Babies and contemporary dance are on Prime Minister John Key's agenda when he visits Tauranga today.

The visit begins with a visit to Brookfield Primary School before he opens Kidicorp owner Chloe Wright's $5 million Bethlehem Birthing Centre.

Prime Minister John Key is in Tauranga today.

After lunch he plans to visit Mount College where he will be entertained by Dance NZ Made Interschool year nine and ten winners, performing their contemporary dance piece Auschwitz.

Mount Maunganui College students' dance depiction of the network of German Nazi concentration camps network earned the school national recognition when it was performed for the competition in Palmerston North in September.