Kaitaia Playcentre
Playcentre
Matthews Park, North Road, Kaitāia East · Far North District
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 review
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"Whānau could further support children's learning by more deliberately including opportunities for early literacy and numeracy learning within their play."
Parents developing strategies but need stronger focus on literacy and numeracy.
"Children show a sense of wellbeing in the centre. They know about making choices and play happily with their friends, often supporting or encouraging each other."
Children demonstrate wellbeing, positive relationships, and engagement in play.
"Parents/whānau are developing useful strategies to prompt children's learning. They use the 'Day Book' to record interests they have noticed and use this information to plan resources and activities that will promote these interests."
Parents actively engaged in planning and assessment with developing strategies.
"Whānau continue to build their confidence with implementing bicultural practices and include some aspects of other community cultures."
Bicultural practices emerging; centre continuing to strengthen and develop them.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Service meeting legal requirements; ratios better than minimum standards.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kaitaia 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Kaitaia 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
Matthews Park, North Road, Kaitāia East. 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 Kaitaia Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Kaitaia Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kaitaia Playcentre?
- 25 children attend Kaitaia Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kaitaia Playcentre?
- Matthews Park, 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 #16025) ↗ · 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.