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Kiwi Explorers

Education & Care

📞 03-5446963 ✉ Email centre

219 Main Road, Richmond South (Tasman District) · Tasman District

Total roll
60
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46003

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 · 2025-02-20

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
→B
"The learning and development of children in a play-based context is underpinned by Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum."

Te Whāriki effectively implemented with play-based learning; intentional teaching emerging.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"Children benefit from te ao Māori being naturally integrated into the curriculum in ways that are meaningful for them and respectful of Māori culture. The languages, cultures and identities of children are not yet strongly reflected in assessment information."

Te ao Māori integrated but inconsistently documented; cultural identities not well reflected.

Health & safety
→B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Legal compliance affirmed; health and safety systems in place and reviewed.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Kiwi Explorers dated 2025-02-20, 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 Kiwi Explorers 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%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
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

219 Main Road, Richmond South (Tasman District). Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Kiwi Explorers a free kindergarten?
Kiwi Explorers is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Kiwi Explorers?
60 children attend Kiwi Explorers (roll year 2025).
Where is Kiwi Explorers?
219 Main Road Richmond South (Tasman District) Tasman District

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Little Kiwi Explorers 0.1 km
education and care
Wildflowers ELC 2.4 km
education and care
Waverley Street Kindergarten 2.7 km
kindergarten
Richmond Playcentre 2.7 km
playcentre
All centres in Richmond South (Tasman District)
Including the 6 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Richmond South (Tasman District)
By age + FamilyBoost net
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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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.