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Country Educare Children's Centre

Education & Care

📞 06-3681061 ✉ Email centre

73 Whelans Road, RD 1, Makomako · Horowhenua District

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
40244

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 · 2026-01-16

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
B
"Teachers engage in meaningful, positive interactions with children."

Positive teacher-child interactions evident, though limited detail provided.

Whānau partnership
↑B
"Regular opportunities are provided for parents to communicate with staff about their child and be involved in decision making."

Regular communication and parent involvement in decision-making established.

Bicultural practice
↓B
"Children develop knowledge and an understanding of the cultural heritage of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi."

Children develop understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi bicultural heritage.

Health & safety
↓D
"ERO found areas of non-compliance in the service relating to ensuring: heavy furniture that could fall or topple and cause serious injury or damage is secured checks are made to equipment, premises, and facilities on every day of operation for hazards to children and that these include, but are not limited to, all those listed in the licensing criteria records of all medicine given to children attending the service include the amount of medication given"

Multiple non-compliances identified: unsecured furniture, inadequate daily hazard checks, incomplete medication records.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Country Educare Children's Centre dated 2026-01-16, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Country Educare Children's 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.

61 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

73 Whelans Road, RD 1, Makomako. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Country Educare Children's Centre a free kindergarten?
Country Educare Children's Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Country Educare Children's Centre?
30 children attend Country Educare Children's Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Country Educare Children's Centre?
73 Whelans Road, RD 1 Makomako Horowhenua District

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Sources & verification

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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.