This subsidy is paid to ECE services for each child up to 30 hours, with the following exception:  Services with children on the higher 20 Hours ECE subsidy who are enrolled for more than 20 hours a week at any service can only claim up to 10 hours of this subsidy.

Services continue to receive funding for a child who is absent up to a maximum of 3 weeks.

Services that receive this subsidy for a child can also charge parents/families a fee. 

Kindergarten funding rates (for kindergartens licensed as all-day services and owned by a kindergarten association that the Ministry of Education has a special relationship with)

All other teacher-led centres (kindergartens, preschools, montessori centres, language nests licensed as all-day education and care centres)

Homebased Teacher-Led ECE Service funding rates

Home-based services are required to employ a person responsible/ coordinator for every 50 children who is qualified and holds a current practising certificate.  A service licensed for 51 children must have 2 qualified and certificated teachers.  

Te Kōhanga Reo funding rates

To support teachers, the Trust advocates for Te Tohu Tino Rangatiratanga Whakapakari o Te Kōhanga Reo - a Level 7 qualification delivered in te reo - to be recognised as a qualification accepted by the Teaching Council for graduates to register and gain a practising certificate. The majority of staff in Kōhanga Reo are currently undertaking a Kōhanga Reo course or hold some type of Kōhanga Reo approved course qualification.

Playcentre funding rates

All Playcentres are required to have a person responsible and that person may hold a Level 4 early childhood qualification on the NZQA framework or a teaching diploma or degree and a practising certificate