Growing Wings Whangamata
Education & Care
104 Mark Street, Whangamatā East · Thames-Coromandel District
Growing Wings Whangamata is an education and care service for up to 40 children. The 2023 ERO review identified non-compliance in curriculum alignment with Te Whāriki, bicultural practice, and emergency drill frequency. Our analysis of the ERO report grades curriculum and learning, bicultural practice, and health and safety as C (needs development), with leadership and governance graded B (performing well).
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
Akanuku · 2023-10-30
"ensuring the service curriculum is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum supporting the right of each child to be confident in their own culture, and encouraged to understand and respect each other cultures"
Non-compliance identified; curriculum not yet consistent with Te Whāriki requirements.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"supporting the right of each child to be confident in their own culture, and encouraged to understand and respect each other cultures"
Non-compliance: curriculum not ensuring cultural confidence and respect as required.
"ensuring all relevant drills are practised with children on at least a three-monthly basis"
Non-compliance identified with emergency drill practice frequency requirements.
"The service philosophy and annual plan guide daily operations."
Philosophy and annual plan guide operations; systems need strengthening for compliance.
Source: Education Review Office review of Growing Wings Whangamata dated 2023-10-30, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Growing Wings Whangamata 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
104 Mark Street, Whangamatā East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Growing Wings Whangamata a free kindergarten?
- Growing Wings Whangamata is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Growing Wings Whangamata?
- 40 children attend Growing Wings Whangamata (roll year 2025).
- Where is Growing Wings Whangamata?
- 104 Mark Street Whangamatā East Thames-Coromandel District
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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 #34049) ↗ · 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.