A message from our Association General Manager

Kia Ora Koutou

You would have seen information in the news about Campbell Kindergarten and Karori Kids Childcare Centre. The sale of the teachers college campus has put two early childhood services which are sited on the grounds at risk of closure.  Our collective action has seen Victoria University extend the timeframe to 16 February  - after that time they will move to sell the properties. So we need to urge the Minister of Education to intervene and acquire back the properties and lease them back to us at the peppercorn rentals we have always had. 

But this is also bigger than just Campbell Kindergarten and Karori Kids Childcare Centre, this is about the place of not-for-profit, community-based early childhood education in this country. It affects everyone of us and it affects the debate about whether ECE is a public good or a business where the profit motive dominates. 

I know you’re really busy, but please consider signing the petition and also circulating it through your  Facebook pages.

You can read more and sign the petition here:

https://www.change.org/p/minister-of-education-keep-campbell-kindergarten-and-karori-kids-open?recruiter=269898661&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive

Thanks!
xoxox