Abstract
Recent early childhood care and education policy developments in New Zealand provide a clear example of how the unresolved conflict between a recently emerged ideology of gender equality and a deeply entrenched ideology of motherhood has affected child care policy developments in a number of industrialised nations. In New Zealand, optimistic reviews of the policies proved to be unfounded. The lack of interface with other policy areas, poor methods of implementation, and policy reversals have dampened the anticipated gains in funding, worker status, quality and equity of access. As the New Zealand example shows, despite a great deal of activity in the area, progress towards a public model of child care, as towards a changed role for women in society, has been minimal.
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