Despair turned to delight after local businesses came to the aid of Dannevirke's Tots and Toddlers Playgroup following a spate of vandalism.
"We arrived at Tots and Toddlers one Monday morning recently to discover the end of our seesaw had been broken off and one of our swings cut," Naomi Castles said.
"While our seesaw was ageing, our swing was only a year or two old so this was pretty disappointing."
Tots and Toddlers Playgroup is based alongside State Highway 2 at Makirikiri.