Building Blocks 2
Home-based
255 Main Street, Palmerston North Central · Palmerston North City
Building Blocks 2 is a home-based ECE service in Palmerston North. Our analysis of the ERO Akanuku report identifies significant concerns: Health & safety received a D grade with multiple non-compliances and systemic failures in health and safety systems, and Leadership & governance also received a D grade, with the report noting that leadership lacks understanding and implementation of required systems and monitoring.
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akanuku · 2026-04-21
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"The service is not meeting regulatory standards in a range of areas. Better understanding, implementation and monitoring of systems, policies, processes, and practices are required by leaders to maintain compliance."
Multiple non-compliances identified; systemic failures in health and safety systems.
"Better understanding, implementation and monitoring of systems, policies, processes, and practices are required by leaders to maintain compliance."
Leadership lacks understanding and implementation of required systems and monitoring.
Source: Education Review Office review of Building Blocks 2 dated 2026-04-21, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Building Blocks 2 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
255 Main Street, Palmerston North Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Building Blocks 2 a free kindergarten?
- Building Blocks 2 is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Building Blocks 2?
- 80 children attend Building Blocks 2 (roll year 2025).
- Where is Building Blocks 2?
- 255 Main Street Palmerston North Central Palmerston North City
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47232) ↗ · 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.