About
Little Pohutukawa Preschool

Welcome to Little Pōhutukawa Preschool.

A Village of Growth, Care and Learning.

Little Pohutukawa Preschool is on the corner of Apollo Drive and Orbit Drive in the Rosedale - Albany area, handy to Browns Bay, Mairangi Bay, the Northern Motorway and Constellation Drive. Easy to find and access, our preschool centre is a great option for children whose parents work or live near the area.

Our beautiful modern purpose-built early childhood centre has been designed to provide a welcoming environment with specific areas designed for infants and babies to have quiet time and spaces for toddlers and preschool children to play indoors, or outdoors in our large playground area. Our preschool classrooms are well equipped with exciting learning areas for children to enjoy and succeed in learning. All classrooms open to the outside play ground where children and teachers feel intimately connected to the learning environment.

Our extra-large playground exceeds the Ministry of Education requirements and children are encouraged to engage in physical active play during all seasons. This well designed playground for young children is where our tamariki can grow and run, play on the monkey bars, play hide and seek, build sand castles and nurture their own gardens.

At Little Pohutukawa Preschool we also have the use of a recreation reserve across the road to explore and make discoveries. By creating a nurturing and stimulating environment we hope to open children’s hearts and minds to the unlimited experiences in the world around them.

All our ECE Teachers are fully Qualified and Certified and we pride ourselves on high quality low child - teacher ratios for more personal attention.

We do offer 20 Free ECE Hours per week, and meals are provided as part of our healthy food programme which uses a variety of fresh, locally supplied produce.

We support parents by providing a wide choice of hours for your child to attend, from day care style hours to preschool sessions. Our four classrooms cater for babies, toddlers and preschoolers all ages from young babies right through to preparing children for school and we can provide care from birth to 6 years of age.

If you're curious about child care options, come and see us. We're very happy to show you around the preschool centre and talk about your child's needs.

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Our Mission Statement

We are committed to providing early education that feels personal, purposeful, and connected. With a nature-inspired environment and a hands-on, heart-led approach. We partner with families to raise confident and compassionate children along the way. Our centre is a living part of the community, where relationships matter, and every voice is valued.

We believe in real experiences, honest communication, and education that reflects the true needs of each child. We honour each child’s unique pace and personality. Our programs are built on curiosity, kindness, and the belief that learning should be joyful and grounded in real-life experiences.

Our Purpose

We are a local family owned and operated preschool centre that strives on providing children with excellent care in a warm and nurturing early childhood environment. We strive to inspire our tamariki to develop a healthy, happy and secure approach to living and learning, inspiring them to become life long learners.

We nurture the whole child through meaningful, authentic education in a warm, natural environment, while building strong partnerships with families and contributing positively to our local community.

Our teachers are encouraged to strive for continued growth and development within Early Childhood Education, using this to respond to the diverse needs of our tamariki. We collectively value our bicultural curriculum and use this as the foundation to ensure we honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi through our practice and policies as well as within our environment.

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Vision

Little Pohutukawa Preschool is a high-quality learning environment with experienced and knowledgeable teachers who foster curiosity and wonderment amongst their co-learners. The team at Little Pohutukawa Preschool lead the way in sustainability, growing future leaders and kaitiaki who are conscious about the environment and our need to preserve Papatuanuku.

We are a teaching team that is committed to ensuring that the Treaty of Waitangi is honoured and that success for our Maori learners is prioritised and all learners are successful with a strong learner identity. We are a diverse multicultural team with rich knowledge about our learners as well as our community, fostering a sense of whanaungatanga in our learning community and encouraging growth amongst our teaching team, our children and their whanau.

Testimonials

Such an amazing early childcare kindergarten. Lovely teachers / people, and their large outdoor play area is unbeatable compared to any other preschool in the surrounding area. All the staff and center director Kelly are extremely supportive and accommodating. Love sending my son to a safe, caring and learning environment! We love seeing the daily updates and photos sent to us from the daycare, seeing him thrive in a nurturing environment with the other kids, and wonderful ladies in the Piwakawaka room. I highly recommend Little Pohutukawa preschool!

