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Country Wonders

Education & Care

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57 Hodgsons Road, Loburn · Waimakariri District

Country Wonders is an education and care service in Loburn with a current roll of 62 children. Our analysis of the October 2022 ERO report found B grades across children's wellbeing, bicultural practice, and leadership and governance, indicating established systems for health, safety, and management with opportunities for expanded te reo and tikanga integration.

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

Total roll
62
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45356

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 · 2022-10-05

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
→B
"Health and safety processes are regularly monitored and reviewed to meet regulatory requirements."

Health and safety systems regularly monitored; emotional and physical safety processes in place.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↑B
"Children have opportunities to learn about the dual heritages of Aotearoa/New Zealand."

Opportunities to learn dual heritages provided; limited detail on te reo or tikanga integration.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"There are systems in place to support the governance, management, and administrative procedures."

Management systems established; new owner actively involved in daily operations.

Source: Education Review Office review of Country Wonders dated 2022-10-05, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Country Wonders 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.

69 / 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
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%
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

57 Hodgsons Road, Loburn. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Country Wonders a free kindergarten?
Country Wonders is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Country Wonders?
62 children attend Country Wonders (roll year 2025).
Where is Country Wonders?
57 Hodgsons Road Loburn Waimakariri District

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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.