A Whangarei childcare centre has expanded into new premises to cater to a growing roll.
Giggles Learning Centre business partners Rachel Terry and Miriam Vance opted to take over the lease of the closed-down childcare centre Noah's Ark in Kiripaka Rd, Tikipunga, in addition to their Kensington centre.
Ms Vance said there had been a long waiting list for children to attend the Kensington centre. "Then the opportunity came up to take over the lease here. The other [Kensington] centre is also a villa so it really fits," she said.
It was a carefully considered decision financially, she said. "When we first started our original business we did it really strictly - we strictly managed our budget and didn't get any overdrafts.
"We operated on our clients' needs [considering getting a new centre] and we did a lot of forecasting before we took it [the Kiripaka lease] on."