Saplings is a private, NZ-owned and operated East Auckland childcare centre located in Half Moon Bay Marina. We enjoy high teacher-to-child ratios, providing quality care and education in a modern, purpose-built centre including separate sleep rooms for babies and toddlers. Our amazing teaching team is over 85% fully qualified with early childhood teaching qualifications, and our competitive fees include nappies and plenty of healthy food.

Saplings promote a culturally rich environment - our kaiako incorporate the children and their whānau, our local community and their own knowledge into our learning programme.

Our high-quality learning programmes are based on the tamariki’s interests, not ours. Older children decide on their own learning goals, and set the questions they want answered.

Transition to school success: we know the learning programme we have developed for our 4 year olds is successful by the positive feedback from our local schools and parents who drop by to share their child's school success.