Newlands Tamariki Playcentre

01/05/2025

Storm or no storm - we have fun at Playcentre 🌬

29/04/2025

Term 2 has arrived and our tamariki are so happy to be back on session enjoying the warm autumn days 🍂

07/04/2025

A perfect opportunity to get yourself and the sprogs a sweet treat on the last day of term this week!

01/04/2025

Eid Mubarak 🌙✨️
May this year bring happiness, health and prosperity. Let us know if/how you and your whānau celebrate

27/03/2025

There are two weeks left of term, which means still eight opportunities to come and use your three free sessions with us!

If you and your tamaiti or tamariki would like to come and experience a whānau centred, child led childcare setting, then we would love to see you! Get in touch to book your visits 🧡

Pictured: tamariki make potions using hydrangeas, bark chips and cocoa husks while singing songs with one of our centre māmā.

03/03/2025

A reminder that messy play week starts today! Hope to meet a few of you on session from 9.30am 😁

Get our house messy, not yours!

You’re invited to come and enjoy messy play at our whare for Messy Play Week. No paint stains on your curtains or playdough in your carpet, just fun and community!

Free play sessions, 3-7 March, nationwide.

Find a location near you: https://www.playcentre.org.nz/find-your-centre/

Learn more about the benefits of messy play: https://www.playcentre.org.nz/events/playcentre-messy-play/



Image description: Photo of a māmā and child playing with paint. Messy Play Week logo. Text reads: "Benefits for adults: The mess isn't at your house!"

19/02/2025

🎨 Messy Play Week 🎨

Messy play week is coming! We will have four sessions based all around Messy Play for you and your tamaiti/tamariki to come and join us for!

You bring the kids, we'll provide the coffee, fun and mess!

03/02/2025

Our Tamariki enjoying our newly fortified Fort! Thanks to a grant from the Four Winds Foundation, it's safe and ready to use for years to come

29/01/2025

Happy Lunar New Year from Newlands Tamariki Playcentre to you all ✨️

We are wishing you all a year of prosperity and good health 🐍

27/01/2025

Balancing our way into 2025 ✨️

We have lots of exciting things on the cards for the year but we are so excited to be seeing everyone's refreshed faces as Term One starts tomorrow, Tuesday 28 Jan at 9am!

Get in touch to book the first of your three free visits, we would LOVE to have some new whānau to hang out with this year - see our highlights for session days and times for the week.

18/12/2024

The last swings of 2024 at NPTC playcentre!
We closed our final session of the year with a lovely group of tamariki who all seem ready for a break!

We look forward to seeing everyone back and hopefully welcoming some new faces in 2025!

First session will be 28th of Jan!

Meri kirihimete ki a koutou katoa and thanks for all the visits and awesome sessions this year, we leave this year with our hearts full and our hands and feet inevitably messy ❤️