WelTec Early Learning Centre - Te Whare Ako

Te Whare Ako provides quality education and care for children/tamariki aged between three months and five years.

The early learning centre welcomes all children/tamariki from the community, including those of WelTec students and staff.

Why choose Te Whare Ako?

• High teacher to child ratios
• Trusting, respectful relationships with teachers/kaiako
• Flexible hours 7:45 am to 5:00 pm
• Full or part-time day options
• We understand and foster the interests of all children/tamariki
• Programmes provide space for children to develop skills and strategies
• Our learning environment includes familiar experiences and new challenges
• Two play spaces for children/tamariki over and under 2 that can be merged
• Culturally diverse centre
• Fully qualified teachers
• No booking fee
• A supportive and close relationship with WelTec
• 10% discount for 3rd and subsequent child
• Ongoing commitment to Te Aō Māori, Te Tiriti ō Waitangi, Tāpasa and Environmental sustainability

We offer competitive fees and support families/whānau with subsidies. Te Whare Ako offers 20 ECE hours of early childhood education to all 3 and 4 year old's. Some families are also entitled to a childcare subsidy through Work and Income New Zealand.