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Awhi Educare @ Owhata

Education & Care

📞 07-3456051

37 Brent Road, Owhata · Rotorua District

Awhi Educare @ Owhata is an education and care service in Owhata with a current roll of 25 children. Our analysis of the October 2024 ERO report found bicultural practice at grade B, with te reo Māori and tikanga meaningfully embedded in the curriculum. Whānau partnership and leadership & governance were both graded C, indicating these areas are still developing.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
25
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46238

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 · 2024-10-04

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

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
C
"Good progress has been made to strengthen whānau contributions into curriculum, planning and assessment."

Whānau partnership strengthened but partnership practices still developing.

Bicultural practice
↓B
"The local curriculum is established and kaiako use te reo Māori and tikanga Māori to meaningfully build learner identity."

Te reo Māori and tikanga meaningfully embedded in curriculum.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
C
"Leaders and kaiako are yet to develop a shared understanding of evaluation to support their engagement in effective evaluation practices."

Leadership capacity for evaluation and strategic direction still developing.

Source: Education Review Office review of Awhi Educare @ Owhata dated 2024-10-04, 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 Awhi Educare @ Owhata 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.

65 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
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%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1880)
50
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

37 Brent Road, Owhata. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Awhi Educare @ Owhata a free kindergarten?
Awhi Educare @ Owhata is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Awhi Educare @ Owhata?
25 children attend Awhi Educare @ Owhata (roll year 2025).
Where is Awhi Educare @ Owhata?
37 Brent Road Owhata Rotorua District

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Sources & verification

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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.