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Big Hugz Early Learning Centre Limited

Education & Care

📞 07-8562222

3 Fenwick Crescent, Hillcrest · Hamilton City

Total roll
39
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45609

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 · 2025-07-21

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
C
"ensuring that whenever children leave the premises on an excursion, records include: a signature of the Person Responsible, the names of the adults and children involved, and the method of travel."

Gaps in supervision documentation and excursion safety procedures identified.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
↓D
"At the time of the review, ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children."

Multiple non-compliances pose unacceptable risk; recommendations for licence reassessment.

Leadership & governance
↓D
"implementing suitable human resource management processes including a system of regular appraisal of staff."

Non-compliance in governance, management, and staff performance systems.

Source: Education Review Office review of Big Hugz Early Learning Centre Limited dated 2025-07-21, 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 4 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Big Hugz Early Learning Centre Limited 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.

50 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
50
Health & Safety
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
25
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

3 Fenwick Crescent, Hillcrest. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Big Hugz Early Learning Centre Limited a free kindergarten?
Big Hugz Early Learning Centre Limited is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Big Hugz Early Learning Centre Limited?
39 children attend Big Hugz Early Learning Centre Limited (roll year 2025).
Where is Big Hugz Early Learning Centre Limited?
3 Fenwick Crescent Hillcrest Hamilton City

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Nearby & related

Happy Little Learners 0.1 km
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Hillcrest Kindergarten 0.4 km
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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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)
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.