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.
From 1 January 2019 the funding rates for all early childhood services were increased. The last funding increase before 2019 was on 1 July 2014 for all services except for kindergartens. The last funding increase for kindergartens before 2019 was on 1 May 2017.
The funding rates are as shown below.
|
Category of early childhood service |
Funding |
Amount paid to services |
Amount paid to services |
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Free Kindergarten licensed as an all-day service |
80%+ |
$13.04 |
$7.26 |
|
|
50% - 79% certificated |
$11.79 |
$6.25 |
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|
Free Kindergarten with a sessional license |
100% |
$13.81 |
$6.93 |
|
|
Childcare Centre/Early Learning Centre licensed as an all-day care service |
80%+ |
$12.31 |
$6.81 |
|
|
50% - 79% certificated |
$11.15 |
$5.87 |
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|
Childcare Centre/Early Learning Centre licensed as part-day or sessional service |
80%+ |
$10.94 |
$4.96 |
|
|
50% - 79% certificated |
$9.95 |
$4.44 |
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|
Home-based ECE service agency |
Higher rate |
$8.31 |
$4.45 |
|
|
|
Standard rate |
$7.28 |
$3.94 |
|
|
Te Kōhanga Reo |
Higher rate |
$8.84 |
$4.44 |
|
|
Standard rate |
$7.74 |
$3.90 |
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Playcentres operated under the NZ Playcentre Federation |
Higher rate |
$8.98 |
$4.51 |
|
|
Standard rate |
$7.86 |
$3.96 |
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Playgroups
|
Single rate |
$1.51 |
$1.51 |
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20 Hours ECE funding rates for different services
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