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Kauri Learners, Early Education, Whitianga

Education & Care

📞 07-8665513 ✉ Email centre

16 South Highway, Whitianga South · Thames-Coromandel District

Total roll
59
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46903

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 · 2025-11-03

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"Children have equitable learning opportunities through a curriculum consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."

Curriculum aligns with Te Whāriki; assessment documentation developing.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Children experience a sense of belonging through responsive, respectful partnerships with kaiako."

Strong sense of belonging and responsive relationships evident.

Whānau partnership
→B
"The perspectives and cultural expertise of parents and whānau are sought and responded to."

Parent and whānau perspectives actively sought and responded to.

Bicultural practice
↑A
"Strategies that promote educational success for Māori children are highly evident. Te reo and tikanga Māori are integrated into the curriculum. Local iwi and whānau Māori contribute to the design of a bicultural curriculum."

Te reo, tikanga, and iwi partnerships highly evident in curriculum design.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Those who are responsible for governance and management are at an early stage of developing the conditions and collective capacity to do and use evaluation for improvement."

Governance and evaluation systems at early developing stage; improvement needed.

Source: Education Review Office review of Kauri Learners, Early Education, Whitianga dated 2025-11-03, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Kauri Learners, Early Education, Whitianga 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.

69 / 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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2375)
90

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

16 South Highway, Whitianga South. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Kauri Learners, Early Education, Whitianga a free kindergarten?
Kauri Learners, Early Education, Whitianga is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Kauri Learners, Early Education, Whitianga?
59 children attend Kauri Learners, Early Education, Whitianga (roll year 2025).
Where is Kauri Learners, Early Education, Whitianga?
16 South Highway Whitianga South Thames-Coromandel District

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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: 545 centres covered· 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.