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Financial Education Will Help Disadvantaged Kids Succeed
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:42:13 +1200 | ACT New Zealand
These curriculum changes are part of a broader shift to refocus education on real-world skills instead of ideology. More >>
Samsung Solve For Tomorrow Returns For 2025 In Search Of Student Innovators Across Aotearoa
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:08:24 +1200 | Samsung Solve for Tomorrow
Solve for Tomorrow 2025 offers a prize pool of $24,000 in cash and Samsung technology for winning students, their teachers, and schools. More >>
Protecting Our Youngest Citizens: Put People Before Profit In Infant Formula Rules
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:15:04 +1200 | Health Coalition Aotearoa
Health Coalition Aotearoa supports a U-turn in the policy and a recommitment to the infant formula standard. We strongly oppose any move to prioritise corporate profits over population wellbeing.More >>
Locals Work Together To Deliver Almost $1.2 Million In Support To Wellington Community
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:33:53 +1200 | Nikau Foundation
By sharing knowledge & bringing local generosity closer to local need, the Foundation is channeling funding into areas of high need. In 2024, the Foundation gave over $151,214 to foster health & wellbeing, $143,380 to address food insecurity and $120,829 ...More >>
UNICEF To Launch Groundbreaking Project To 3D Print Prosthetics For War-injured Gaza Children
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:00:13 +1200 | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
Funding of more than quarter of a million dollars from a new collaboration between UNICEF Aotearoa and the FIANZ has allowed a pilot to launch with the planning of a production facility in Jordan to ‘print’ desperately needed prosthetics.More >>
Principals Welcome Government Teacher Registration Relief
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:12:58 +1200 | NZ Principals Federation
"Principals welcome this initiative," said Gavin Beere, who heads up the NZPF Executive Pou on policy. More >>
Cross-Party Hope For Anti-Trafficking Legislation
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:04:13 +1200 | RNZ
An MP fighting for anti-trafficking legislation says it is hard for prosecutors to take cases to court - but he is hopeful his bill will turn the tide. More >>
Increases In Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Threaten Years Of Progress, Warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:04:55 +1200 | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
UNICEF, WHO, & Gavi urgently call for parents, the public, & politicians to strengthen support for immunization. The agencies emphasize the need for sustained investment in vaccines and immunization programmes and urge countries to honour their commitments ...More >>
Transparency Needed On Changes To Early Childhood Education
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:33:35 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
“David Seymour should focus on growing the number of qualified teachers so more children get the support they deserve,” Labour’s early childhood education spokesperson, Jan Tinetti said.More >>
Greens Call On Government To Halt Changes To Early Childhood Education
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:26:56 +1200 | Green Party
“Every child deserves the best possible start in life, we cannot afford to place their future in the hands of companies with more interest in profit than the wellbeing of our tamariki,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Early Childhood Education ...More >>
Aid Cuts Threaten The Lives Of 110,000 Children With Severe Malnutrition Reliant On Emergency Treatment
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:01:45 +1200 | Save The Children
Globally, one in five deaths among children aged under 5 are attributed to severe acute malnutrition, making it one of the top threats to child survival.More >>
Kindergartens Aotearoa Opposes Government Putting Business Interests Before Children In Early Childhood Education
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:14:13 +1200 | Whanau Manaaki Kindergartens
In announcing changes, the Minister for Early Childhood Education David Seymour focused on making it “easier to do business” the “thriving market” for early childhood education, and compliance costs, rather than on children and families or education.More >>
ECE Regulation Change Timeline Welcomed By Providers
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:10:38 +1200 | Early Childhood Council
“It’s good progress to have a clear timeline approved by Cabinet. We can expect changes within the next 18 months, ensuring the regulatory improvements can happen as soon as possible,” said ECC CEO Simon Laube.More >>
Nurturing Development Through Love, Learning, And Thoughtful Baby Room Decor
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 07:41:50 +1200 | Hugh Grant
Every feeding session is an opportunity to build trust and connection. Secure attachments form in spaces that radiate warmth and safety. In this carefully curated world, the nursery evolves from a room into a lifelong foundation of love and learning.More >>
Will All Children Be Born Free Of HIV, Syphilis And Hepatitis-B By 2030?
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:31:01 +1200 | CNS
Strong evidence since years has repeatedly proven that it is possible to ensure that all children born to parent(s) with HIV, hepatitis-B or syphilis, can be born free of these three infections.More >>
Security Worries Stymie Whānau Sessions At Pride Week Taranaki
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:10:52 +1200 | Craig Ashworth - Local Democracy Reporting
The safety worries come after Destiny Church protestors disrupted a children’s library session by a drag king at Te Atatū Community Centre, and then temporarily blocked Auckland’s Rainbow Parade and Wellington’s Pride Parade.More >>
Young People Gather At The UN To Drive Science- And Evidence-based Solutions For Sustainable Development
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:04:11 +1200 | UN Department of Global Communications
The ECOSOC Youth Forum has proven to be that safe and candid space to elevate and advance the voices of youth in shaping policies that impact their present and future,” said ECOSOC President H.E. Mr. Bob Rae.More >>
Compulsory Consent Education Proposed In Schools
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:09:15 +1200 | New Zealand Government
The Ministry of Education has released the draft relationships and sexuality framework for consultation. It was developed by Ministry of Education subject matter experts and quality assured by both internal and external experts. It outlines the proposed ...More >>
Sudan: One Child Every 10 Seconds Forced To Flee Their Home Since Conflict Began Two Years Ago
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:34:34 +1200 | Save The Children
PORT SUDAN, 15 April 2025 - One child every 10 seconds on average has been forced to flee their homes since the conflict began in Sudan two years ago, according to new analysis from Save the Children. Sudan was already facing one of the world’s ...More >>
Record Hunger In Haiti Amid Rising Needs
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:02:55 +1200 | UN News
Escalating armed violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti and leaving millions at risk, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday. More >>
