FOR THE CHILDREN A HISTORY OF THE AUCKLAND KINDERGARTEN ASSOCIATION 1908 – 2016 BY TANIA MACE TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 3 A History of the AKA ..................................................................................................... 3 The Pre-Kindergarten Era in New Zealand ............................................................................. 3 Froebel’s Kindergarten ......................................................................................................... 3 Early Kindergartens in New Zealand ...................................................................................... 5 The Establishment and Early Years of the AKA ....................................................................... 6 Further Progress .................................................................................................................13 Tough Times ......................................................................................................................19 A Time of Growth ...............................................................................................................21 Suburban Expansion and the Spread of the AKA ...................................................................26 Meeting the Needs of Changing Suburbs ..............................................................................27 Who Gets to Kindergarten ...................................................................................................29 Striving to Stay Afloat on an Ever-Changing Sea ...................................................................32 The Gathering Storm ...........................................................................................................34 The Battle for Survival .........................................................................................................35 A New Broom .....................................................................................................................36 Meeting the Needs of a Changing Society .............................................................................41 Steering a Course to the Future ...........................................................................................44 A History of the AKA Kindergartens ........................................................................... 47 Anchorage Park Kindergarten ..............................................................................................47 Aorere Kindergarten ............................................................................................................47 Avondale Kindergarten ........................................................................................................47 Bairds Kindergarten ............................................................................................................48 Bayview Kindergarten .........................................................................................................51 Beach Haven Kindergarten (formerly Birkdale) ......................................................................51 Belmont Bayswater Kindergarten .........................................................................................52 Birdwood Kindergarten ........................................................................................................52 Birkenhead Kindergarten .....................................................................................................53 Blockhouse Bay Kindergarten ...............................................................................................54 Botany Downs Kindergarten ................................................................................................54 Bucklands Beach Kindergarten .............................................................................................55 Cascades Kindergarten ........................................................................................................55 Chelsea Kindergarten ..........................................................................................................56 Clydemore Kindergarten (now KiNZ East Tamaki) .................................................................57 Colwill Kindergarten (formerly Colwill Road) .........................................................................58 Dannemora Kindergarten ....................................................................................................58 Devonport Kindergarten (formerly Wakatere) .......................................................................58 Don Buck Kindergarten........................................................................................................59 KiNZ East Tamaki (formerly Clydemore Kindergarten) ...........................................................60 Ellerslie Kindergarten (formerly Celtic Crescent) ....................................................................60 Epsom North Kindergarten (formerly Eden Epsom) ...............................................................60 Epsom South Kindergarten (formerly Lady Cobham and Selwyn) ...........................................60 Farm Cove Kindergarten (formerly Whiteacres) .....................................................................61 Favona Kindergarten ...........................................................................................................61 Ferndale Kindergarten (formerly Mt Albert) ...........................................................................62 Flat Bush Kindergarten ........................................................................................................62 Freemans Bay Kindergarten (formerly Campbell and Logan Campbell) ...................................64 Glendene Playgroup ............................................................................................................66 Glendowie Kindergarten ......................................................................................................66 Glen Eden Kindergarten.......................................................................................................66 Glen Eden West Kindergarten (formerly Rosier Road) ............................................................67 Glenfield Kindergarten .........................................................................................................67 Glen Innes Kindergarten (formerly Sunbeams) ......................................................................68 Green Bay Kindergarten ......................................................................................................68 Greenhithe Kindergarten .....................................................................................................69 Grey Lynn Kindergarten (formerly St James).........................................................................69 Haeata Kindergarten (now Sandringham) .............................................................................72 Hay Park Playgroup .............................................................................................................73 Henderson Kindergarten ......................................................................................................73 Highland Park Kindergarten .................................................................................................74 Hillsborough Kindergarten ...................................................................................................75 Hobsonville Kindergarten .....................................................................................................76 Howick Kindergarten ...........................................................................................................77 Kalmia Street Daycare (transferred to the community) ..........................................................77 Kauri Park Kindergarten ......................................................................................................77 Kelston Playgroup ...............................................................................................................78 Kingsdene Kindergarten ......................................................................................................78 Kotiri Kindergarten ..............................................................................................................78 Laingholm Kindergarten ......................................................................................................79 Lincoln Heights Playgroup ...................................................................................................79 Lincoln North Kindergarten (formerly Rathgar)......................................................................79 Lynfield Kindergarten ..........................................................................................................80 Mangawhai Kindergarten .....................................................................................................80 Mangere Bridge Kindergarten (formerly Mangere North West) ...............................................80 Mangere West Kindergarten (formerly Idlewild) ....................................................................81 Maraetai Beachlands Kindergarten .......................................................................................81