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Hukanui Kindergarten

Kindergarten

52 Rutherford Street, Chartwell · Hamilton City

ERO assessed the service as Not well placed in 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified whānau partnership as an area requiring development, with opportunities to formalise parent engagement. Bicultural practice was graded as competent, with te reo and tikanga naturally integrated.

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

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
5146

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

ERO review · 2017-10-17

This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.

Review is 8 years old. ERO reassesses most services on a 3-year cycle, so a current review is likely in progress or recently due. Per-dimension grades below reflect this review's prose — they're useful as historical context but the centre's current quality may differ.
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

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
C
"While parent aspirations for their children are sought and valued, teachers recognise the benefit of continuing to build learning partnerships with parents, which includes responding to aspirations in a more formalised and structured way."

Parent partnerships developing; opportunity to formalise and structure engagement.

Bicultural practice
B
"A teacher who is fluent in te reo Māori is contributing to building local knowledge and understanding of te ao Māori in the kindergarten. There are many examples of the natural integration of te reo and tikanga Māori, especially at mat times. Visual displays and whānaungatanga practices support a sense of inclusion."

Natural te reo and tikanga integration embedded with fluent speaker support.

Health & safety

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Hukanui Kindergarten dated 2017-10-17, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Hukanui Kindergarten 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.

67 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1880)
50
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

52 Rutherford Street, Chartwell. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Hukanui Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
Hukanui Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
What's the roll at Hukanui Kindergarten?
40 children attend Hukanui Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
Where is Hukanui Kindergarten?
52 Rutherford Street Chartwell Hamilton City

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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.