Outdoor Play Week, 3-7 November 2025
Playcentre Aotearoa is inviting whānau across the motu to step outside and experience the joy of outdoor play during Playcentre Outdoor Play Week, running from 3–7 November 2025. Read our media release.
We have developed a range of resources that you are welcome to use to promote your centre and attract new whānau in the lead up to Playcentre Outdoor Play Week. Download resources
Be in to win!
Don’t miss the opportunity to go in the draw to win one of five $200 cash prizes for your centre. Send us photos or videos of outdoor play or excursions/trips at your Playcentre, so we can share it on our public Playcentre social media pages to enter. Bonus points for identifying children’s learning happening. Don’t forget to include your full name and centre name, so we can contact you if you win.
The important bits:
- You can send your entry to [email protected]
- Entries close Sunday 9 November 2025.
- All entries go into the draw to win.
- By submitting an entry, you give permission for Playcentre Aotearoa to share the video/images/quotes publicly and internally.
- Please ensure you have consent to use any photos of people and comply with copyright regulations for images and music.
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori – Competition Winners
Whakamihi (congratulations) to the five centres below who won our Te Wiki o te Reo Māori whakataetae! Each centre won a $100 Playcente Shop voucher:
- Mangapapa Playcentre
- Halcombe Playcentre
- Milson Playcentre
- Swanson Playcentre
- Kaiti Playcentre
Ngā mihi nui for your efforts in supporting Te Reo Māori in your centres, and for taking the time to put together your entries.
Watch some of the entries:
Kaiti Playcentre: https://www.facebook.com/reel/814702081072663
Milson Playcentre: https://www.facebook.com/reel/780553151363872
Grandparents Day – Competition Winner
New Zealand Grandparents Day was celebrated on Sunday 5 October this year.
Congratulations to Julie & Marty McCue, who attend Motueka and Mapua Playcentres with their mokopuna who won our Grandparents Day prize pack from the Playcentre Shop!
“We are proud grandparents with the silver hair in places, and we have pots of gold in our hearts. We are excited every time we arrive with our mokopuna to our two Playcentre’s we attend- Motueka and Mapua.
There is so much to love about this learning environment. Memories are made and to see our grandchildren’s confidence grow is simply the best! A special place like home, where all tamariki discover the world of fun and learning in their own time, no pressure, something new every session and familiar learning too. Playcentre embraces everyone with aroha.”