A kindergarten at 10 Marshall Street in Kawerau, in the Bay of Plenty, part of the non-profit Central Kids association. It has served the Kawerau community for more than 40 years. Its practice is centred on language, culture and identity, and on kaupapa Māori values such as manaakitanga, tuakana-teina and whakawhanaungatanga. A team of five local kaiako, with over 50 years' experience between them, works in partnership with whānau. Children use a large outdoor area with a sandpit, climbing equipment and a māra kai, or food garden, where whānau are invited to help grow kai alongside them. Indoors, the room is well resourced for play-based learning. The kindergarten provides free nappies and kai top-ups, and its Mātauranga Ake team visits to offer support to whānau. Central Kids has run kindergartens since 1951, following the Te Whāriki curriculum.