When ECEC settings were ordered to close, alternative childcare arrangements were made so that licensed childcare providers were able to provide care in their own home or in children's parents home
Country
New ZealandPolicy Area
ECECMeasure
Targeted opening of ECEC settingsEligibility
Children aged under 14 who had parents working in key sectorsType
ServiceStart / Announced Date
26/03/2020End Date
27/04/2020Amount
N/ATotal Cost
N/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
Ministry of Education (2020) COVID-19 update for schools (25 March). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221221212334/https://www.education.govt.nz/news/COVID-19-update-for-schools-25-march/
Masselot, A. and Morrissey, S. (2021) ‘New Zealand country note’, in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G., and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2021. Available at: https://www.leavenetwork.org/annual-review-reports/Access the full dataset here