Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 1
Home-based
Unit D2 17 Corinthian Drive, Albany · Auckland - Upper Harbour
ERO assessed this home-based service as Not well placed in February 2021. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum and learning (B), whānau partnership (B), health and safety (B), and leadership (B), while bicultural practice (C) was identified as an area requiring further 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
Kia Ora Kids Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2021-02-18
"The programme is based on Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum and includes some te reo Māori me ōna tikanga Māori practices."
Te Whāriki-based programme with some te reo Māori integration evident
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Respectful partnerships between managers, VTs, educators, children and their families continue to be a strength of this service."
Respectful partnerships with families established as ongoing strength
"continuing to provide staff opportunities to strengthen their understanding of the bicultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand"
Te reo Māori and tikanga practices present but development needed in bicultural understanding
"There are systems in place to identify, monitor and report physical, emotional and health and safety for all involved in the service."
Systems in place for monitoring physical, emotional and health/safety
"VTs use current theories of learning to support educators to design the curriculum and decide how they structure time, space and resources. They provide ongoing professional development for educators that builds their professional practice."
VTs provide professional development and support educators with current learning theories
Source: Education Review Office review of Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 1 dated 2021-02-18, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 1 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
Unit D2 17 Corinthian Drive, Albany. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 1 a free kindergarten?
- Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 1 is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 1?
- 80 children attend Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 1 (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 1?
- Unit D2 17 Corinthian Drive Albany Auckland - Upper Harbour
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #46791) ↗ · 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
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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
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