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Kauri Montessori

Education & Care

📞 03-5489186

39 Tukuka Street, Victory · Nelson City

Kauri Montessori is an education and care service in Victory, Nelson, with a current roll of 42 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strong whānau partnership as a key strength, with whānau aspirations valued and informing practice. Leadership and governance requires further development, with the internal evaluation framework established but needing deeper embedding.

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

Total roll
42
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46020

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 · 2022-11-16

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
↓B
"Collaboration with parents and whānau is highly valued. Their aspirations about what matters for their tamaiti are shared and contribute to kaiako understanding of whānau cultures, languages, and identities."

Strong partnership with whānau; their aspirations valued and inform practice.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"A framework to guide internal evaluation has been established. Leaders and kaiako should continue to embed quality improvement systems such as: internal evaluation by deepening understanding of internal evaluation for improvement the professional growth cycle and appraisal of teachers."

Internal evaluation framework established but requires deeper embedding and development.

Source: Education Review Office review of Kauri Montessori dated 2022-11-16, 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 Kauri Montessori 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.

66 / 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%
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%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

39 Tukuka Street, Victory. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Kauri Montessori a free kindergarten?
Kauri Montessori is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Kauri Montessori?
42 children attend Kauri Montessori (roll year 2025).
Where is Kauri Montessori?
39 Tukuka Street Victory Nelson City

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Nearby & related

Nelson South Kindergarten 0.2 km
kindergarten
Victory Playcentre 0.5 km
playcentre
Te whare Manaaki 0.5 km
hospital based
Te Kōhanga Reo o Waimeha 0.7 km
kohanga reo
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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.