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Heretaunga Park Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

33 Kiwi Street, Heretaunga · Upper Hutt City

Heretaunga Park Early Learning Centre received an Akarangi review in August 2024. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing, with a strong nurturing environment. However, several areas need development: whānau partnership, bicultural practice and te reo Māori integration, health and safety compliance, and leadership and governance systems.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
60078

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 · 2024-08-22

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
B
"Infants and toddlers are nurtured by attentive teachers who are attuned to their communication cues. A well-designed calm learning environment supports them to learn at their own pace."

Strong nurturing environment with attentive teachers supporting child wellbeing.

Whānau partnership
C
"The service has identified the need to develop learning-focused partnerships to better inform planning and assessment that reflects children and whānau aspirations and cultures, languages and identities."

Partnerships identified as needing development to better reflect whānau aspirations.

Bicultural practice
C
"Meaningful aspects of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are evident, especially for younger children. Building teacher confidence and capability is required to better integrate this through the daily programme."

Te reo Māori present but inconsistent; teacher capability building required.

Health & safety
C
"It is a priority for governance and management to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the regulatory standards and licensing criteria to ensure that they consistently meeting the minimum standards especially in relation to health and safety."

Non-compliances identified and addressed; management knowledge of standards needs development.

Leadership & governance
C
"It is timely for leadership to build their confidence to fully implement internal evaluation. Refining the evaluative question and success indicators to better identify the impact of new learning and intentional strategies on outcomes for learners is the next step."

Internal evaluation systems emerging; leadership confidence and capability need development.

Source: Education Review Office review of Heretaunga Park Early Learning Centre dated 2024-08-22, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Heretaunga Park 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.

58 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
50
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1880)
50
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

33 Kiwi Street, Heretaunga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Heretaunga Park Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Heretaunga Park 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 Heretaunga Park Early Learning Centre?
50 children attend Heretaunga Park Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Heretaunga Park Early Learning Centre?
33 Kiwi Street Heretaunga Upper Hutt City

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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)

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

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.