Havelock North Playcentre
Playcentre
Porter Drive, Havelock North-Central · Hastings District
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Playcentre Aotearoa Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"The programme is underpinned by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum and the Playcentre philosophy. Building members' knowledge and understanding of Te Whāriki and how to document children's learning is ongoing."
Te Whāriki implemented; ongoing professional learning; assessment documentation needs development
"A strong sense of belonging and wellbeing is promoted through supportive and reciprocal relationships among parents and children."
Strong belonging and relationships; supportive environment established
"The playcentre is responsive to its members in seeking ways to support them to gain a playcentre qualification."
Responsive to whānau; support for parent engagement and qualification
"Members have identified the need to continue to strengthen practices that support Māori and Pacific learners."
Commitment evident; practices need strengthening for Māori and Pacific learners
"Reported ratios of adults to children Under 2 1:2 Better than minimum requirements Over 2 1:2 Better than minimum requirements"
Ratios exceed minimum requirements; legal assurance completed
"Members' understanding of self review is continuing to develop. An established framework guides the process. It effectively informs decisions about what the centre is going to do. The focus should now shift from looking at what the centre is doing to evaluating how well practices that support positive outcomes for children are being promoted."
Self-review framework developing; needs shift to evaluating impact on children
Source: Education Review Office review of Havelock North 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 computedThe 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
Porter Drive, Havelock North-Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Havelock North Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Havelock North Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Havelock North Playcentre?
- 29 children attend Havelock North Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Havelock North Playcentre?
- Porter Drive Havelock North-Central Hastings District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #55054) ↗ · 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.