Active Explorers Mana
Education & Care
30 Marina View, Mana · Porirua City
ERO assessed Active Explorers Mana as Not well placed in August 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified areas requiring improvement: curriculum and learning processes need development, bicultural practice requires stronger culturally responsive strategies, and leadership evaluation systems are newly implemented but not yet embedded. Strengths include children's wellbeing support and health and safety practices.
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Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
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Operator
Active Explorers Cultural & rohe
ERO review
ERO Review · 2017-08-02
This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.
"Leaders have acknowledged that assessment, planning and evaluation processes require improvement. ERO agrees. Management should oversee the development and implementation of a robust cycle, which clearly demonstrates teachers' understanding of the purpose and use of assessment and planning for children's learning."
Assessment, planning and evaluation processes require improvement and development.
"A well-considered process supports transitions within the centre. Useful information is shared with children and whānau to support their sense of belonging and wellbeing at these times."
Strong transitions and belonging support, though school transition needs development.
"Planning information is shared with parents, who have opportunities to contribute information from home into the process. An online tool supports this communication."
Parents engaged in planning and communication; opportunity to deepen cultural responsiveness.
"Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori are evident in documentation and the environment. Leaders and teachers have been working to improve their bicultural curriculum. This has involved language courses, and working with Ngāti Toa through a Ministry of Education-funded programme, Strengthening Early Learning Opportunities. This is ongoing."
Bicultural practice developing; needs stronger culturally responsive strategies for Māori and Pacific children.
"Reported ratios of staff to children Under 2 1:4 Better than minimum requirements Over 2 1:8 Better than minimum requirements"
Ratios exceed minimum requirements; legal compliance systems in place.
"Leaders acknowledge that this process does not yet evaluate how well teachers' practice improves outcomes for children. Teachers require support to develop their understanding and use of internal evaluation as a tool for improvement."
Internal evaluation processes developing; appraisal systems newly implemented but not yet embedded.
Source: Education Review Office review of Active Explorers Mana dated 2017-08-02, licensed CC-BY 4.0. The 4-point overall judgement is ERO's; the 6 dimension grades are our analysis of ERO's prose (see methodology). · Centre has 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedThe composite is a weighted average of six ERO dimensions, each scored 0–100 (A=90, B=70, C=50, D=25). The "(p47)" style suffix shows where the centre sits within its EQI band (peer percentile, when ≥10 comparable centres in band). See methodology for the formula + limits.
Location
30 Marina View, Mana. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Active Explorers Mana a free kindergarten?
- Active Explorers Mana is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Active Explorers Mana?
- 77 children attend Active Explorers Mana (roll year 2025).
- Where is Active Explorers Mana?
- 30 Marina View Mana Porirua City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45059) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
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