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Āwhina Childcare

Education & Care

📞 06-8771401

37 Duart Road, Havelock North-Central · Hastings District

Āwhina Childcare is an education and care service in Havelock North-Central with a current roll of 25. Our analysis of the ERO report from March 2023 found strengths in curriculum and learning, with effective teaching strategies and sustained conversations supporting learning outcomes, and in health and safety compliance. Bicultural practice was assessed as emerging and 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 #
55397

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 · 2023-03-22

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"A range of useful teaching strategies supports early language and communication skills. Kaiako engage in sustained conversations with children to enhance their learning."

Effective teaching strategies and sustained conversations support learning outcomes.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"Some te reo Māori and tikanga Māori practices are evident in the curriculum."

Te reo Māori and tikanga practices present but described as emerging/developing.

Health & safety
→B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Legal compliance with health and safety requirements demonstrated through assurance.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Āwhina Childcare dated 2023-03-22, 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 Āwhina Childcare 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.

68 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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 Duart Road, Havelock North-Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Āwhina Childcare a free kindergarten?
Āwhina Childcare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Āwhina Childcare?
25 children attend Āwhina Childcare (roll year 2025).
Where is Āwhina Childcare?
37 Duart Road Havelock North-Central Hastings District

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Havelock North Early Learning Centre 0.5 km
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Havelock North Central Kindergarten 0.5 km
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Busy Bees Havelock North 0.6 km
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Havelock North Village Kids 0.6 km
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Cost of daycare in Havelock North-Central
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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.