…About us…
here at kIDS Rock we have a commitment to build our teaching team with enthusiastic qualified kaiako who have a passion for working with young tamariki. We have over 80% qualified and experienced teachers on the floor with your tamariki each day, and a vibrant whānau orientated curriculum ensuring the best in quality care and education. Kids Rock is designed to reflect the beauty of our natural surroundings and to stimulate the sensory development of our tamariki.
…XPLOR Education…
Xplor education is an ingregal part of our day to day operations, it is a platform that connects apps including the “Xplore home app”, “Discover app” and the “playground app” to make childcare, education and administration easy and accessible.
Xplore home
“Xplor Home” provides our whanau with an insight to the care and education of their tamariki, from the moment you complete your enrolment form, you can utilise ‘Xplor Home” to book child-care days, manage your account, receive observations and photographs, as well as, be kept up to date with nappy changes, sleep management, accident and medication notifications and sunscreen applications.
Discover
The “Discover” app’s main purpose in the centre is to provide the ability to sign tamariki in and out. Upon enrollment each whanau member will receive their very own unique code which gives you access to do such tasks, alernatively, whanau can scan their QR code provided by the “xplor home” app. “Discover” provides both whanau and kaiako with the ability to track who picks up/drops off tamariki and their times of arrival/departure.
Play ground
The “playground” app enables kaiako to document, share learning focuses and observations throughout the day, it is also where toileting, accident and medication, sleeping and sunscreen application records are documented and stored.
...Our Team...

Tania
Centre Manager (tUTURU)
Riki
Assistant Manager (TUTURU)
Amanda
Administrator

Megan
Registered Teacher (Tuturu)
Shannon
Registered Teacher (Tuturu)
Tracey
registered teacher (Tuturu)
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Ko ngatokimatawhaora tōku waka
Ko Pouerua tōku maunga
Ko Waitangi tōku awa
Ko Te tii o Waitangi me Oromahue ōku marae
Ko Nga puhi tōku iwi
Ko Ngati Rahiri me Ngati Kawa ōku hapu
Ko Ashby rāua ko Williams ōku ingoa whanau
Ko Tania tōku ingoa
Kia ora whānau,
I am Tania Wharepapa, I am the manager here at Kids Rock. I have a bachelor of teaching in childhood education since 1996. I have been here at Kids Rock since 2013. I have 4 children and 12 grandchildren. I am passionate about revitilising te reo māori within our learning and value the input of our whanau and community.
‘Nā te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi’
Your basket and my basket together for the wellbeing of our community.
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Sheree
Teacher-in-training (3rd year)
Grace
Teacher
Jaydn
Teacher
Jacqueline
Cook
Kiana
RELIEVE tEACHER
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Hi! my name is Grace. I am absolutely thrilled to be a teacher here at Kids Rock. I am always excited to meet and build relationships with new people. I love working with children and enjoy helping them learn and grow. I am passionate about kids as I want them to feel loved and cared for. Everyday is a great opportunity to share creative ideas adn inspre each other. Lets have fun and explore things together!
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Hi, I’m Jacquelin. I work in the kitchen at Kids Rock providing your children with daily meals incusing classics such as mac’n’cheese to sweet cuisines like butter chicken and rice risotto. I live in Putāruru with my partner and daughter.
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