The Tree House

Nau mai haere mai ki te whaanau! Welcome to our Tree House family!

We are a community-based not-for-profit early childhood education centre set up in 1998 to provide affordable childcare for staff at Middlemore Hospital and our local community.

More than twenty years on, we continue to deliver high quality and accessible care in our newly renovated premises.

Our aim is to provide:

• A service that is connected and responsive to our community needs, preferences and resources
• A strong and effective teaching team of caring, qualified and experienced kaiako (teachers)
• Secure, consistent relationships between kaiako and tamariki (children)
• Inclusive and innovative learning and teaching practices
• A culture that celebrates diversity and promotes the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) and bicultural learning
• A quiet, warm, well-organised indoor environment and natural, spacious outdoor setting
• Nourishing kai (food) and active play that supports healthy development
• Inspired and committed leadership and governance