifying son's leukaemia
RNZ - October 21, 2020A Bay of Plenty mother says an observant childcare centre may have saved her son's life when they told her something didn't seem quite right with the two-year-old. Rata Campbell was yesterday given the good news that her son, Isaac, is now in remission after being diagnosed...
Investors Eye Growing Returns As Suburban Childcare Premises Go Up For Sale
Scoop - Press Release: Bayleys Realty Group - October 20, 2020The land and buildings housing a modern, purpose-built suburban childcare centre in a growing residential catchment has been placed on the market for sale. The property at 21 Park Hill Road, Birkenhead, on Auckland’s North Shore, is occupied on a long-term, bank-guaranteed...
Sweary boss has to pay more than $20k to Gore childcare worker
Otago Daily Times - October 20, 2020A childcare worker who was sworn at and suspended for complaints that never happened has been awarded more than $20,000 for her unjustified dismissal. Andrea Stewart was working as an after-school supervisor at Schools Out Gore Limited, when she was sworn at in front of...
Toddler behaviour hardest hit during Covid-19 lockdowns, survey finds
Stuff - Serena Solomon - October 19, 2020Charlotte Gurnell’s three-year-old daughter regressed in her potty training and invented an imaginary friend. The tantrums of Olivia Rysenbry’s normally sweet-natured, 3-year-old daughter intensified. Victoria Gray’s 3-year-old son switched to a short attention span and didn’t play as well ...
Covid 19 coronavirus: Breath test device developed, Dunedin childcare staff try it out
NZ Herald - John Lewis, Otago Daily Times - October 10, 2020A prototype breath analysing device which can instantly detect if a person has Covid-19 was on display in Dunedin yesterday, and could be a "game-changer" in how we live in the world with the virus. New Zealand distributor of the device was at the Jade Star Childcare and Learning Centre...
PMG Fully Subscribes Investment Offer; Fastest In Property Funds Manager’s History
Scoop - Press Release: PMG Property Fund - September 30, 2020Property funds manager PMG Property Funds Management Limited has (PMG) fully subscribed an Offer in its PMG Direct Childcare Fund within 36 hours of the Offer going live. PMG Chief Executive Officer Scott McKenzie says the Offer in its PMG Direct Childcare Fund – a category ...
Te Rito Maioha (ECNZ) Signs A Virtual MoU With UAE’s Higher Colleges Of Technology
Scoop - Press Release: HCT - September 28, 2020The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) will collaborate with New Zealand’s Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand to develop an enhanced version of its Bachelor degree programme in Early Childhood Education, after the two organizations...
Judith Collins targets younger demographic - at daycare - with fist-bumps and advice on drinking milk
1 news - September 24, 2020Judith Collins met today with a younger demographic by visiting the Gisborne daycare centre BestStart Lytton, where she was warmly welcomed by the children. During the visit, the National leader fist-bumped one of the children, spoke about the importance of milk and told 1 NEWS ...
Border closure shuts out manager for new childcare centres with 86 planned staff
NZ Herald - September 23, 2020A British childcare manager has been blocked from entering New Zealand just before the opening of three childcare centres with 86 new staff who would have worked for her. Angela Foley, an experienced early childhood centre manager, was recruited by Auckland-based New Shoots ...
Meals at kindergarten the only food some preschoolers get in a day
Stuff NZ - Josephine Franks - September 23, 2020It used to be common for children at Te Papapa Preschool to turn up with a fried egg and half an apple in their lunchbox. Centre manager Liz Ferris would look in their sibling’s lunchbox and find the other half of the apple. On other days they would arrive with nothing to eat for the day...
Fourteen Hawke's Bay early childhood centres on the waitlist for KidsCan help
NZ Herald - Shannon Johnstone, Hawkes Bay Today - September 22, 2020Almost double the number of early childhood centres in Hawke's Bay that KidsCan currently helps are on a waitlist for assistance. KidsCan say early childhood education centres around the country are reporting an increasing number of children arriving without enough food...
Preschool poverty: Kids turning up with no food or shoes
NZ Herald - Nikki Preston - September 21, 2020A young girl saved her sandwich crusts from daycare and wrapped them up to take home to her mummy - just one of the desperate measures families are taking as they struggle to make ends meet due the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Other babies and young children...
Research shows a unhealthy sleep routine in children increases their risk of obesity
NZ City - September 20, 2020An Auckland University study reveals obesity in preschool children is linked to their behaviour towards sleep, eating and play time. But Researcher Samantha Marsh says some young children find bedtime upsetting, because they miss their parents. Marsh advises setting a timer ...
