Halswell Nest Early Learning Centre is a home-like centre in a converted house, set in an established garden, on Halswell Road in Halswell, Christchurch. It sits beside Muir Park and across the road from Halswell School. It is one of the Nests centres, run by two experienced teachers, and it takes babies, toddlers and young children together, which suits families with more than one child at the centre. The centre has a large backyard with a vegetable garden and fruit trees, so children can pick food and prepare it into snacks. There is climbing equipment, a sandpit and a small native bush area, and the centre makes regular trips to Marshland Domain. Babies have a separate enclosed sleep area. Each child is given a primary kaiako for their whole time at the centre, who works with parents on the learning journey. The programme is based on Te Whāriki. Nests describes its sustainability focus as covering recycling and the choice of equipment. Within a kilometre there is one other childcare listing on Open Locally, Halswell Learning Tree, 0.6 km away. The centre's phone numbers are (03) 322 1121 and (027) 252 5210.