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Kindy Totz

Education & Care

📞 07-8538164

2 Colman St, Chartwell · Hamilton City

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
30313

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 · 2025-12-02

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
↓C
"Further consideration for encouraging children to explore the full range of play-based curriculum opportunities more flexibly throughout the day, would support them to further develop dispositions for learning and working theories."

Semi-structured approach embedded but limited flexibility in play-based learning opportunities.

Children's wellbeing
→B
"Children and their families develop and maintain responsive relationships with teachers."

Responsive relationships evident; children feel welcomed and included in centre.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
→C
"Te reo and tikanga Māori are beginning to be understood by teachers and leaders, but are yet to be embedded across the service."

Te reo and tikanga emerging; not yet embedded across all service practices.

Health & safety
→B
"The service has developed sound systems, processes and practices that guide daily operation."

Sound systems and processes established; legal compliance requirements met.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Leaders in Kindy Totz are using internal evaluation processes to inform some changes to practices. Internal evaluation is yet to show impact over time and to include whānau and wider community views."

Internal evaluation processes developing; impact and whānau voice integration needed.

Source: Education Review Office review of Kindy Totz dated 2025-12-02, 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 Kindy Totz 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.

61 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2425)
50
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
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 C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

2 Colman St, Chartwell. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Kindy Totz a free kindergarten?
Kindy Totz is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Kindy Totz?
30 children attend Kindy Totz (roll year 2025).
Where is Kindy Totz?
2 Colman St Chartwell Hamilton City

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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.