Kōrero: Early childhood education and care

Sauaga Falesefulu (left) and Robert Sua kick a ball around at the Manukau Central Kindergarten at Wiri, Auckland, in 2005. In the early 2000s some kindergartens, such as Manukau Central, turned into daycare centres and charged fees. This major change occurred so kindergartens were more financially stable, and because parents increasingly wanted full-day services.