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Encourage the physical placement of schools and early childhood services in close proximity to each other or on the same site
Encourage parent, whanau, and community participation
Encourage early childhood services to participate in environmental awareness projects with communities and councils
Implement early childhood services ratios of teachers to children of: 1:3 for under twos with a group size of no more than 6 children; 1:5 for two to threes with a group size of no more than 12 children; and 1:8 for over threes with a group size of no more than 24 children

Labour will support more Kohanga Reo to offer 20 Free Hours by encouraging the professional development of Te Kohanga Reo teachers

Enhancing “20 Hours ECE”: keep existing subsidies and fee controls; remove the 6-hours-a-day limit; include playcentres and kohanga reo
Allow qualified English-speaking foreign teachers to qualify after an intensive six-week programme
Allow Montessori, Steiner, and Playcentre qualifications to count towards the degree
Increase the adult/child ratio for children under two from 1:5 to 1:4

Implement policies which will increase participation rates and quality provision of early childhood education, ensuring that kindergarten, Playcentre and Kohanga Reo requirements are given full recognition
Support genuine New Zealand models of governance that exist in Maori-run early childhood centres within the context of kaupapa Maori based whānau involvement
Increase the discretionary grants available to communities for building or upgrading early childhood facilities
Explore the possibilities of enabling early childhood centres to be funded more than six hours per day and for weekend sessions

Endorse the role of parent-led early childhood education centres
Support the idea that 3 and 4 year olds should have 20 hours (or part thereof) early childhood education per week heavily subsidised
Prioritise staff-to-child ratios for each age group as a condition of funding for early childhood education centres where applicable