This week saw many children return to school but some were entering the classroom for their first day.
The Rotorua Daily Post caught up with 5-year-old Tui Stokes-Kaukau to see how his first day went.
Tui said he enjoyed his first day at St Michael's Catholic Primary and that he did a lot of different things.
"We do funny things and our teachers are nice and we just do all of the stuff."
At lunchtime he said he got to play on the slides and in the sandpit and that he had a good time.