As of September I've agreed to start doing work again.
The ideal plan is to do 1/2 day in the office and then work a total of 20hours from home.
I was supposed to be getting a student nanny to share with another twin mum but that didn't work out.
Not being a native NZ I have no idea of the options. Plus have no family/friends that I could approach.

So what are my options? Ideally I'd like just to put the girls in care for 1 day a week. This I assume rules out Daycare?

So I'm guessing homebased childcare would be the best option. The only one I know of is Porse. Who else is there? And where else could I look?

Thankfully both my work and DHs work are flexible so for the short term I'll probably just go in for a few hours early on a monday morning while DH works from home.


Edited by tishy

Have you spoke to Wellington Nanny Collage??? I know you can get one through them on a part time bases and then at the end of the term you can if you want hire them. Or if you want a nanny there are a few agencies in the yellow pages in Wellington.

COuld you take on the nanny yourself?? I can ask my sister (who is a nanny down in Welly) who are some good people to talk to about getting a nanny in if you like???

Hi tishy

Another good option for you might be Student Job Search - you would get a Victoria or Massey University student most likely (I think you can ring SJS for a particular institution if you wanted).   

I started working as a part time nanny while I was at university - my first job was with 5 month old twins! Their mother advertised with SJS and also interviewed nannies through Porse and a couple of nanny agencies I think. She chose the "unqualified" one I stayed with that family for the four years I was at University and have continued working with children since I moved to Asia too. You never know, often there are great people out there who aren't studying to be nannies!

Just another thing to look into. You'd probably have to put a bit more into screening/interviewing yourself but there's no minimum hours per week you have to employ someone for at SJS.

I have a nanny for the gremlins, was the most cost effective option with having two of them, and it means it doesn't matter if they are sick etc., she comes anyway. They are in their own environment, sleep in their own cots etc. and we qualify for a childcare subsidy. We got our nanny thru Homegrown Kids at the recommendation of the MBA.

Where abouts in Welly are you? So I can get you some more info.

That post came out in a strange format

PORSE have a minimum of 12 hours a week...not sure about other places. Just something else to keep in mind