BestStart Kawaha Point
Education & Care
75 Aquarius Drive, Kawaha Point · Rotorua District
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths across curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and leadership and governance, all graded A.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
BestStart Educare Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Education Review · 2025-09-11 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2025-09-11, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2018-03-20· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The curriculum is culturally responsive and highly effective at promoting successful educational outcomes for children."
Culturally responsive, highly effective, strong Te Whāriki implementation and assessment practices.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Relationships between teachers and whānau are based on genuine attitudes of acceptance, respect, willingness to listen and to share fun."
Strong partnerships, genuine acceptance, regular communication, whānau contribution valued.
"Management demonstrates a high level of commitment to The Treaty of Waitangi. This is evident in centre operations and the promotion of bicultural practice for all teachers."
Treaty commitment embedded, kaupapa Māori integral, cultural competencies for teachers developed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leadership is highly effective. They have developed a shared passion throughout the team and community reflecting a strong commitment to the centre's philosophy and vision."
Highly effective, shared vision, strong professional learning culture, strategic governance in place.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Kawaha Point dated 2018-03-20, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where BestStart Kawaha Point 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
75 Aquarius Drive, Kawaha Point. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Kawaha Point a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Kawaha Point is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Kawaha Point?
- 32 children attend BestStart Kawaha Point (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Kawaha Point?
- 75 Aquarius Drive Kawaha Point Rotorua 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 #30048) ↗ · 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.