Childcare Centres

NZ WIDE: BestStart is for families who want more from Early Childhood Education. Safe, nurturing and educationally focused, we’re committed to growing caring people with curious minds. We have friendly, qualified early-learning teachers, quality educational programmes and safe and secure learning spaces. We have over 260 early learning and care centres, from Whangarei to Invercargill.

NZ WIDE: Kindercare is a leading provider of early childhood care and education, for children from birth to 5 years. We’re proudly 100% New Zealand owned and operated, with learning centres in Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Palmerston North and Hamilton.

AUCKLAND & TAURANGA: Chrysalis Group is one of the most award winning family of early learning centres in NZ, delivering ‘childcare like you’ve never seen before’! Our centres in Auckland and Tauranga have been carefully designed to create calming, beautiful and inspirational moments during each and every day for our passionate teachers, for our families and most of all, for your child.

AUCKLAND: Little School in St Heliers, Auckland is a private quality preschool with an educational focus for children aged 2 - 5 years old. We offer a learning environment with a variety of stimulating programmes with structure, freedom and time to explore. We provide a great foundation for your child’s success at school and the opportunity for them to reach their full potential.

AUCKLAND & HAMILTON: Junior Junction childcare centres provide quality care and early childhood education in Auckland and Hamilton. To give your child the best start possible, our passionate staff of highly trained educators and caregivers are committed to making each day a wonderful experience. All Junior Junction centres have specialist age appropriate rooms too, custom designed areas to accommodate babies, toddlers and older children.

AUCKLAND, WAIKATO, BAY OF PLENTY: New Shoots Children's Centres deliver the highest quality of early childhood education with innovative Early Childhood Education Centres in Auckland, Waikato and Bay of Plenty. Children and families are at the heart of everything that we do. Our approach to learning is through play-based theory and our early childhood centres have specially designed rooms for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

AUCKLAND: Kidstown is an educational childcare centre situated at the foot of Mount Wellington in a peaceful residential location. We have a unique outdoor and nature focused curriculum, where we encourage children to become guardians of their natural environment helping them to care for the many animals and gardens that thrive in our Centre.

CHRISTCHURCH: Pebbles Montessori in Sumner, Christchurch is based in a beautifully renovated villa and licensed for 30 children aged 2 - 6 years. Our trained and experienced Montessori teachers embrace the Montessori method in order to create a prepared and peaceful environment for our children and families.

AUCKLAND: If you’re looking for a daycare centre in the Mt Albert area of Auckland, Mt Royal Early Learning Centre is the place to be! Located in a lovely sunny home with a large outdoor grassed area with large established trees, Mt Royal is a delightful small daycare centre with a maximum of only 24 children attending each day.

AUCKLAND: Get to know us and see how you and your child can be part of the Princes Street Childcare family! Princes Street Childcare Centre is a community based independent childcare, located in the heart of Auckland’s CBD. We offer full time quality care and education, with wonderful teachers and a supportive loving community.

CHRISTCHURCH: The Owl’s Nest Preschool is a small, family-owned and operated preschool located in the Northwood and Belfast area. We have space for a maximum of 28 children between ages 2-5 years old and our ratios are small, which means we are able to allow more teacher time per child. This helps create a calmer and more relaxed environment for the children.

AUCKLAND: Pakuranga Learning Centre is a preschool daycare offering childcare and early childhood education for children from 0 to 5 years old. We are focused on providing excellent childcare services, resource and passion to meet your child’s individual needs. Our centre is open from 7.00am to 6.30pm and we provide full or part day services.

HAWKES BAY: Little Magpies childcare services in Napier, Hawkes Bay, offers a Childcare Centre and Home Based Childcare for children aged 0-5 years. We place an emphasis on providing quality childcare for your children to ensure they develop all the skills they require to get the best start in life.

WELLINGTON: Marsden Preschool provides childcare and early childhood education for children aged 3 ½ - 5 years. It’s a sunny, spacious play and learning space within the Marsden School campus in Karori, Wellington. We develop self-confidence and independence in readiness for school. Marsden Preschool has 3, 4 and 5 days options, you can use your Government 20 hours ECE subsidy and we have competitive rates.