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Ministry of Education New Zealand
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 January 2024
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*
100% certificated teachers15.48 13.46 8.99 7.82 14.39 12.51 
80-99% certificated teachers14.87 12.93 8.17 7.10 13.61 11.83 
50-79% certificated teachers13.55 11.78 7.11 6.18 12.44 10.82 
25-49% certificated teachers11.11 9.66 5.76 5.01 10.99 9.56 
0-24% certificated teachers9.64 8.38 4.85 4.22 10.05 8.74 
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 March 2024
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*
100% certificated teachers15.48 13.46 8.99 7.82 15.03 13.07 
80-99% certificated teachers14.87 12.93 8.17 7.10 14.22 12.37 
50-79% certificated teachers13.55 11.78 7.11 6.18 12.99 11.30 
25-49% certificated teachers11.11 9.66 5.76 5.01 11.47 9.97 
0-24% certificated teachers9.64 8.38 4.85 4.22 10.49 9.12 
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 January 2025
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*
100% certificated teachers15.79 13.73 9.17 7.97 15.33 13.33 
80-99% certificated teachers15.17 13.19 8.33 7.24 14.50 12.61 
50-79% certificated teachers13.82 12.02 7.25 6.30 13.25 11.52 
25-49% certificated teachers11.33 9.85 5.88 5.11 11.70 10.17 
0-24% certificated teachers9.83 8.55 4.95 4.30 10.70 9.30 
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 January 2026 **
Under 22 and Over20 Hours ECE
incl GST***excl GSTincl GST***excl GSTincl GST***excl GST
100% certificated teachers15.8713.80 9.218.01 15.4113.40 
80-99% certificated teachers15.2513.26 8.377.28 14.5712.67 
50-79% certificated teachers13.8912.08 7.296.34 13.3211.58 
25-49% certificated teachers11.399.90 5.915.14 11.7510.22 
0-24% certificated teachers9.888.59 4.984.33 10.759.35 

* Pourato uses a funding rate to 6.dp for this set of rates. We have rounded to 2.dp for ease of reading. (Note these GST exclusive rates are not effective until the 1 July payment.)

** Rates with an effective date from 1 July 2025 onwards are GST exclusive rates. These rates are 2.dp in Pourato.

*** GST inclusive rates for rates effective from 1 July 2025 are for comparison only.