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Ministry of Education New Zealand
Equity Funding Rates (including GST)Rates from 1 January 2023Rates from 1 January 2024Rates from 1 January 2025
Equity Funding Component A: Low Socio Economic (per funded child hour)
EQI 1$1.09$1.15$1.17
EQI 2$0.84$0.88$0.90
EQI 3$0.48$0.51$0.52
EQI 4$0.23$0.24$0.24
Equity Funding Component B: Special Needs Funding (per funded child hour)
EQI 1$0.51$0.54$0.55 
EQI 2$0.32$0.34$0.35 
EQI 3$0.22$0.23$0.23 
EQI 4$0.20$0.21$0.21 
Equity Funding Component C: Language (monthly)
Language$441.81$465.23$474.53 
Equity Funding Component D: Isolation (monthly)
1.65 to 1.83$107.50$113.20$115.46 
1.84 to 2.53$161.88$170.46$173.87 
2.54 and greater$312.37$328.93$335.51