Child Minding

We are locally owned and cover a wide area from Bay Of Islands, Dargaville through to Whangarei and surrounding suburbs. Our office and Playgroup is situated in central Whangarei.

We offer; Teacher led playgroups - Literacy Programme - Transition to School Programme - Healthy environment - Flexible hours - Safe Environment.

Taradale Playcentre is located in the Napier suburb of Taradale and has excellent facilities with large, safe indoor and outdoor play areas.

Learning Links is a leading childcare centre provides warm, caring, early learning environment for 3 months to 5 years old children. Learning Links has professionally-trained, experienced teachers who focus on learning through play. Learning Links provides organic/healthy meals and offers 20 hour free ECE for 3 to 5 years olds.

The team at Educare Tikipunga pride themselves on incorporating all aspects of our community, from the diversity of the cultures of our families to the frequent adventures we take on our walks to the park, development sites, shops and other interesting localities.

We offer a range of babysitters who will come to your home during the day or evening. They will entertain, feed and bath your child/children and follow their usual routines/bedtime activities, settle them to sleep, and attend to them during the evening should they wake. We also provide Hotel/Motel sitters for those that are on holiday or business in Dunedin. We can also organise multiple babysitters and set up a child friendly area within corporate/sports/wedding and other such events.

Just Four Kids believe that a home based childcare offers a sensible alternative for parents for care and education of their young children. With a maximum ratio of one adult to four children there are benefits to the child such as forming a psychological attachment to their educator who is able to respond to a child's needs allowing the building of bonds through closeness and trust.

At Methven Pre School Learning and Childcare Centre children are our primary focus, with each child being unique and bringing and exclusive set of capabilities and needs to our centre.

Active Explorers Preschool and Nursery is a family of 4 centres located around Greymouth and Hokitika that provide local families with some of the best early childhood education around. All our centres are large and well-equipped so children have the freedom to explore and learn with close support from our teachers thanks to our high teacher to child ratios.

Magic Sparks have four child care centres where qualified teaching staff nurture children aged 0-5, as they learn and develop at their own pace.  All our Magic Sparks daycare centres, two located in Palmerston North and two in Wellington - Petone and Paraparaumu, offer all the benefits of a traditional kindergarten and much, much more.