Childcare options in Te Anau

Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre is located in Te Anau just minutes away from the town centre, right beside the beautiful lake and surrounding breathtaking mountain views, we love to explore our local community with our children. We go for weekly adventures in nature with our tamariki, which fosters a sense of responsibility and stewardship for our environment. Community excursions provide so many opportunities to connect with the wdier community, learn through nature play, build confidence and resilience.

Our purpose built centre is a home away from home for all of our Tamariki, where we provide care and education for children 3 months - 6 years. We have 3 beautiful rooms for our infants, toddlers and pre schoolers and a challenging, engaging, large outdoor area.

Our teachers are committed and passionate about quality care and education. We offer low ratios and experienced, qualified teachers who love what they do and have fun! We ensure every child has a key teacher who knows them well and we work closely with our families so that every child feels a strong sense of belonging here.

We believe our Centre is something very special and we know you will feel it when you come and meet us too.

Come and join us at our friendly, rural Playcentre.  

Our centre has fantastic resources and is placed right in the heart of the farming community, next door to Mararoa School.  Inside we have a wide collection of puzzles, games, paints, books, arts and crafts.  We enjoy lots of dress ups, music and baking.  

Outside we have a garage full of play equipment, big sandpit and carpentry table.  Our children enjoy lots of messy play.  We have an edible/sensory garden area with a dry riverbed and lots of fruit trees, berry bushes and vegetable plants. 

We have regular excursions around the Te Anau basin and sometimes further afield.  

We are located on the main highway 20 minutes from Te Anau, come for a visit, we would love to see you!

Southern Stars Early Learning Centre borders on the edge of New Zealand's largest National Park and World Heritage Area. This remote majestic setting makes us unique in being able to provide our children with teaching experiences linked to a strong community and family spirit. Our children are social and trust those around them. They are inspired and influenced by the environment in which they live.

Southern Stars is a community owned, mixed age setting. We exist to offer high quality, inspiring teaching and learning experiences that develop, nurture and grow relationships, curiosity, and confidence for Fiordland’s tamariki and whanau.

We treasure the concept of Whanaungatanga (the importance of family) and ako (children and Kaiako/teachers learning from each other). We believe in encouraging collaborative authentic learning for children, including our community excursions, which challenge and encourage them to grow in confidence.

Our Centre acknowledges our bicultural heritage and respects our multicultural world. We’re focused on implementing sustainable practices, instilling in the children environmental lifetime learning.