Horahora Playcentre
Playcentre
Te Mai Road, Woodhill · Whangarei District
ERO assessed Horahora Playcentre as Not well placed in October 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing (A grade) and sound practice across curriculum and learning, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance (all B grades).
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
Playcentre Aotearoa Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Education Review · 2025-07-17 · 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 2025-07-17, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2017-10-06· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Good structures are in place to support parents/whānau to improve programme planning, assessment and evaluation in ways that align with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."
Sound curriculum planning and assessment aligned with Te Whāriki framework evident.
"Children at Horahora Playcentre have a strong sense of wellbeing and show pride in being part of their centre. They develop friendships and positive relationships with adults and other children."
Strong sense of belonging, positive relationships, and pride in centre community.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Te reo me ōna tikanga Māori are integrated throughout the programme and centre environment. A key group of centre members leads and models this integration and learning."
Te reo and tikanga integrated throughout; key leaders model bicultural practice.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Compliance with legal requirements for health and safety attested and verified.
"Centre members work well as a team, encourage emergent leadership and share decision making. They place children at the heart of what they do and have a strong commitment to continuous improvement."
Sound teamwork, emergent leadership, decision-sharing, and commitment to improvement.
Source: Education Review Office review of Horahora Playcentre dated 2017-10-06, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Horahora 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.
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
Te Mai Road, Woodhill. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Horahora Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Horahora Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Horahora Playcentre?
- 19 children attend Horahora Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Horahora Playcentre?
- Te Mai Road Woodhill Whangarei 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 #16766) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2016-08-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.