Monica Baker

Little Pohutukawa preschool is amazing. Since removing my daughter from her previous centre and enrolling her here she has really thrived and I see her confidence grow daily. She loves all the teachers and loves going every day, not to mention leaving so happy and sometimes not wanting to come home because she's so busy with her friends. I highly recommend Little Pohutukawa preschool.

Erin Turley

My littlest guy (now 4.5 years) absolutely ADORES this Preschool! The Teachers are incredible, caring and supportive. The playground is amazing and the food is next level (although we are often told that our food isn’t as tasty as Chris the Chef’s 🤣) My little one responds well to structure, so the mixture of mat times and play based learning works well for him. We’ll be sad to say Good bye when he goes off to school in Term 1

Dominique Pires

We have loved our time at Little Pohutukawa. The teachers are amazing, our 4.5 year old has a great time playing outside in the huge playground, they are working on readiness for school, and he has learnt so much! I am currently learning lots about the universe from him! He eats very well, and they put great effort into field trips and external visitors. Would fully recommend.

Kylie Brown

Highly recommend Little Pohutukawa Preschool for your toddlers and preschoolers! Our daughter has been going there for 2 years now and she really enjoys every day. You can see that the teachers put their hearts into it and care for each child and his/hers wellbeing and development. We get photos and stories about each day's activities and any relevant highlights/lowlights directly from the teachers. The management is very responsive and the cook does his best to meet the needs of all kids with tasty and various meals. We also like the periodic activities arranged by the management with external vendors, such as BARK, Zero Waste Center, trips to the reserve and more.

Daria Borisov

The best daycare for my three- year- old daughter who needs extra support. Kelly and the teachers are very supportive and caring with lots of their love. The centre itself is well- organised. My daughter loves playing its outdoors and explore herself everyday. Meals they provides are very nice.

Mana Jones

My daughter's are thriving at Little Pohutukawa Preschool. The teachers are amazing, passionate and supportive. I'm incredibly grateful to the team for the love and care they show my girls. I highly recommend Little Pohutukawa Preschool.

Natalie Schick

Our four year old has thrived at LPP. He absolutely adores his teachers there. Very responsive management who listen to parents feedback. Amazing chef there, love smelling what Chris has cooking in the morning. Very good menu.

Nick Pearce

Fantastic kindy. Not only do they have one of the biggest outdoor play areas but their classes are very spacious with lots of activities to keep the young growing minds learning, whilst having heaps of fun. The staff is really kind and supportive. The meals served are so balanced and looks + smells really tasty.

Estée Fourie

My son attends Little Pohutukawa Preschool and I have never seen such a well run, well resourced, beautiful kindy. The staff are amazing, truly a home away from home for him. We cant thank them enough! FIVE STARS!

Jodi Walker

100per cent love this centre. My children are super happy to go everyday and love the teachers and children they play with! I love the environment and amazing playground for the children to run freely in!

Terrese Garnett

We are so grateful for such a wonderful and caring environment for our son. He has absolutely flourished at Little Pohutukawa with the relationships he has made with all of the teachers. He loves going in and gets himself ready to leave in the morning. Bag on, shoes on, let's go Dad!

Gregor Storey

Such an amazing place, my daughter loves going, she gets so excited every morning when she wakes up :) Teachers are all so lovely and super caring.

Rosemary Bainbridge

Tayla Potgieter

About
Little Pohutukawa Preschool

Welcome to Little Pōhutukawa Preschool.

A Village of Growth, Care and Learning.

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Address:	87 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632
Phone:	(09) 479 3387
Email:	info@littlepohutukawa.co.nz

About Little Pohutukawa Preschool

Welcome to Little Pōhutukawa Preschool.

A Village of Growth, Care and Learning.

Our Mission Statement

Our Purpose

Vision

Testimonials

Have a look View Our center

Hello, Kia Ora Contact Us Today

Contact us:

Hours:

About
Little Pohutukawa Preschool

Have a look
View Our center

Hello, Kia Ora
Contact Us Today