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Participation in early childhood education

The number of 3 and 4 year olds enrolled in early childhood education programmes and the number of Year 1 students who indicated they have attended some form of early childhood education.

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Region "Apparent" participation rate (%)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
1 Northland 74.8 78.7 78.3 83.4 86.5 85.7 84.6 84.9
2 Auckland 81.4 82.4 82.7 82.4 82.8 83.2 82.0 85.8
3 Waikato 83.6 86.0 88.3 89.2 92.9 91.7 92.5 93.4
4 Bay of Plenty 91.8 91.8 90.9 93.6 98.0 97.5 97.6 103.0
5 Gisborne 73.3 81.3 81.6 83.6 86.7 88.4 85.8 84.1
6 Hawke's Bay 100.6 103.6 106.1 112.6 114.3 105.6 105.0 106.7
7 Taranaki 87.5 88.4 93.7 98.5 101.4 101.1 96.4 102.7
8 Manawatu-Whanganui 89.8 89.2 93.1 95.2 96.7 100.5 98.3 97.1
9 Wellington 96.1 95.4 95.2 95.3 96.8 101.1 100.9 103.2
10 Tasman 91.0 87.4 89.2 93.9 97.6 95.2 96.7 95.5
11 Nelson 106.8 101.9 101.0 101.6 96.9 99.2 111.8 105.6
12 Marlborough 98.5 96.4 99.3 100.4 97.5 98.0 100.6 98.3
13 West Coast 79.3 81.2 84.0 89.6 86.0 85.9 88.4 90.7
14 Canterbury 102.4 103.9 106.2 104.6 107.3 107.9 105.5 107.7
15 Otago 105.9 106.7 108.0 110.9 108.3 105.9 107.3 105.5
16 Southland 82.9 85.8 90.5 90.3 90.9 90.9 99.9 98.5

"Apparent" participation rate, 3 and 4 year olds, 2008 (numbers can add to more than 100%)

Region "Apparent"
participation rate (%)		 Number
enrolled
3 year 4 year 3 year 4 year
Northland 83 87 1,800 1,897
Auckland 82 90 16,128 18,060
Waikato 89 98 5,128 5,519
Bay of Plenty 103 103 3,914 4,037
Gisborne 84 84 628 625
Hawke's Bay 103 110 2,213 2,397
Taranaki 101 105 1,438 1,457
Manawatu-Whanganui 94 101 2,830 3,003
Wellington 103 103 6,387 6,508
Tasman 94 97 567 661
Nelson 100 111 541 603
Marlborough 94 102 454 541
West Coast 81 101 310 392
Canterbury 104 111 7,060 7,649
Otago 106 105 2,460 2,330
Southland 89 109 1,170 1,332

Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnicity, 2008

Region European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Northland 892 95.7 909 86.7 25 89.3 42 93.3 21 100.0 1,889 91.0
Auckland 7,682 98.4 2,630 84.1 3,276 81.7 2,873 95.0 498 92.6 16,959 91.6
Waikato 2,906 97.8 1,673 89.6 151 88.8 264 95.0 95 91.3 5,089 94.4
Bay of Plenty 1,762 98.0 1,413 90.8 69 83.1 112 91.1 37 92.5 3,393 94.2
Gisborne 234 95.5 424 90.0 12 85.7 6 85.7 3 75.0 679 91.6
Hawke's Bay 1,069 98.9 727 93.8 115 92.7 47 94.0 16 100.0 1,974 96.5
Taranaki 911 97.5 341 95.3 33 97.1 36 97.3 21 95.5 1,342 96.9
Manawatu-Whanganui 1,647 98.2 906 95.6 109 98.2 96 99.0 35 97.2 2,793 97.4
Wellington 3,342 98.8 1,174 95.1 557 93.8 502 96.5 140 95.2 5,715 97.2
Tasman 492 98.6 57 95.0 4 80.0 11 100.0 7 100.0 571 98.1
Nelson 352 97.2 76 96.2 12 92.3 20 87.0 9 100.0 469 96.5
Marlborough 398 99.0 68 94.4 17 85.0 3 75.0 5 100.0 491 97.6
West Coast 276 94.8 48 92.3 2 66.7 1 100.0 8 88.9 335 94.1
Canterbury 4,881 99.2 799 98.2 210 94.2 294 96.1 125 96.2 6,309 98.7
Otago 1,682 98.9 241 96.8 61 100.0 86 100.0 19 95.0 2,089 98.7
Southland 922 97.7 211 95.0 30 93.8 11 100.0 12 100.0 1,186 97.1
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