Peter Reynolds

The Labour party says it's a "massive vote of no confidence" in the Disability Issues Minister that Cabinet has now assumed responsibility for future decisions about disability funding.

This comes… Audio

Wheelchair users are being charged up to four times as much for tickets to sporting events and concerts.  

Many in the community feel they're being discriminated against. 

Jonty Dine reports. 
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Disabled people fear they'll be left without critical help when the Covid-19 vaccine mandate kicks in next week for all home care and support workers.

They are part of the government order covering… Audio

Waiting times to get specialist help for disabled pre-schoolers have been sharply reduced but child advocates say any delay is still too long.

After years of criticism, the Education Ministry has cut… Audio

A childcare centre in Feilding is under investigation after a raft of serious allegations were made about the mistreatment of children.

Parents and former teachers at the Pitter Patter Education… Audio

Rule changes that will make it easier to crack down on dodgy early childhood centres are on the cards for next year.

Ministerial documents show the overhaul has been sparked by a rising number of… Audio

The Early Childhood Council says a paid stop work meeting held by teachers this morning was irresponsible.

Early Childhood Teachers from 130 centres across the country met to discuss their campaign… Audio

As schools, universites and early childhood centres wait to find out when they can be fully operational again, the level 3 and 4 lockdown has claimed casualties in the education sector. The Early… Audio

Some early childhood centres reopened for limited numbers of children today, despite concerns from the sector that they posed a health risk to the wider community.

The Early Childhood Council, which… Audio

Early childhood services say they expect many centres will stay closed next week, even though they'll be allowed to be open under Alert Level 3.

The government says schools and early learning centres… Audio

The Early Childhood Council has written an open letter to the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, asking that all early childhood centres remain closed until the country moves to Alert Level 2.

There has… Audio

Principals are warning the government's plans to partially reopen schools at Alert Level 3 could be a shambles.

Early childhood centres and schools will reopen for children up to Year 10 whose… Audio

Hundreds of childcare centres will be paid tens of millions of dollars for loss of income during the Covid-19 crisis thanks to a special insurance deal.

The unusual arrangement with their insurance… Audio

Documents show the Education Review Office was poised to give a positive review to an early childhood service that had broken so many rules the Education Ministry wanted to shut it down.

Ministry… Audio

A special squad in the Education Ministry targeting substandard early childhood services has found multiple breaches of health and safety rules and put more than 14 poor performers out of business in… Audio

New Zealand has some of the most expensive childcare in the world - more than 10 percent of parents spent more than $200 on it every week. Peter Reynolds from the Early Childhood Council joins the… Audio

Parents may end up footing a higher bill for childcare as a shortage of teachers in the sector stretches on. Some centres are forking out nearly double the average hourly wage on relief teachers… Audio

Early childhood services are worried their teachers will be left behind if kindergartens win the same big pay increases as school teachers.

The Educational Institute is negotiating with the Education… Audio

An Auckland daycare centre has taken a child off its roll because his parents wouldn't send him for the minimum 7 hours a day.The Mighty Minds Educare in Penrose seems worried about how the paperwork… Audio

Early childhood educators say the government is ignoring a shortage of teachers in the sector, putting $10 million towards recruiting more school teachers but giving nothing to them. The Early… Audio