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To serve and support services, management and staff in fulfilling their roles as Christian educators and caregivers.
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To encourage services to use a holistic approach to the education and care of children in their service (physical, spiritual, cognitive, emotional and social) based upon Christian principles.
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To encourage services to promote and strengthen family life.
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To encourage services to acknowledge and reflect the dual cultural heritage of Aotearoa/New Zealand in support of Te Tiriti o Waitangi /Treaty of Waitangi.
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To facilitate the provision of resource material, advice, networking and fellowship and to assist persons or organisations establishing new centres.
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To establish and encourage professional development of Christian Early Childhood Education at a national and regional level.
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To research and collate relevant governmental policy statements or other societal issues and, where appropriate, inform members and collate and represent their views.
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To co-ordinate approaches to Government, media and any other appropriate commissions, committee or authority on matters pertaining to the objects of the CECEAA.
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To promote quality Christian Early Childhood Education and Care.
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To do all such things as may be considered necessary for the attainment of the objects of the CECEAA.
