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Giving Kids A Great Start!
Fees & Subsidies
Precious Kidz can help work with you if you require more information to check your eligibility for contributions towards the fees and/or subsidies for your child(ren) if they are enrolled with our early childcare services.
Normal Childcare Rates
Normal Childcare Rates
Normal rates in the educator’s home are $5.00 per hour per child. Depending upon eligibility this can be covered by the Precious Kidz subsidy available - call or email us today to enquire
WINZ Subsidy
WINZ Subsidy
Work and Income NZ (WINZ)
Childcare subsidy based on eligibility.
Work and Income NZ also offer an income tested childcare subsidy for a maximum of 50 hours a week, of up to $3.84/hr.
Low income parents who are not working may still be entitled to a 9 hour childcare subsidy.
All WINZ payments depend on the family income and other factors that need to be discussed with WINZ direct.
Childcare Subsidy Work and Income NZ Phone: 0800 559 009
20 Hours FREE ECE for 3 to 5 year olds
20 Hours FREE ECE for 3 to 5 year olds
20 hours ECE is a government subsidy available to all 3, 4 and 5 year old children enrolled in Licensed Education Early Childhood Education providers who opt into the 20 hours ECE.
Below is a basic outline of eligibility/criteria:
Who can get it?
Who can get it?
You may get a Childcare Subsidy if:
you're the main carer of a dependent child
you're a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident
your family is on a low or middle income.
You should also normally live in New Zealand and intend to stay here.
It also depends on how much you and your spouse or partner earn.
The child must be:
under five years old (or under six years if you get a Child Disability Allowance for them)
attending an approved early childhood programme for three or more hours a week.
Approved programmes include early childhood education and care services, eg:
kindergartens and preschools
childcare centres and creches
playcentres and playgroups
Kohanga Reo, Punanga Reo, Aoga and other programmes with a language and culture focus approved home-based care.
Hours Paid For
Hours Paid For
A Childcare Subsidy is normally paid for up to nine hours of childcare a week if you're not working, studying or training.
You may be able to get up to 50 hours a week if you're in one of these situations:
working, studying or on an approved training course
involved in an activity that Work and Income has asked you to do
a shift worker who works nights
seriously ill or disabled
caring for a child in hospital or for a child you get the Disability Allowance for.
In most cases you can't get the Childcare Subsidy for more than nine hours a week if the child's other parent or caregiver can care for them.
Families getting 20 hours Early Childhood Education (ECE) can't get the Childcare Subsidy for the same hours.
How much you can get
How much you can get
How much you get depends on the size of your family, your income and how many hours a week your child goes to the childcare provider.
Childcare assistance starts from the date the care starts (or from the date you apply if you apply after it starts).
All subsidies are paid directly to the childcare provider.
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