Kids play in snow in central Auckland

It was difficult to tell who was having more fun - the adults or the kids - when a touch of Frozen came to central Auckland this morning with a two tonne dumping of 'snow'.

Wrapped up warm in their winter woolies, puffer jackets, and gumboots, the gloved hands were soon throwing bits of 'snow' in the air and over each-other's heads - and that was just the parents.

The kids weren't long getting in on the action though. As the playground gates opened shortly after 9.30am, a wave of 4-year-olds ran to the small truckload of salt ice which had been emptied in the playground of KiNZ Myers Park Early Learning Centre.

Fun in the snow for young children attending KiNZ Myers Park Kindergarten in central Auckland. Photo / Getty Images

Jumping on the mound of ice, stomping around in it, picking it up in their hands and throwing it about - many were amazed by the stuff, having never seen it before. But it was too strange a sight for some, who cried and didn't want to go near it.

Coming just as Auckland was warming up after the recent cold snap, parents said it gave them a taste of what it must be like in the South Island this week, which was blanketed in snow as the mercury plunged well below freezing.

Even Queen Elsa swapped her delicate princess heels for a pair of gumboots so she could get stuck into the snow pile and play with the kids alongside trusty snowman Olaf. The characters from Disney's smash hit film Frozen helped keep the kids entertained with "warm hugs" and renditions of Let It Go.

Marcel Tromp, who's daughter Mahina, 5, goes to the kindergarten, said she was having a ball in the snow.

"She's never seen snow before so it's a good experience," he said.

Mahina and her brother Tui, 2, had been "talking about it for the last two weeks", he said.

And Mr Tromp said he was having fun too.

"I can't wait to get back into that snow, and start sliding."

Image 1 of 12: A delivery of fresh snow provides entertainment for young children attending KiNZ Myers Park Kindergarten. Photo / Supplied

Anthony Chapman's son Ethan, 4, had been "very excited" about it.

"I think every day for the last week he's been telling us how many sleeps until snow day," he said.

Ethan "seems to be having a ball", Mr Chapman said.

Tia Sugiura was with her daughter Mana, 4.

"She never see it before, so very excited," she said.

"Last night she couldn't sleep."

Little Mana said she liked the snow, and had fun.

Rabia Bakhshi's son Roman, 4, could hardly tear himself away from the snow, and was among the last playing in it, long after the others had gone back inside the centre to warm up.

"It's good, very nice for the kids," she said, holding 9-month-old Rahman on her knee.

Roman had never seen the snow before.

"My son is very excited [about the snow]," she said, and had been talking about it non-stop.

He was also a big fan of Olaf, she said.

A delivery of fresh snow provides entertainment for young children attending KiNZ Myers Park Kindergarten. Photo / Getty Images

Chief executive of KiNZ, Tanya Harvey, said the snow day would "go down in history" and stay with the children for a long time.

"It's a novelty, and a lot of them won't have seen it before," she said.

"We have a high migrant population, so it's amazing seeing the characters from Frozen let alone the snow. It's like a double whammy, they're so excited."

Some of the children were "a little bit nervous", she said because it was a new experience for them.

"It'll keep them talking for years to come."