2026 New Zealand's Best Preschools

Daycare & childcare

Big Hugz Early Learning Centre

★★★★★ 4.9 (119)

📍 Hillcrest, Hamilton

Kindergarten

Poppies Kindergarten

★★★★★ 4.9 (82)

📍 Remuera, Auckland

Daycare & childcareMontessori

Dreamers Nest Montessori Early Learning Centre

★★★★★ 4.9 (72)

📍 Orewa

Daycare & childcare

Child's Time Early Learning Centre

★★★★★ 4.9 (66)

📍 Mount Wellington, Auckland

Montessori

Remuera Montessori

★★★★★ 4.9 (63)

📍 Remuera, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

Young World Child Care Centre

★★★★★ 4.9 (63)

📍 Mount Albert, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

Kids Kampus Childcare Centre

★★★★★ 4.9 (53)

📍 Mount Eden, Auckland

KindergartenDaycare & childcare

Peekaboo Childcare Takapuna (Formerly Lakeview Private Kindergarten)

★★★★★ 4.9 (46)

📍 Takapuna, Auckland

Montessori

Smart Start Montessori Preschools

★★★★★ 4.9 (46)

📍 Mount Eden, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

Adventureland Early Childhood Centre

★★★★★ 4.8 (45)

📍 Ellerslie, Auckland

Montessori

Montessori at Otari Preschool

★★★★★ 4.8 (45)

📍 Wilton, Wellington

Daycare & childcare

Bambinos Early Childhood Centre - St Lukes, Auckland

★★★★★ 4.8 (124)

📍 Sandringham, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

Giraffe Early Learning Center

★★★★★ 4.8 (41)

📍 Three Kings, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

Bunnies Childcare and Pre-School Ltd

★★★★★ 4.8 (38)

📍 Cambridge

Capital City Preschool

★★★★★ 4.8 (37)

📍 Te Aro, Wellington

Daycare & childcare

Ako Early Learning

★★★★★ 4.8 (35)

📍 Tauranga South, Tauranga

Montessori

The Busy Hands Montessori

★★★★★ 4.8 (65)

📍 Hamilton East, Hamilton

Daycare & childcare

Little Dinosaurs Childcare

★★★★★ 4.8 (32)

📍 Epsom, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

Millie's House Early Learning Centre

★★★★★ 4.8 (31)

📍 Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

Greendale Kids Preschool

★★★★★ 4.8 (28)

📍 Greenmeadows, Napier

Montessori

Helensville Montessori Pre-School

★★★★½ 4.7 (24)

📍 Helensville

Montessori

Windsor Montessori Preschool

★★★★½ 4.7 (23)

📍 Windsor, Invercargill

Daycare & childcare

Bear Park Early Childcare Centre - Remuera

★★★★½ 4.7 (36)

📍 Remuera, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

New Shoots Tauranga Childcare Centre

★★★★½ 4.7 (36)

📍 Tauranga South, Tauranga

Honeybees Preschool

★★★★½ 4.7 (84)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

City Preschool

★★★★½ 4.7 (21)

📍 Eden Terrace, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

PlayPods Childcare Pukekohe | Daycare Pukekohe

★★★★½ 4.7 (21)

📍 Pukekohe

Highfield Haven

★★★★½ 4.7 (20)

📍 Glenwood, Timaru

Daycare & childcare

Mamma Bear Childcare Whanganui

★★★★½ 4.7 (20)

📍 Gonville, Whanganui

Daycare & childcare

Sunbeams Early Learning Centre

★★★★½ 4.7 (20)

📍 Morningside, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

ACG Remuera Early Learning

★★★★½ 4.7 (28)

📍 Remuera, Auckland

Daycare & childcare

Bumblebees and Buttercups Childcare

★★★★½ 4.7 (19)

📍 Morrinsville

Reo oriori

★★★★½ 4.7 (19)

📍 Greytown, Greytown

Daycare & childcare

Little Kiwis Early Learning Centre

★★★★½ 4.7 (49)

📍 Manukau City Centre, Auckland

House of Wonder Christchurch by Busy Bees

★★★★½ 4.7 (48)

📍 Christchurch Central City, Christchurch

Kindergarten

Lumsden Kindergarten

★★★★½ 4.7 (26)

📍 Akina, Hastings

Sugartree Lane Preschool

★★★★½ 4.7 (42)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Atawhai Kids Preschool

★★★★½ 4.7 (17)

📍 Atawhai, Nelson

Daycare & childcare

Bunny Childcare Warkworth

★★★★½ 4.7 (17)

📍 Warkworth

Daycare & childcare

Backyard Kids Childcare

★★★★½ 4.6 (15)

