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KAKAPO CREEK Children’s Garden offers attachment-rich childcare and education. Currently under construction, and opening in 2021, Kakapo Creek will be a boutique childcare in the heart of Mairangi Bay on Auckland’s North Shore offering bespoke care and support for you and your child.
Meet the Directors
Ian McKean
Ian is the founder and Clinical Director of the Parents Partner and is passionate about helping families be their very best.
Kaye McKean
Kaye has long dreamed of designing an early childhood centre that provides an uncompromising service and meets the holistic needs of families. Passionately committed to the quadruple bottom line philosophy, Kakapo Creek is designed to meet these aspirations.

We offer the best
early childhood care and education on the Shore
- Specialist Teachers
- Play 'n Stay
- Personal Teachers
- Fun Play
- Science
- Nature
- Numeracy
- Literacy
- Field Trips
- Fantastic Equipment

About Us
Privately owned and operated by Ian & Kaye McKean, Kakapo Creek is designed using the very best evidence based family research, incorporating attachment theory and neuroscience.
Ian and Kaye have worked within the early childhood industry for the past 20 years and have decided that it’s time to create a childcare that really does what is best for children and their families.
Ian has a Masters Degree in Family Life and Kaye has a Masters Degree in Social Welfare. Both are passionate that happy, healthy families are what children need best to thrive.
At this stage the anticipated opening date is April 2021. We will keep this website and our facebook page updated with any new information as it comes to hand.
In the meantime we welcome inquiries from prospective parents and teachers.

Opening April 2021
Kakapo Creek will be a boutique childcare centre in the heart of Mairangi Bay on Auckland’s North Shore.