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Changepoint Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

📞 07-2424088

135 Poike Road, Hairini · Tauranga City

Changepoint Early Learning Centre is an education and care service in Hairini with 32 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report found the centre achieved a B grade for health and safety, with legal assurance confirmed and safety compliance systems in place, and a B grade for leadership and governance, with developing governance systems and evidence of professional learning and relational trust.

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

Total roll
32
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45902

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 · 2023-07-05

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
→B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Legal assurance confirmed; compliance systems for safety in place.

Leadership & governance
→B
"Leaders and those responsible for governance are developing systems that promote positive outcomes for children. Relational trust between leaders and teachers supports openness to change."

Developing governance systems; professional learning and relational trust evident.

Source: Education Review Office review of Changepoint Early Learning Centre dated 2023-07-05, 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 Changepoint Early Learning Centre 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.

70 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
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%
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

135 Poike Road, Hairini. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Changepoint Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Changepoint Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Changepoint Early Learning Centre?
32 children attend Changepoint Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Changepoint Early Learning Centre?
135 Poike Road Hairini Tauranga City

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Nearby & related

Toi Ohomai Childcare Centre 0.8 km
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Te Kōhanga Reo O Hairini 1.8 km
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Te Kōhanga Reo o Tutarawananga 1.9 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.