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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*
Quality10.779.375.414.706.725.84
Standard9.428.194.744.126.045.25
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 March 2024
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*
Quality10.779.375.414.707.036.11
Standard9.428.194.744.126.325.50
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 July 2024
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*
Quality11.6210.105.845.087.596.60
Standard10.168.835.114.446.825.93
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 January 2025
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*
Quality11.8410.305.955.177.736.72
Standard10.359.005.204.526.956.04
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 July 2025
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GST***excl GST**incl GST***excl GST**incl GST***excl GST**
Quality12.6010.966.335.508.237.16
Standard11.029.585.534.817.396.43
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 January 2026
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GST***excl GST**incl GST***excl GST**incl GST***excl GST**
Quality12.6611.016.365.538.287.20
Standard11.079.635.554.837.436.46

* Pourato uses a funding rate to 6.dp for this set of rates. We have rounded to 2.dp for ease of reading.

** These GST exclusive rates are 2.dp only in Pourato. As Pourato is GST exclusive only from 1 July 2025 we have only published the GST exclusive rates.

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