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After Covid and material construction delays we are back on track and due to open April 2021. Underneath the big white canopy is lots of activity – the electrical and plumbing work has begun and the ceiling / roof and wall frames continue to go up. We’re grateful to our builders, Meridian Construction and our […]

UPDATE: To Our Kakapo Creek Friends and Followers: Anyone driving past our construction site will see that we are well behind on our construction timeline. There have been numerous circumstances that have caused these delays. Despite our best intentions and efforts it seems unlikely that we will open before April 2021. We are in the […]

Finally we have council consent to continue our construction. It’s been a very long delay. We apologise to prospective parents and staff for this, it was out of our control. Building next to a creek has it’s advantages and disadvantages. Advantages are that it’s a beautiful outlook for our children – eels, ducks, whitebait all […]

It’s going to take a while to build this home away from home for you and your child. While you wait, here are a few architectural images of what the building will look like. Of course, buildings are nothing without the heart of the people inside them. We plan to have not only a spectacular […]

We’ve spent months checking out the very best, and most significant, and at times rare and endangered New Zealand native plants to create a natural space for children to play. To see trees in their more mature state we have explored the botanic gardens over several weekends checking out the best child friendly plants.