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Akoteu Lotofaleia Under 2s

Education & Care

📞 09-2572030 ✉ Email centre

5 Killington Crescent, Mangere · Auckland - Māngere-Ōtāhuhu

Total roll
25
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45204

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Standalone

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akarangi · 2025-04-23

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"Children experience a curriculum that provides a strong sense of connection to their home lives. Their language, culture and identity as Tongan learners are well supported through positive interactions with kau faiako and other children."

Curriculum supports home connections and cultural identity; opportunity to expand child-initiated learning.

Children's wellbeing
→B
"Families are warmly welcomed into the service. As a result, children develop a strong sense of belonging at the centre."

Children develop strong sense of belonging through warm family welcome and cultural support.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
B
"Kau faiako capably include te reo Māori and aspects of tikanga Māori in the curriculum. Children have regular opportunities to participate in karakia and waiata. Tuakana/teina relationships between older and younger children are evident."

Te reo Māori and tikanga integrated into curriculum; karakia and waiata practiced regularly.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
C
"A development priority is to improve the extent to which governance decisions focus on children and support their learning."

Leadership emerging; governance development needed to focus more on children's learning outcomes.

Source: Education Review Office review of Akoteu Lotofaleia Under 2s dated 2025-04-23, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Akoteu Lotofaleia Under 2s hasn't been graded on a dimension, the composite uses the national average for that dimension as a placeholder. Each affected axis below is flagged est. When a new ERO review lands, the placeholder is replaced and the score may shift.

66 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

The 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

5 Killington Crescent, Mangere. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Akoteu Lotofaleia Under 2s a free kindergarten?
Akoteu Lotofaleia Under 2s is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Akoteu Lotofaleia Under 2s?
25 children attend Akoteu Lotofaleia Under 2s (roll year 2025).
Where is Akoteu Lotofaleia Under 2s?
5 Killington Crescent Mangere Auckland - Māngere-Ōtāhuhu

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.