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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*
Quality9.918.625.324.6311.079.63
Standard7.886.854.263.709.488.24
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 March 2024
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*
Quality9.918.625.324.6311.5810.07
Standard7.886.854.263.709.928.63
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 January 2025
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*incl GSTexcl GST*
Quality10.118.795.434.7211.8110.27
Standard **8.046.994.353.7810.128.80
$ per funded child hourRates from 1 January 2026 **
Under 22 and over20 Hours ECE
incl GST***excl GSTincl GST***excl GSTincl GST***excl GST
Quality10.178.845.464.7511.8710.32

* 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.)

Note: The above 1 January 2025 standard funding rates were used to pay the 1 November 2024 advance funding for January and February 2025. From 1 January 2025, the home-based services standard funding rates will no longer be an option. The quality funding rates will remain. In the 1 March 2025 wash-up funding payment, all home-based payments from 1 January will be at the quality funding rates.

** 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.