Participation in early childhood education

Definition: The proportion of new school entrants (Year 1 students) who had attended early childhood education services.

This image is a visual representation of the data for this indicator. See the table below this image for the information.

Region		2006	2007	2008	2009
1	Northland	89.4	91.1	91.0	89.5
2	Auckland	91.7	91.7	91.6	92.5
3	Waikato	95.0	94.9	94.4	94.2
4	Bay of Plenty	93.3	94.9	94.2	95.9
5	Gisborne	91.7	91.7	91.6	94.2
6	Hawke’s Bay	96.3	95.6	96.5	97.4
7	Taranaki	96.3	97.6	96.9	96.8
8	Manawatu-Whanganui	96.2	96.0	97.4	97.5
9	Wellington	97.2	96.9	97.2	97.2
10	Tasman	95.4	97.6	98.1	96.4
11	Nelson	97.1	97.1	96.5	98.7
12	Marlborough	97.5	97.3	97.6	98.3
13	West Coast	94.9	97.7	94.1	93.4
14	Canterbury	98.3	98.5	98.7	98.5
15	Otago	97.8	98.2	98.7	98.5
16	Southland	97.3	97.2	97.1	97.7
New Zealand		94.5	94.7	94.7	95.1

Source: Ministry of Education