Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 3
Home-based
Unit D2 17 Corinthian Drive, Albany · Auckland - Upper Harbour
ERO assessed this home-based service as Not well placed in June 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, and leadership, but noted areas requiring development in whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and health and safety compliance.
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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
ERO Review · 2017-06-26
This review predates ERO's current 4-point placement scale (introduced 2020). The overall judgement is omitted; the per-dimension grades below are extracted from the review prose and remain comparable.
"The curriculum for children is linked to Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, and aligned with the service's philosophy. Coordinators are committed to working collaboratively with educators to promote play-based approaches to learning."
Te Whāriki linked, play-based, responsive to interests, but assessment documentation needs strengthening.
"Educators are highly engaged in providing home-based education and care for children. They provide clear records in individual portfolios, of children's learning experiences in the home and the community."
Educators engaged, individual portfolios maintained, supportive relationships evident.
"considering how they could increase parents' written contributions to their children's learning programmes"
Parent communication occurring but written contributions to learning programmes need development.
"strengthening bicultural practices across all levels of the organisation"
Commitment to Te Tiriti evident but bicultural practices require strengthening across organisation.
"In order to improve current practices, the management team should ensure that all policies and systems are updated to meet current legal requirements."
Systems established but policies need updating to ensure consistent compliance with legal requirements.
"The coordinators demonstrate a commitment to learning about their new role as curriculum leaders. They have quickly built positive relationships with educators and parents/whānau. Coordinator records show how they provide skilful feedback to educators that helps to grow their capacity to support children's learning."
New leadership committed to learning, building relationships, providing effective feedback to educators.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 3 dated 2017-06-26, 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 computedThe 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 3 a free kindergarten?
- Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 3 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 3?
- 80 children attend Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 3 (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 3?
- 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 #45257) ↗ · 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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