📍 Otaki, Ōtaki

Kelly Club Matamata

★★★★½ 4.6 (15)

📍 Matamata

Daycare & childcare

Creative Garden Early Learning Centre

★★★★½ 4.6 (20)

📍 Waiuku

Daycare & childcare

Little Magpies Childcare

★★★★½ 4.6 (31)

📍 Onekawa, Napier

Little Pukeko's Pre-School

★★★★½ 4.6 (14)

📍 Pukekohe

Daycare & childcare

North Haven Childcare Education Centre

★★★★½ 4.6 (14)

📍 Timaru Central, Timaru

Reach Forward

★★★★½ 4.6 (18)

📍 Warkworth

Magic Sparks, Nature Preschool

★★★★½ 4.6 (13)

📍 Roslyn, Palmerston North

BestStart Waitangirua

★★★★½ 4.5 (21)

📍 Waitangirua, Porirua

Premium Preschool

★★★★½ 4.5 (20)

📍 Heretaunga, Upper Hutt

Daycare & childcare

Barnardos Early Learning Centre Lower Hutt

★★★★½ 4.5 (11)

📍 Hutt Central, Lower Hutt

Kindergarten

Central Kids Thames Kindergarten

★★★★½ 4.5 (11)

📍 Thames

Daycare & childcare

Gisborne Central Childcare & Education Centre

★★★★½ 4.5 (11)

📍 Gisborne, Gisborne

Kindercare Learning Centres - Lower Hutt

★★★★½ 4.5 (19)

📍 Boulcott, Lower Hutt

Active Explorers Upper Hutt

★★★★½ 4.5 (17)

📍 Upper Hutt Central, Upper Hutt

Daycare & childcare

Crossroads Early Childhood Centre

★★★★½ 4.5 (10)

📍 Awapuni, Palmerston North

Montessori

Montessori Children’s House Kerikeri

★★★★½ 4.5 (10)

📍 Kerikeri

Daycare & childcare

Sunnyside Early Learning Centre

★★★★½ 4.5 (10)

📍 Saint Leonards, Hastings

Daycare & childcare

Educare Porirua

★★★★½ 4.5 (9)

📍 Elsdon, Porirua

Daycare & childcare

Learning Links Childcare Te Awamutu

★★★★½ 4.5 (9)

📍 Te Awamutu

Montessori

Maori Hill Montessori Preschool

★★★★½ 4.5 (9)

📍 Maori Hill, Dunedin

Queens Preschool

★★★★½ 4.5 (9)

📍 South Dunedin, Dunedin

Early Adventures ECE

★★★★½ 4.4 (8)

📍 Orewa

Kindergarten

Four Seasons Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten

★★★★½ 4.4 (8)

📍 Taupō

Kindergarten

Lakeview Kindergarten

★★★★½ 4.4 (8)

📍 Waipukurau

Daycare & childcare

KiNZ Myers Park Early Learning Centre

★★★★½ 4.4 (21)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Kerikeri Preschool

★★★★½ 4.4 (7)

📍 Kerikeri

Daycare & childcare

Little Firefly Early Learning Centre

★★★★½ 4.4 (7)

📍 Helensville

Rising Stars Preschool

★★★★½ 4.4 (7)

📍 Waiwhakaiho, New Plymouth

Daycare & childcare

Back2Nature Childcare

★★★★½ 4.3 (6)

📍 Tikipunga, Whangarei

Daycare & childcare

Harakeke Early Learning Centre

★★★★½ 4.3 (6)

📍 Fairy Springs, Rotorua

Daycare & childcare

Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre

★★★★½ 4.3 (6)

📍 Putāruru

Kindergarten

Mill Street Kindergarten

★★★★½ 4.3 (6)

📍 Marton

Kindergarten

Rotorua Community Creche & Kindergarten

★★★★½ 4.3 (6)

📍 Utuhina, Rotorua

Kindergarten

Katikati Kindergarten

★★★★½ 4.3 (7)

📍 Katikati

Daycare & childcare

Beach Kids Waihi - Childcare Centre

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Waihi

Learning Land

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 The Wood, Nelson

Daycare & childcare

Paradise Early Learning Centre

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Windsor, Invercargill

Piccolo Preschool

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Welbourn, New Plymouth

Daycare & childcare

Songbird Early Childhood Centre Aongatete

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Katikati

Montessori

Wanganui Montessori Pre-School

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Whanganui East, Whanganui

Wonderkids Masterton

★★★★½ 4.2 (5)

📍 Solway, Masterton

Greytown Early Years

★★★★☆ 4.2 (6)

📍 Greytown

Future Kids Preschools Hāwera

★★★★☆ 4.2 (9)

