An early childhood conference packed with high calibre speakers and a range of workshops has been labelled "one of the best yet" by organisers.
Celebrating Northland's Tamariki, the biennial early childhood education conference, was on for the seventh time on Saturday with the theme Whakawhanaungatanga - Partnerships in Practice.
Bronwyn Coulton, chairwoman of the conference committee and professional practice manager and external contract manager at Northland Kindergarten Association, said about 120 early childhood educators attended the event at Kamo High School.
"The calibre of the presenters that we brought in to Whangārei for the conference certainly made the conference an exciting and informative day for the participants... it was one of the best, it came together so well," she said.
The first conference was held in 2006 and was born out of a lack of opportunities for Northland early childhood teachers to upskill in the region.