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Kids Reserve

Education & Care

📞 04-4730494 ✉ Email centre

12 Hawkestone Street, Thorndon · Wellington City

Total roll
47
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
60333

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 · 2025-12-17

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The service curriculum is consistent with Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, which respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their culture."

Curriculum meets Te Whāriki standards with consistent implementation evident.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↑B
"Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua are acknowledged and reflected in the curriculum."

Te Tiriti and Māori mana whenua acknowledged in curriculum.

Health & safety
↑B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Service meets regulatory health and safety standards.

Leadership & governance
C
"Better monitoring of operational systems and practices to maintain regulatory standards is required."

Operational monitoring systems need improvement for compliance.

Source: Education Review Office review of Kids Reserve dated 2025-12-17, 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 Kids Reserve 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.

68 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

12 Hawkestone Street, Thorndon. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Kids Reserve a free kindergarten?
Kids Reserve is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Kids Reserve?
47 children attend Kids Reserve (roll year 2025).
Where is Kids Reserve?
12 Hawkestone Street Thorndon Wellington City

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Nearby & related

Little Pipis Childcare Incorporated 0.3 km
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Hill Street Early Childhood Centre 0.3 km
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Playhouse Childcare 0.3 km
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Sources & verification

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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)
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.