Go Bananas Childcare Pukekohe
Education & Care
144 Kitchener Road, Pukekohe West · Auckland - Franklin
Go Bananas Childcare Pukekohe operates as an education and care service. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in curriculum and learning, health and safety, and leadership and governance. Bicultural practice is noted as developing, with ERO identifying scope to strengthen te ao Māori in programmes.
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
Go Bananas Childcare Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Education Review · 2026-01-22 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2026-01-22, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Akanuku · 2021-02-18· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The service curriculum is inclusive, and responsive to children as confident and competent learners."
Inclusive, responsive curriculum with child voice and Te Tiriti representation evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"They have opportunities to develop knowledge and an understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi."
Developing bicultural practice; ERO identifies need to strengthen te ao Māori in programmes.
"Health and safety procedures are monitored, and changes made when required."
Health and safety procedures monitored with responsive adjustments; meets regulatory standards.
"An annual plan guides centre operations. Processes for teacher appraisal and internal evaluation are established."
Established planning, appraisal, and evaluation processes demonstrate sound leadership foundation.
Source: Education Review Office review of Go Bananas Childcare Pukekohe dated 2021-02-18, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Go Bananas Childcare Pukekohe 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
144 Kitchener Road, Pukekohe West. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Go Bananas Childcare Pukekohe a free kindergarten?
- Go Bananas Childcare Pukekohe is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Go Bananas Childcare Pukekohe?
- 105 children attend Go Bananas Childcare Pukekohe (roll year 2025).
- Where is Go Bananas Childcare Pukekohe?
- 144 Kitchener Road Pukekohe West Auckland - Franklin
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47603) ↗ · 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.