Busy Bees McGarvey Road 1

Education & Care4.2 (10)Updated 12 days ago
Open today · 7:30am5:30pm · Whakatane, Bay-of-plenty

About this centre

Busy Bees McGarvey Road 1 is a licensed education & care centre in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty.

20 Hours ECE is available for eligible tamariki.

Compiled from the Ministry of Education ECE Directory.

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Key facts

HoursMon–Fri, 7:30am – 5:30pm
20 Hours ECEAvailable for eligible tamariki

Licence & ERO

Service type
Education & Care
MOE number
45306
Sourced from the Ministry of Education ECE Directory, last synced 17 Jul 2026. See the official record on Education Counts.

Reviews & ratings

4.210 Google reviews

Overall rating aggregated from Google. Verified Parent.nz reviews from families who enquired appear below.

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Skye Woollett
★★★★★via Google ↗November 2025

We’ve been at Busy Bees for over a year now and am so happy we made the choice to have our two children here at this awesome centre. We’ve have a child in every single room now and can say that no matter where your child is placed in the centre, they will have amazing staff looking after them. You can tell the teachers WANT to be there and genuinely love their job. Having been to other centres, I can tell you this makes a huge difference to the children’s experience - making them feel welcome, safe, and happy - and I know I feel very comfortable leaving my children with the team. The centre manager knows and engages with all the kids, has a great positive attitude, and I feel is really trustworthy. The team as a whole is cohesive and a well oiled machine with the back office staff being friendly and always awesome to work with. Highly recommend Busy Bees McGarvey Road. The staff is amazing, outside play area unreal - so many places for physical activities, including a pool! - and a general air of happiness throughout the whole centre. Sign your child(ren) up - it will be one of the best decisions you make for your children and the whole family.

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Scott Innes
★★★★★via Google ↗August 2025

The kids love Busy Bees!

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Simon Syse
★★★★via Google ↗March 2025

Enrolled my toddler four months before visits started, got a start date for visits then meant to start a week after that properly! Communication was poor throughout the whole process. Then a few days before the initial visits were meant to take place the centre manager sent a vague and pitiful email stating due to another family’s circumstances “later found out was due to my ex partners child being at the centre” they would have to place my child back on the wait list with no apology whatsoever for mucking my family around for four months then choosing to cater to another family. Was the most unprofessional situation I’ve ever had to deal with and the centre manager caused my family immense stress and unfair stress at that due to their poor decision making abilities my toddler wasn’t able to start her preschooling due to this centre