Welcome
Childcare Compliance NZ (CCNZ) is a compliance platform built specifically for New Zealand early childhood centres. It helps you manage your day-to-day compliance obligations, keep staff records up to date, and be ready for your next ERO visit — without the paperwork.The CCNZ Philosophy
Most compliance software treats compliance as an action — something to tick off. We spent a long time building and rebuilding this platform, and what we kept discovering was that compliance is far easier to manage when it’s attached to a person.That shift changed everything. CCNZ is built around the individual — their records, their history, their journey through your centre. And when we followed that logic all the way back, we realised that journey doesn’t start on a staff member’s first day. It starts the moment they apply for a role.Even at the candidate stage, you’re already gathering information that matters — police vetting, identification, references, qualifications, and more. Before you make a hiring decision, you’re completing a risk assessment. Before they’ve walked through the door, their compliance journey has already begun.Once they join your team, it continues. Induction training. Fire evacuation. Hazard awareness. Centre policies. Then they become involved in the day-to-day — drills, excursions, complaints, hazard monitoring. And on top of all of that, you’re managing pay parity obligations, safety checks, record-keeping, and a hundred other things that quietly pile up.It’s a lot. And it’s exactly the kind of load that ends up in the “too hard” basket — until ERO notifies you they’re on their way. That’s when the stress hits, the scramble starts, and a review that should have been straightforward suddenly isn’t.CCNZ exists so that doesn’t happen. By connecting compliance to people and processes from day one, most of it takes care of itself — long before ERO decide to pay you a visit.
What you can do with CCNZ
Day to Day
Record incidents, log hazards, run emergency drills, and maintain your fire evacuation records.
Staff & HR
Track police vetting, teacher registration, pay parity, first aid certificates, and qualifications.
Policy Library
Adopt from a constantly growing library of pre-written policy templates mapped to the April 2026 licensing criteria.
ERO Audit Prep
Generate an evidence pack, track your readiness score, and enable ERO Visit Mode.