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Eastside Playcentre

Playcentre

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10 Matarawa Street, Whanganui East · Whanganui District

Total roll
17
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
40230

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Playcentre Aotearoa logo Playcentre Aotearoa

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Education Review · 2025-07-17

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
→C
"explore further opportunities for children to develop knowledge and an understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi."

Next step identified to develop understanding of Te Tiriti cultural heritages.

Health & safety
↑B
"Health and safety Meeting"

Health and safety standards met and maintained.

Leadership & governance
C
"ensuring the system of regular appraisal is consistently implemented."

Non-compliance: regular appraisal system not consistently implemented.

Source: Education Review Office review of Eastside Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 Eastside Playcentre 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.

66 / 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 C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
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

10 Matarawa Street, Whanganui East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2016-08-31
Total revenue$32,447
Surplus / deficit$-4,210
Paid employees1

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Eastside Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Eastside Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Eastside Playcentre?
17 children attend Eastside Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Eastside Playcentre?
10 Matarawa Street Whanganui East Whanganui District

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Whanganui Montessori Preschool 0.2 km
education and care
Whanganui East Kindergarten 0.4 km
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Te Puna Ako ki Tōtara Puku 0.6 km
kindergarten
Love and Learn Care and Education 0.8 km
education and care
All centres in Whanganui East
Including the 6 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Whanganui East
By age + FamilyBoost net
All Playcentre Aotearoa
Other Playcentre Aotearoa centres nationally

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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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: 2016-08-31· 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.