Nau mai, tauti mai

Karanga Mai Early Learning Centre is a whānau-based learning community that provides high-quality, culturally responsive education and care for tamariki. It is a place where supportive and respectful relationships empower everyone to belong, to believe, to discover, to grow.

We welcome both young parents attending Karanga Mai Young Parents College and whānau from the wider community. 

We work in partnership with you and your whānau to ensure your tamariki recognise their talents, know they are important and feel a sense of belonging. As a parent, you are an important part of this journey, and we are here to support and uplift you, too.

Karanga Mai Early Learning Centre is run as part of the services offered by Community Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust. 

Our Values | Ngā Ūara

At Karanga Mai Early Learning Centre, our values shape everything we do:

Whanaungatanga

Engaging in positive and collaborative relationships with our tamariki, their whānau, our colleagues and the wider community.

Whakamana

Empowering all our learners to reach their highest potential by providing high quality teaching and leadership.

Kaitiakitanga

Guardianship, environmental stewardship and caring for the mauri of our environment.

Manaakitanga

Creating a welcoming, caring and creative learning environment that treats everyone with respect and dignity.

Tika, pono, aroha

Doing what is right with integrity and compassion.