Children

You are here > Home > Living in New Plymouth > Community Directory > Children

Children

Athletics Taranaki Centre

Athletics Taranaki encourages regular competitive involvement, casual participation or occasional exercise.

Bar LN Horse Treks

Aims: Horse treks and western riding lessons.

Barnardos New Zealand

Aims: Working within the community to help children receive the care, education and support they need to grow and reach their potential. They need the best start in life.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Taranaki

Aims: The Big Brothers Big Sisters programme is a simple idea of creating a relationship between a caring adult and a young person by providing a community based mentoring programme.

Chaddy's Charters

Cruise the Sugar Loaf Islands and Marine Park Reserve and view the seal colony in its natural habitat - weather permitting. Sea kayaks available for hire.

Child Cancer Foundation - Taranaki Branch

Aims: The Child Cancer Foundation believes that no child suffering from cancer or their family should ever feel alone. We provide ongoing practical, emotional and financial assistance to children and their families whose lives have been changed forever by this life threatening disease. We also support the health professionals that treat children with cancer and invest in research into the late effects of the disease.

City West Church New Plymouth

Aims: To provide a fun enviroment of music and movement for pre-school children and their mums/caregivers once a week.

Clearwater Riding School

Learn to horse ride.

Cubs, New Plymouth District

Aims: To support the adult leaders of the various cub packs within New Plymouth.

Cystic Fibrosis Association, Taranaki Branch

Aims: Support and information for Cystic Fibrosis sufferers and their families.

Devon Kindergarten

Aims: Pre-school education. Children learn through play. Teachers provide stimulation, guidance, encouragement and support in an attractive environment. All teachers trained. Child age range three to five years.

Dynamite Bay Children's Club

Aims: To co-ordinate the network of Dynamite Bay Children's Clubs in Taranaki, providing resources, training, regional activities, holiday camps and programmes and support for club leaders. We provide services to improve physical, mental, social and spiritutal needs of primary aged children.

Dynamite Bay Club

Aims: To challenge primary children socially, physically and spiritually.
Two new clubs now operating under the Dynamite Bay banner:

Dynamite Bay Extreme - adventure style club for boys aged 7-12 years meeting each Tuesday 5.30pm-7.30pm. Cost $2 per person.  Contact Dennis Westbury phone 06-757 4771.

Dynamite Bay GO - art and social events for girls only (GO). Meeting Thursday evenings 4.00pm-5.30pm. Contact Deanne Bloomfield phone 06-769 5438.

Dyslexia HELP

Aims: To provide dyslexia support to children and adults using the Davis Dyslexia Correction Programme.

East End Rink Roller Skating

Educare Training Trust, Taranaki

Aims: A 40 week comprehensive introduction to early childhood, special needs and teacher aide. National Certificate in Early Childhood Education and Care Level 3, Certificate in Education Support Level 3. Open to all.

Eltham Bird Centre

Bird barn accommodating up to 300 birds.

Eltham Toy Wall

This quirky attraction started in the 1970s when the late Faye Young found some toys in neighbouring Bridger Park. She left the toys on the wall between her house and the park in the hope that the toy's owners would find them. Instead, more toys appeared on the wall. Mrs Young and her family cemented the toys into the wall. There are now thousands of toys in the wall to be enjoyed by young and old.

Fun Ho! National Toy Museum

Toy collection of over 3000 Fun Ho! Toys (miniature vehicles, etc) 1930s - 1980s, also other New Zealand made toys. Also a toy maker.

Growing Through Grief New Plymouth

Aims: To provide small peer support groups for children affected by loss and grief around the death of a close family member, separation/divorce of their parents, separation from their parents by being in foster care or by a parent being in long term imprisonment.

Guides Taranaki

Aims: We enable girls and young women to reach their full potential and make a difference in the world.

Gumboot Gully - Horseriding

If it's an adventurous experience you are looking for, our treks are for you! We have access to many central Taranaki hill country stations. We are able to offer a variety of rides and overnight venues ranging from half day to one week treks. Treks include river crossings, old stock routes, native bush tracks, pine forests, high ridge tops with spectacular views and quiet misty gullies. Our team of horses are a combination of station and standard breeds. We ride in Australian and NZ stock saddles. All meals catered for on overnight treks. Season: November - May for overnight treks, year round for day rides.

Heart Children, Taranaki

Aims: To facilitate the best possible care for heart children and their families in Taranaki.

Indoor Speedway

Inglewood Playcentre

Aims: The Inglewood Playcentre is a parent cooperative that provides early childhood education for children from birth to six years old.

Kindergarten Association, North Taranaki

Aims: Provide a quality early childhood education service for children aged three to four years.

