Severe weather in the Otago region

As a result of the severe weather impacting communities in the Otago region 103 early learning and kōhanga reo services are closed, affecting 3,559 learners, as at 4.00pm today. This includes scheduled closures. All schools and kura are closed due to school holidays.

Schools, kura and early learning services are following the advice of local Civil Defence and other emergency Services. The decision to close remains that of the boards for schools and centre managers and owners for Early Learning services.  

The best information will come from early learning services and schools themselves. Parents and whānau are advised to check their service's/school’s website or Facebook page or contact them directly for the latest information.

Our Te Mahau (regional) offices are in touch with their schools, kura and early learning services to see what support we can provide.

Early learning and kōhanga reo services closed 

  • Abbotsford Kindergarten

  • Andersons Bay Community Kindergarten

  • Aurora Tamariki Early Years Care and Kindergarten

  • Balfour Playcentre

  • Bayfield Kindergarten

  • Bear Park - St Clair

  • BestStart Kaikorai Valley Road

  • BestStart Montessori Mosgiel

  • BestStart Montessori The Gardens

  • BestStart Mosgiel

  • Blueskin Playcentre

  • Bluff Kindergarten

  • Brockville Kindergarten

  • Casa Nova Kindergarten

  • Concord Kindergarten

  • Corstorphine Kindergarten

  • Crackerjax Early Learning Centre

  • Dunedin Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten

  • East Taieri Preschool Inc

  • Family Ties Educare - Musselburgh

  • Grants Braes Kindergarten

  • Green Island Kindergarten

  • Green Street Early Learning Centre

  • Halfway Bush Kindergarten

  • Helen Deem Kindergarten

  • Kai Kids Preschool

  • Kaikorai Kindergarten

  • Kelsey-Yaralla Kindergarten

  • Kiddies Campus Early Learning Centre

  • Learning Links Montessori

  • Little Citizens Early Learning Centre

  • Little Rock Preschool

  • Little Wonders Childcare (Roslyn)

  • Little Wonders St Kilda

  • Maori Hill Montessori Preschool

  • Mighty Minds Montessori House of Children

  • Montessori House Atelier de Bambini

  • Montessori House Casa dei Bambini

  • Montessori House Casita dei Bambini

  • Mornington Kindergarten

  • Mosgiel Central Kindergarten

  • Oamaru Playcentre

  • Opoho Playcentre

  • Otago Childcare Centre Inc

  • Palmerston Playcentre

  • Pioneers Elm Row

  • Pioneers Koputai

  • Pioneers Russell Street & Nursery

  • Port Chalmers Kindergarten

  • Portobello Kindergarten

  • Poupoutunoa Kindergarten

  • Punavai o le Atamai Preschool

  • Queens Preschool

  • Rachel Reynolds Kindergarten

  • Reid Park Kindergarten

  • Richard Hudson Kindergarten

  • Riverton Childcare

  • Roslyn Bush Playcentre

  • Roslyn Kindergarten (Dunedin)

  • Rotary Park Kindergarten

  • Sawyers Bay Playcentre

  • Space Southland

  • St Clair Corner Early Learning Centre

  • St Clair Corner Infants and Toddlers Centre Ltd

  • St Clair Kindergarten

  • St Kilda Kindergarten

  • St Leonards Playcentre

  • Te Kōhanga Reo Manaaki Tamariki

  • Te Kōhanga Reo o Whakaari

  • Te Kōhanga Reo o Whānau Paki

  • Waianiwa Kindergarten

  • Waikiwi Kindergarten

  • Wakari Kindergarten

  • York Place Preschool & Nursery

Scheduled closures

  • Arthur Burns Preschool

  • Balclutha Playcentre

  • Clinton Playcentre

  • Elsie Street Kindergarten

  • Gore Playcentre

  • Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc

  • Jade-Star Childcare and Learning Centre

  • Jonathan Rhodes Kindergarten

  • Lees Street Kindergarten

  • Longford Kindergarten

  • Lower Waitaki Playcentre

  • Macandrew Bay Playcentre

  • Makarewa Playcentre

  • Mornington Playcentre

  • Mosgiel Playcentre

  • North East Valley Baptist Community Centre

  • Ohai Playcentre

  • Otautau Playcentre

  • Outram Playcentre

  • Oxford Kindergarten

  • Pioneers Home Northern

  • Richmond Playcentre

  • Riselaw Road Playcentre

  • Roslyn/Maori Hill Playcentre

  • Waihopai Playcentre

  • Waikouaiti Playcentre

  • Weston Playcentre

  • Winton Kindergarten

  • Wyndham Playcentre.

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