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Ministry of Education New Zealand
$Rates from 1 January 2024Rates from 1 January 2025
incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*
Equity Funding Component A: Low Socio Economic (per funded child hour)
EQI 11.151.001.171.02
EQI 20.880.770.900.78
EQI 30.510.440.520.45
EQI 40.240.210.240.21
Equity Funding Component B: Special Needs Funding (per funded child hour)
EQI 10.540.470.550.48
EQI 20.340.300.350.30
EQI 30.230.200.230.20
EQI 40.210.180.210.18
Equity Funding Component C: Language (monthly)
Language465.23404.55474.53412.63
Equity Funding Component D: Isolation (monthly)
1.65 to 1.83113.2098.43115.46100.40
1.84 to 2.53170.46148.23173.87151.19
2.54 and greater328.93286.03335.51291.75
$Rates from 1 January 2026 **Rates from 1 July 2026 **
incl GSTexcl GST ***incl GSTexcl GST ***
Equity funding component A: Low socio-economic (per funded child hour)
EQI 11.171.021.181.03
EQI 20.910.790.920.80
EQI 30.520.450.530.46
EQI 40.240.210.240.21
Equity funding component B: Special needs funding (per funded child hour)
EQI 10.550.480.560.49
EQI 20.360.310.370.32
EQI 30.230.200.230.20
EQI 40.210.180.210.18
Equity funding component C: Language (monthly)
Language476.91414.70484.06420.92
Equity funding component D: Isolation (monthly)
1.65 to 1.83116.04100.90117.78102.42
1.84 to 2.53174.74151.95177.36154.23
2.54 and greater337.19293.21342.25297.61

* 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.