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Hunterville Playcentre

Playcentre

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17 Bruce Street, Otairi · Rangitikei District

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
51009

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Playcentre Aotearoa logo Playcentre Aotearoa

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Education Review · 2025-07-17

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Children follow their interests and make choices from carefully considered activities. Adults facilitate learning through play in the well-resourced environment. Literacy, mathematics, science and physical opportunities are positive features of the programme."

Child-led curriculum with responsive planning and positive learning opportunities established.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Positive relationships amongst children, parents and whānau promote a sense of belonging and enjoyment. Children are affirmed as competent and capable. Infants and toddlers are appropriately supported to confidently explore."

Strong sense of belonging, positive relationships, and responsive support for all children evident.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"Continuing to build strategies for promoting te ao Māori across the curriculum should strengthen members' responsiveness to Māori children's culture, language and identity."

Te reo and tikanga present but further development needed for deeper Māori cultural responsiveness.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Professional development is building adults' understanding of internal evaluation. Members are aware of the need to further extend their knowledge, practice and use of evaluation for improvement."

Strategic planning established; internal evaluation and members' practice development still developing.

Source: Education Review Office review of Hunterville 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Hunterville 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.

64 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

17 Bruce Street, Otairi. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2016-08-31
Total revenue$51,026
Surplus / deficit$3,075
Paid employees1

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Hunterville Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Hunterville Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Hunterville Playcentre?
30 children attend Hunterville Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Hunterville Playcentre?
17 Bruce Street Otairi Rangitikei District

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Nearby & related

All centres in Otairi
Including the 0 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Otairi
By age + FamilyBoost net
All Playcentre Aotearoa
Other Playcentre Aotearoa centres nationally
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Sources & verification

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

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
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 2016-08-31· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

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
Suburb context

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.