AUCKLAND, WAIKATO, BAY OF PLENTY, NORTHLAND: A LIFE-LONG LOVE OF LEARNING: New Shoots Children's Centres deliver the highest quality of early childhood education with innovative Early Childhood Education Centres in Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Northland. 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.