Back2Nature - Koru
Home-based
52 Denby Crescent, Tikipunga · Whangarei District
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 · 2023-01-20
"Records of their learning are collated by educators in assessment portfolios. Mentoring teachers' additions to these portfolios identify sustained play and positive relationships between children and their educators."
Assessment portfolios with mentoring teacher input show sustained play and relationships.
"Children appear to be engaged and confident in the care of educators."
Children are engaged and confident with their educators.
"Parents are well informed and invited to comment using an online portal."
Parents informed and invited to comment via online portal.
"Many educators have begun to use te reo Māori in their stories and observations. Educators include tikanga Māori, such as karakia, before the sharing of food. Tuakana/teina relationships are highlighted when older children support and play with younger children. Mentoring teachers support educators to increase their use of te reo me ōna tikanga Māori with children."
Te reo Māori and tikanga Māori integrated; mentoring teachers support increased use.
"Educators' health and safety records in homes are up-to-date and well maintained. Mentoring teachers also maintain monthly records about the hygiene and safety of educators' homes, and children's wellbeing."
Health and safety records up-to-date; monthly hygiene and safety records maintained.
"It would be useful to deepen the focus and intention of self review to increase the robustness of findings and future actions. Appraisal processes need updating to provide links between job descriptions, performance indicators and professional development."
Self-review and appraisal processes need strengthening and updating.
Source: Education Review Office review of Back2Nature - Koru dated 2023-01-20, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedThe 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
52 Denby Crescent, Tikipunga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Back2Nature - Koru a free kindergarten?
- Back2Nature - Koru is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Back2Nature - Koru?
- 80 children attend Back2Nature - Koru (roll year 2025).
- Where is Back2Nature - Koru?
- 52 Denby Crescent Tikipunga Whangarei District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #46649) ↗ · 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)
- 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.