Kahu Kiwi
Education & Care
174 Far North Road, Kaitāia East · Far North District
Kahu Kiwi is an education and care service in Kaitāia East with 40 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strong bicultural practice with te reo and tikanga embedded throughout, solid whānau partnerships, and developing curriculum and learning programmes. Leadership and governance systems are still in development.
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2022-10-03
"Kaiako respond to the interests and dispositions of individual tamariki. Kaiako document the learning and progress of individual tamariki. They now need to document group planning and evaluate the curriculum."
Individual assessment established; group planning and curriculum evaluation developing.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Whānau appreciate the engagement and connections formed over two generations with the service."
Strong engagement and multi-generational connections with families evident.
"The environment and resources reflect kaupapa Māori concepts. Kaiako intentionally integrate te reo me ngā tikanga Māori in the curriculum. Tamariki experience te ao Māori in the curriculum and use kupu Māori naturally and authentically."
Te reo, tikanga, and kaupapa Māori embedded throughout curriculum and environment.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Leaders and teachers are working towards embedding some established systems and practices. These include: monitoring of processes to ensure regulatory requirements are consistently maintained the recently established professional growth cycle developing the strategic plan building internal evaluation capability to identify, enact and evaluate strategic goals and priorities."
Strategic systems developing; internal evaluation and embedding practices in progress.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kahu Kiwi dated 2022-10-03, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Kahu Kiwi 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
174 Far North Road, Kaitāia East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Kahu Kiwi a free kindergarten?
- Kahu Kiwi is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kahu Kiwi?
- 40 children attend Kahu Kiwi (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kahu Kiwi?
- 174 Far North Road Kaitāia East Far North 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 #10057) ↗ · 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.