Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 4
Home-based
Unit D2 17 Corinthian Drive, Albany · Auckland - Upper Harbour
ERO assessed this home-based service as Not well placed in June 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report identified good practice across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety, though the overall placement indicates concerns requiring attention.
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
ERO Review · 2018-06-18
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 coordinator is developing a good quality programme for children. Appropriate planning and assessment practices guide programmes for children. The coordinator and educators develop monthly plans that are relevant and reflect children's common interests."
Good quality programmes with appropriate planning and assessment practices evident.
"Good practices for monitoring children's wellbeing, health and safety are maintained, particularly for those children under two years of age."
Good monitoring practices for wellbeing and safety, especially for under-twos.
"Parents are encouraged to contribute to their children's learning programmes. The coordinator and educators regularly communicate with families in a variety of ways, including through electronic media."
Regular communication with families through varied methods; parents encouraged to contribute.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Good practices for monitoring children's wellbeing, health and safety are maintained, particularly for those children under two years of age."
Good health and safety monitoring practices maintained, particularly for under-twos.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 4 dated 2018-06-18, 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 4 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 4 a free kindergarten?
- Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 4 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 4?
- 60 children attend Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 4 (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kia ora Kids at Home Childcare 4?
- 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 #20165) ↗ · 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
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
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