An Enviroschool kindergarten at 10 Lake View Road in Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay, part of Heretaunga Kindergartens, an incorporated society. Its children take weekly small-group trips to the Ōtaia/Lindsay bush, where they collect seeds, grow seedlings in the kindergarten's purpose-built shadehouse, and learn to look after the environment as kaitiaki, or guardians. The kindergarten describes its teaching as bicultural, with a focus on Te Ao Māori, mindfulness and self-regulation, and learning through free play.
The kindergarten offers 30 hours of free early childhood education, and it has zero fees. It is open during school term breaks, except the summer holidays. Each child has a key teacher and an individual plan that the teachers draw up with the family. The ratio is one teacher to 10 children aged 2 to 5, and all the kaiako are qualified and registered and hold first-aid certificates. Families can follow their child's learning on Storypark. The kindergarten will be closed for a week from Monday 13 July to Friday 17 July for teacher development.