Busy Bees Havelock North
Education & Care
108 Te Mata Road, Karanema-St Hill · Hastings District
Busy Bees Havelock North is an education and care service in Hastings District with a current roll of 104. An ERO review in October 2022 found the service demonstrated strengths in curriculum and learning, with children involved in learning decisions, and addressed previously identified health and safety non-compliances. Our analysis of the ERO report identified next steps for improving whānau partnership engagement and strengthening bicultural practice in the curriculum.
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
Busy Bees Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Education Review · 2023-09-20 · 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 2023-09-20, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Akanuku · 2022-10-10· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The service curriculum is responsive to children as confident and capable learners. Their preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning experiences."
Curriculum responsive to learners; children involved in learning decisions.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"seek aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children to contribute to the philosophy and development of local curriculum"
Next step identified to better engage whānau aspirations in curriculum development.
"support children to become confident in their own cultures and build understanding and respect of other cultures by strengthening the curriculum to reflect their cultures, languages and identities."
Strengthening curriculum to reflect cultures and identities identified as next step.
"During the review, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed the following non‑compliances: appropriate action is taken to eliminate, isolate or minimise hazards to the safety of children [HS12]."
Previously identified non-compliance on hazard management now addressed.
"During the onsite visit, the service provided ERO with evidence that shows it has addressed non‑compliances and is now taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."
Service demonstrated responsive leadership in addressing previous non-compliances.
Source: Education Review Office review of Busy Bees Havelock North dated 2022-10-10, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Busy Bees Havelock North 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
108 Te Mata Road, Karanema-St Hill. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Busy Bees Havelock North a free kindergarten?
- Busy Bees Havelock North is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Busy Bees Havelock North?
- 104 children attend Busy Bees Havelock North (roll year 2025).
- Where is Busy Bees Havelock North?
- 108 Te Mata Road Karanema-St Hill Hastings District
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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 #45579) ↗ · 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.