17057 (2025). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Associate Minister of Education

Written Question

Published date: 24 Apr 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	17057 (2025)
Question asked:	06 Apr 2025
Member asking:	Hon Jan Tinetti
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Education
Minister replying:	Hon David Seymour
Answer received:	16 Apr 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_17057_2025
Document guid:	4724598a-56c7-4206-8eb9-500d516ac7ad

17057 (2025). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Associate Minister of Education: How many Early Childhood Education Centres are currently open in all regions of New Zealand, excluding the cities of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, broken down by amount of centres per region?

Hon David Seymour: I refer the Member to the attached table showing the number of Early Childhood Education (ECE) Centres currently open in New Zealand as at 8 April 2025, broken down by region. The data is based on timely and accurate information provided to the Ministry of Education. ECE centres include the following services: • Casual-Education and Care • Education and Care Service • Free Kindergarten • Homebased Network • Hospital based • Playcentre • Te Kohanga Reo. This is also my response to written parliamentary questions 17058, 17059 and 17060 (2025).