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Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd

Education & Care

📞 07-5610508 ✉ Email centre

19 Kennedy Drive, Putāruru · South Waikato District

Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre is an education and care service for 29 children in Putāruru. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service has emerging systems for leadership and governance, and is in the early stages of developing bicultural practice with limited and inconsistent integration of te reo and tikanga.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
29
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47978

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 · 2023-12-20

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"Māori tamariki have some opportunities to see and hear their culture in the curriculum."

Limited and inconsistent te reo and tikanga integration; early stages of cultural responsiveness.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
C
"New systems and processes have been established and now need time to be embedded. Internal evaluation and professional growth cycles for teachers have been improved. For both of these processes, a complete cycle of inquiry and evaluation has not yet been completed."

Systems emerging but incomplete; evaluation cycles not yet fully embedded.

Source: Education Review Office review of Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd dated 2023-12-20, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd 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.

65 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
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

19 Kennedy Drive, Putāruru. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd a free kindergarten?
Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd?
29 children attend Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd (roll year 2025).
Where is Kiwi Iti Early Learning Centre Ltd?
19 Kennedy Drive Putāruru South Waikato District

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Sources & verification

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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.