26 Mar 2021

Pitter Patter education centre to close

From Morning Report, 7:21 am on 26 March 2021

A Feilding childcare centre investigated over claims of smacking children and feeding them mouldy food has lost its licence and closed.

The Pitter Patter Centre run by Pauline Murphy has been under official scrutiny for four months and she was banned from the premises.

The Ministry of Education has now cancelled her licence for failing to meet regulations and the centre will close next Thursday.

RNZ's Charlotte Cook reports.