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Hi, You're receiving this email because {name} thinks the Who looks after our pre-school children during the day? article would interest you. A review of childcare in New Zealand’s has shown that over half of pre-schoolers attend some form of formal early childhood education (ECE) and care.

Grandparents were the most common providers of informal care for both pre-schoolers and school-aged children. Here's a breakdown of all forms of care:
 

Formal Care

 

Type of Care	%
Childcare centres	25.4
Public kindergartens	15.2
Play centres	6.7
Play groups	6.6
Organised home-based care	4.3
Kohanga reo	2.4
More than 1 type of formal care	11.6

 

Informal Care

 

Type of Care	%
Care by a grandparent	31.1
Other family member	11.8
Friend or neighbour	5.7
Another parent living elsewhere	4.9

Figures add up to more than 100% due to some children being counted more than once and they are involved in more than one type of care arrangement.

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^{Source: Statistic NZ}