Is Aorere Playcentre a free kindergarten?

Aorere Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.

What's the roll at Aorere Playcentre?

30 children attend Aorere Playcentre (roll year 2025).

Aorere Playcentre

Name: Aorere Playcentre
Address: Lewis Street, Inlets Golden Bay, Tasman, NZ
Telephone: 027-8805248

Playcentre

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Lewis Street, Inlets Golden Bay · Tasman District

Total roll

2025

Under 2s

—

20 Hours ECE

—

MOE #

65104

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

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

Operator

Playcentre Aotearoa

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Education Review · 2025-07-17

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).

Curriculum & learning

"Kaiako are beginning to use the learning outcomes of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, to identify significant learning to build a rich curriculum for every child."

Te Whāriki implementation evident; kaiako using learning outcomes effectively

Children's wellbeing

—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership

—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice

—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety

"Those responsible for monitoring health and safety should apply more rigour to supporting the service to maintain compliance with Playcentre Aotearoa policies and the regulatory standards."

Non-compliance identified in accident/injury/illness analysis; compliance concerns noted

Leadership & governance

"Sufficient progress has been made in response."

Progress made addressing previous ERO recommendations; governance meeting standards

Source: Education Review Office review of Aorere Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 Aorere Playcentre 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)

Wellbeing

20%

Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)

est

Health & Safety

20%

Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)

Leadership

15%

Grade B · below band median (n=2400)

Whānau Partnership

12.5%

Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)

est

Bicultural Practice

12.5%

Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)

est

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

Lewis Street, Inlets Golden Bay. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Aorere Playcentre a free kindergarten?: Aorere Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Aorere Playcentre?: 30 children attend Aorere Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Aorere Playcentre?: Lewis Street Inlets Golden Bay Tasman District

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Nearby & related

All centres in Inlets Golden Bay

Including the 0 others nearby

Cost of daycare in Inlets Golden Bay

By age + FamilyBoost net

All Playcentre Aotearoa

Other Playcentre Aotearoa centres nationally

When they start school

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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #65104) ↗ · 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)
Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md

Full source list, licence text, refresh cadence: /sources. How we match, clean, and rank: /methodology.

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: 12 July 2026. See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.