Diamond Harbour Playcentre unveiled a new pou that was gifted by their community to the centre on 15 September 2022. A local community member, Wally Hemapo, donated an old telephone pole to the...Read More
West Harbour Playcentre held a celebration and blessing of their new playground on 12 August. The playground upgrade was completed on 11 March 2022. However, the celebration and blessing of the...Read More
Playcentre Aotearoa recently announced that ‘Space at Playcentre’ infant programmes have been launched in Canterbury especially for whānau with babies aged 0-6 months. The existing Babies...Read More
Playcentre Messy Play Week is a free event for families with pre-school age babies and children being held from Monday 22 August to Friday 26 August at Playcentres across Aotearoa. Playcentre...Read More
Messy play is incredibly powerful for young children in ways that we grown-ups sometimes struggle to recognise. Thankfully, our lack of understanding doesn’t take away any of its ‘magic’...Read More
According to a Charities Services report Playcentre Aotearoa has the highest numbers of volunteers per week (average) of any charity in New Zealand, followed by St John, The Salvation Army, SPCA...Read More
Playcentre Aotearoa announced recently they have received a large donation from the Kelburn out of School Trust on behalf of several Playcentres in the Wellington region. The funds will be...Read More
Playcentre Aotearoa recently announced the renaming of Collingwood Playcentre to Aorere Playcentre. The centre held a blessing to rename their centre and open their new playground on 1 May...Read More
Playcentre Aotearoa reported an increase of 21% in infant programmes delivered in the last year. According to their Annual Report 2021, the organisation ran 243 infant programmes, with 3,515...Read More
