Home-based ECE Documentation Checklist

Changes to NZ ECE Licensing Criteria take effect from April 2026.  Some documentation requirements have been removed meaning less paperwork.

This Homebased ECE Documentation Checklist provides home based kaiako and other staff with a quick and easy way to make sure all required documentation is in place, and also to check that you are not  keeping more documentation than is required.

• Clearly highlights what has changed in the updated Licensing Criteria

• Shows which documentation you must continue to hold

• Identifies documentation that is no longer required

• Allows you to quickly audit your existing documentation

• Helps reduce unnecessary paperwork while staying fully compliant

Instead of reading through lengthy regulatory documents and trying to interpret what applies, save time with this easy to use guide.

Save hours of compliance checking, reduce over-documentation and make sure your centre is ready for ERO and Ministry of Education visits.