Kindergarten Merrilands

Kindergarten Pohutukawa, Bell Block

Aims: A large variety of curriculum (Te Whariki) activities are provided for three to five-year-olds by trained, registered teachers, encouraging children to learn through play.

Kindergarten, Brooklands

Aims: Activities offered at kindergarten encourage children to learn through play. Teachers provide stimulation, guidance, encouragement and support in an attractive environment.

Kindergarten, Inglewood

Aims: To provide quality early childhood education to children. Activities offered at kindergarten encourage children to learn through play. Teachers provide stimulation, guidance, encouragement and support in an attractive environment.

Kindergarten, Kahikatea

Aims: Activities offered at kindergarten encourage children to learn through play. Teachers provide stimulation, guidance, encouragement and support in an attractive enviroment.

Kindergarten, Marfell

Aims: Children are encouraged to learn through play. Teachers provide a stimulating environment offering high quality education in a calm, peaceful and purposeful atmosphere. Quality resources and meaningful interactions are a feature of this kindergarten.

Kindergarten, Pukekura

Aims: Early childhood education.

Kindergarten, Puketapu

Aims: To provide quality education for three to five-year-old children. Government run.

Kindergarten, Waitara Central

Aims: Activities offered at kindergarten encourage children to learn through play. Teachers provide stimulation, guidance, encouragement and support in an attractive environment.

Lollipops Playland

Funtastic indoor play for one to 11 year olds.

Mahia Mai-A Whai Tara

Aims: Kaupapa Maori services that lead and empower life choices for all people.

McKendrick Preschool

Aims: Early childhood education centre for children over two years old.

Okau Horse Treks

Aims: Personally tailored equine adventures to suit all ages and levels of experience. One hour to full day.

Parent to Parent, New Zealand

Aims: Empowering parents, caregivers and whanau of children with disabilities, health impairments and special needs, through support and provision of information.

Parents Centre, New Plymouth

Aims: New Plymouth Parents Centre is a volunteer organisation run by parents for parents since 1957.
We are part of a national organisation and are one of over 50 parent centres nationwide who offer our members childbirth education, parent support and education, playgroups and advocacy/lobbying for parenting, birthing and families.

Parents Centre, Stratford

Aims: To provide education and support to parents and parents-to-be. To promote the role of parenting and advocate to improve community attitudes and facilities.

Playcentre, Waverley

Aims: Quality early childhood education service.

Plunket Sub Branch, Manaia

Aims: Child health and family support services.

Pouakai Zoo Park

Aims: To continue providing the largest collection of primates of any privately owned zoo in New Zealand. Many other exotic animals(including three lions) and birds. Bush walk. Lion feeding at 1.30pm.

Riding for the Disabled, Hawera Group

Aims: To give disabled people confidence, independence and well-being through therapeutic horse riding and horse care.

Ruanui Health Centre

Aims: To provide an accessible, affordable, quality health service to ngati ruanui and other community groups.

Save the Children, Taranaki

Aims: Save the Children fights for children's rights. We deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children's lives worldwide. Save the Children works for a world which respects and values each child, a world which listens to children and learns, a world where all children have hope and opportunity.

Scout Group, West End

Aims: To promote self growth, achieve a sense of belonging and interact with other youth all under guidence of adults, who have undertaken training within the scouting movement.

Scout Group, Westown

Aims: Provide life skills and education to children.

Steam Train Rides

Address: Cnr Liardet and Gilbert streets
Opening Hours: Operate Sundays and public holidays 2pm to 4pm (weather permitting). Under three years free.

Three Sisters Horse Treks

Let our experienced and friendly guides take you 900 feet above sea level (higher than the White Cliffs) or around Elephant Rock near the ancient cave carvings at the Three Sisters.

Toy Library, Taranaki

Aims: To provide a library of quality educational toys to all community families and special needs groups. Also at a cost within the budget of those families/groups.

Tranquil Trekking - horseriding

Holiday fun and all year group bookings. 2 hour plus treks or bring your own horse for a day out. Come and ride the beautiful coastline.

Waitara Playcentre

Aims: The Waitara Playcentre is a parent cooperative that provides quality early childhood education for children from birth to six years.

Waitara Scout Group

Aims: Youth - a programme based on recreation and fun, experience in the outdoors and an introduction to the outdoors. Adult leaders - personal growth through training and support, enjoyment through working with youth community ensuring a safe environment for our youth and to help develop good citizens.

Waiwhakaiho Te Kohanga Reo

Aims: To provide an environment of learning for all pre-school tamariki that caters for the individual and differing needs of mokopuna while being embraced with their whanau under Te Korowai. Te Whariki provides direct and indirect learning experiences using Te Reo, in a Kohanga Reo environment.

Winterland Riding Centre

Learn to ride horses.