58883 (2025). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Associate Minister of Education

58883 (2025). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Associate Minister of Education: What advice has the Minister requested from the Ministerial Advisory Group, if any, on ensuring that any changes to the ECE funding system do not shift costs onto parents in ways that reduce participation or compromise children’s learning and wellbeing?

Hon David Seymour: The Ministerial Advisory Group’s Terms of Reference outline my expectations for the Early Childhood Education Funding Review. https://www.beehive.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2025-09/ECE%20Funding%20Review%20Terms%20of%20Reference%20-%20Updated%20September%202025.pdf This is also my response to written parliamentary questions 58884, 58885, 58886, 58887, 58888, 58889, 58891, 58892, and 58894 (2025).