Skip to content
d daycarenearme.co.nz

Brightlands Childcare Centre, Airport Oaks

Education & Care

📞 09-2184993

45 McKenzie Road, Mangere Bridge · Auckland - Māngere-Ōtāhuhu

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
48015

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 · 2025-04-24

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The service curriculum is based on Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. It respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures."

Curriculum grounded in Te Whāriki with culturally responsive approach evident

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"Increasing opportunities for children to hear and speak te reo Māori in meaningful learning contexts."

Te reo Māori identified as next step for improvement

Health & safety
B
"Consistent implementation of health and safety practices is required to maintain regulatory standards."

Previously identified non-compliances now addressed; standards met

Leadership & governance
B
"A philosophy statement and annual plan guide the service's operations."

Philosophy and annual plan guide operations; systems in place

Source: Education Review Office review of Brightlands Childcare Centre, Airport Oaks dated 2025-04-24, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Brightlands Childcare Centre, Airport Oaks 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%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
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

45 McKenzie Road, Mangere Bridge. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

Open in Google Maps →

Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown

Loading Mangere Bridge context…

Frequently asked

Is Brightlands Childcare Centre, Airport Oaks a free kindergarten?
Brightlands Childcare Centre, Airport Oaks is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Brightlands Childcare Centre, Airport Oaks?
50 children attend Brightlands Childcare Centre, Airport Oaks (roll year 2025).
Where is Brightlands Childcare Centre, Airport Oaks?
45 McKenzie Road Mangere Bridge Auckland - Māngere-Ōtāhuhu

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

Nearby & related

The Miller Nest Early Learning Centre 0.5 km
education and care
Tadpoles Early Childhood Centre 0.6 km
education and care
Akoteu Faka-Kalisitiane Ko Namoa (aka Namoa Christian Preschool 0.6 km
education and care
Li'l Champs Early Learning Centre 0.7 km
education and care
All centres in Mangere Bridge
Including the 6 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Mangere Bridge
By age + FamilyBoost net
Browse all centres
Filter by type, region, 20 Hours

Compare Brightlands Childcare Centre, Airport Oaks side-by-side with another centre →

s
When they start school

Find your zoned schools near Mangere Bridge

Our sister site schoolsnearme.co.nz covers every NZ primary, intermediate and secondary school with ERO reports, financials, and statutory-manager alerts. Enter your address to see which schools you're zoned for.

schoolsnearme.co.nz →

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.