Awanui Playcentre
Playcentre
172 Far North Road, State Highway 1, Kaitāia East · Far North District
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
"There is good evidence of children's interests leading the curriculum, with maths, technology, science and rich language evident in the programme, planning and learning."
Strong interest-led curriculum evident; planning documentation could be more consistent.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Te reo and tikanga Māori are valued and woven through the programme."
Te reo and tikanga integrated throughout programme; bicultural practice evident.
"Good systems help them to monitor the quality of programmes, adult education levels, and health and safety requirements."
Effective systems for health and safety monitoring; compliance with legal requirements met.
"Centre systems, including strategic and annual planning, policies, professional learning and internal evaluation, inform the next steps in centre development. Well planned internal evaluation is having a positive impact on centre practices."
Sound leadership systems and internal evaluation; strategic planning being developed with community input.
Source: Education Review Office review of Awanui 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Awanui 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.
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
172 Far North Road, State Highway 1, Kaitāia East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Awanui Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Awanui Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Awanui Playcentre?
- 25 children attend Awanui Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Awanui Playcentre?
- 172 Far North Road, State Highway 1 Kaitāia East Far North District
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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 #17021) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2016-08-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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
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)
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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.