📍 Hāwera

Daycare & childcare

Footprints Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 4.2 (4)

📍 Waihi

Daycare & childcare

Huntly Early Childhood Centre Inc

★★★★☆ 4.2 (4)

📍 Huntly

Morrinsville Kids

★★★★☆ 4.2 (4)

📍 Morrinsville

Daycare & childcare

The Cambridge Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 4.2 (4)

📍 Cambridge

CBEC Garden Centre Kaitaia

★★★★☆ 4.2 (23)

📍 Kaitaia

Daycare & childcare

ACG Queenstown - Early Learning, Central Queenstown

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Queenstown, Queenstown

Daycare & childcare

Footprints Educare

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Kaitaia

Daycare & childcare

Gr8Kidz Childcare and Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Stratford

Daycare & childcare

He Waka Eke Noa Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Riverside, Whangarei

Montessori

Little Oaks Montessori

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Feilding

Mercury Bay Preschool

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Whitianga

Montessori

Montessori Pre-School Otaki

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Ōtaki

Daycare & childcare

Paeroa Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Paeroa

Daycare & childcare

Symond Street Early Childhood Centre

★★★★☆ 4.1 (3)

📍 Auckland CBD, Auckland

Kindergarten

Waitangi Kindergarten

★★★★☆ 4.0 (7)

📍 Paihia

YMCA

★★★★☆ 4.0 (7)

📍 Tokoroa

Kindergarten

Carterton Kindergarten

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Carterton

Coastlands Preschool

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Coastlands

Daycare & childcare

Curious Minds Early Learning Queenstown

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Frankton, Queenstown

Montessori

Gisborne Montessori Pre-School

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Mangapapa, Gisborne

Montessori

Levin Montessori

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Levin

Little Kiwi's Corner

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Ōtorohanga

Montessori

Little Sprouts Montessori Preschool

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Whakatāne

Daycare & childcare

Moko Club Huntly - Early Childhood Education

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Huntly

Montessori

Montessori Blenheim

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Blenheim Central, Blenheim

Daycare & childcare

Owlets Forest Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Putāruru

Daycare & childcare

Pioneer Kids Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Thames

St Andrews Preschool

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Papamoa Beach, Te Puke

Kōhanga reo

Tumanako Kōhanga Reo

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Kawerau

Montessori

Wairarapa Montessori Preschool

★★★★☆ 3.9 (2)

📍 Masterton

Kōhanga reo

Te Kohanga Reo Tuatahi O Tokoroa

★★★★☆ 3.8 (7)

📍 Tokoroa

Daycare & childcare

Bloesem Early Learning Centre - Te Puke

★★★★☆ 3.8 (3)

📍 Te Puke

Daycare & childcare

Blenheim Early Childhood Centre

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Blenheim Central, Blenheim

Bright Futures Waipukurau

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Waipukurau

Playcentre

Dargaville Playcentre

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Dargaville

Farmhouse Preschool and Nursery

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Horowhenua, Levin

Daycare & childcare

Fern Grove Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Te Awamutu

Daycare & childcare

Hopscotch Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Ōtorohanga

Daycare & childcare

Let's Grow Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Raglan

Little Steps ECE Centre Limited

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Stratford

Daycare & childcare

Lots of Hugs Childcare - Feilding

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Feilding

Daycare & childcare

Peanuts Early Learning Centre

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Whitianga

Kindergarten

Raglan Kindergartens Waikato

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Raglan

Daycare & childcare

Te Kuiti Community Child Care Centre

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 Te Kūiti

Waiuku Early Learners

★★★★☆ 3.8 (1)

📍 waiuku, Waiuku

Kindergarten

Brian Ave Kindergarten

★★★½☆ 3.6 (1)

📍 Wairoa

Kindergarten

Kids Barn Kindergarten

★★★½☆ 3.6 (1)

📍 Hāwera

Daycare & childcare

Riverglade Childcare

★★★½☆ 3.6 (1)

📍 Paeroa

Kindergarten

Dannevirke Central Kindergarten

★★★½☆ 3.6 (3)

📍 Dannevirke

Kindergarten

BestStart Turangi Kindy

📍 Tūrangi

Daycare & childcare

Caring kids childcare

📍 Ngāruawāhia

Kawerau Putauaki School

📍 Kawerau

Daycare & childcare

Saplings Early Learning Taupo

📍 Hilltop, Taupō

Daycare & childcare

Small Steps Early Learning Centre

📍 Matamata

Tarrangower Primary School

📍 Taumarunui

Taumarunui Primary School

📍 Taumarunui

Kiwicare Preschool

★★★½☆ 3.4 (1)

📍 Haruru