Maungaarangi Kindergarten

Maungaarangi Kindergarten and Whānau Centre is located on Welcome Bay School grounds in Tauranga. It operates 8:45am to 2:45pm Monday to Friday, with a playgroup on Wednesday mornings and holiday programmes available. The service offers up to 30 free hours per week and is donation-based. The kindergarten employs 100% qualified teachers and features a large environment with native gardens, a food forest, bike riding track and flying fox. It follows a bi-cultural curriculum incorporating Māori ways of being and doing, and partners with Enviroschools.