Supporting Quality Early Childhood Education Across Northland with ECE PLD Exciting professional learning opportunities are coming to Te Tai Tokerau. The Northland SELO (Strengthening Early Learning Opportunities) Project is launching to support early childhood education (ECE) services, leaders, and kaiako across Northland with practical, evidence-informed professional learning focused on curriculum design, assessment for learning, internal evaluation, leadership capability,

Budget announcements can be full of technical language, funding figures, and policy changes that are difficult to translate into day-to-day practice. So what does Budget 2026 Education Funding actually mean for teachers, school leaders, kaiako, and education providers? The short answer is that this year's education investment focuses heavily on secondary achievement, curriculum implementation, qualifications reform, teacher professional learning, vocational pathways, learning

Explore how intentional teaching enhances play-based learning in early childhood education, with insights from play therapy and ECE practice in NZ.