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Butterfly Preschool

Education & Care

📞 06-7578344

21 Normanby Street, Fitzroy · New Plymouth District

Butterfly Preschool is an education and care service in Fitzroy with 38 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report (December 2022) identified strength in curriculum and learning, with a highly responsive environment that supports critical thinking and independence. Bicultural practice, including te reo Māori and tikanga, was found to be inconsistent and at varying stages of development.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
38
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46395

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 · 2022-12-21

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
A
"Children lead their learning in a highly responsive environment. The curriculum provides children with multiple opportunities for critical thought and independence."

Highly responsive environment with critical thinking and independence opportunities.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"The meaningful use of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori in day-to-day practices is at varying stages of implementation."

Te reo Māori and tikanga implementation is inconsistent and at varying stages.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Butterfly Preschool dated 2022-12-21, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Butterfly Preschool 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.

71 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2425)
90
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
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

21 Normanby Street, Fitzroy. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Butterfly Preschool a free kindergarten?
Butterfly Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Butterfly Preschool?
38 children attend Butterfly Preschool (roll year 2025).
Where is Butterfly Preschool?
21 Normanby Street Fitzroy New Plymouth District

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Nearby & related

Jumpstart Preschool Rimu 0.4 km
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Te Kōhanga Reo o Waiwhakaiho 0.4 km
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Fitzroy Kindergarten 0.5 km
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Jumpstart School 0.7 km
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Sources & verification

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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.