Options Available to Parents for Childcare
Au Pair – An Overseas Student to Help Your Family
An Au Pair is a young adult or student from another country on a working holiday visa, who works with, and as part of, a
There are many different options for childcare and early education – some you may not yet be aware of or understand much about.
Read about the options and childcare choices available to all parents and families in NZ/Aotearoa.
Enjoy exploring and knowing your options with the help of the articles in this section.
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An Au Pair is a young adult or student from another country on a working holiday visa, who works with, and as part of, a
Most children in Aotearoa New Zealand start school at age five, but Steiner and Montessori philosophy suggests keeping a child at pre-school for longer.
Private early childhood centres are as the name suggests – privately owned. Owners can be individual people such as business entrepreneurs, accountants, lawyers, as well
If you have time to look after other children, or would like to work with young children, consider becoming a home-based educator. As one stay-at-home
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