Curious Cubs City Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
150 Tristram Street, Hamilton Central · Hamilton City
Curious Cubs City Early Learning Centre is an education and care service in Hamilton Central with a roll of 80 children. Our analysis of the ERO report from August 2022 graded Curriculum & learning, Children's wellbeing, and Bicultural practice all as B, with strengths in responsive engagement with cultures, strong relationships supporting social-emotional wellbeing, and embedded te reo and tikanga, though bicultural capacity and partnerships with mana whenua continue to develop.
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2022-08-22
"Kaiako demonstrate some responsiveness to engage with tamariki using the language of their cultures. Fijian, Chinese and Filipino cultures are somewhat responded to in assessments. Parent aspirations are collected and utilised in planning."
Responsive engagement with cultures and parent aspirations integrated into planning.
"Infants and toddlers experience highly responsive relationships with kaiako. Tamariki social competence and emotional wellbeing are well supported to enhance their sense of belonging."
Strong responsive relationships; social-emotional wellbeing and belonging well supported.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The service demonstrates a commitment to growing kaiako bicultural capacity to benefit Māori tamariki. Systems are in place for kaiako and parents to share culturally valued knowledge. Tamariki hear some te reo Māori, waiata, and experience tikanga in the daily curriculum."
Commitment to bicultural capacity; te reo, waiata, tikanga embedded; localised curriculum with mana whenua still develop
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Curious Cubs City Early Learning Centre dated 2022-08-22, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Curious Cubs City 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.
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
150 Tristram Street, Hamilton Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Curious Cubs City Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Curious Cubs City 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 Curious Cubs City Early Learning Centre?
- 80 children attend Curious Cubs City Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Curious Cubs City Early Learning Centre?
- 150 Tristram Street Hamilton Central Hamilton City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47154) ↗ · 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.