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Ko Aroha Kids

Education & Care

📞 04-2376532 ✉ Email centre

48 Rangituhi Crescent, Elsdon · Porirua City

Total roll
58
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
60272

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 · 2025-10-23

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
↓D
"The service is not meeting regulatory standards for premises and facilities, health and safety and governance and management."

Non-compliance with health and safety standards creates unacceptable risk

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"Children have some opportunities to develop knowledge and understanding of their cultural heritages."

Limited opportunities for cultural heritage development

Health & safety
D
"At the time of the review, ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children."

Multiple non-compliances identified creating unacceptable risk to children

Leadership & governance
↓D
"Governance and management are not supported by effective systems, planning or review."

Ineffective governance, management systems, and review processes

Source: Education Review Office review of Ko Aroha Kids dated 2025-10-23, 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 Ko Aroha Kids 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.

43 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
25
Health & Safety
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
25
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

48 Rangituhi Crescent, Elsdon. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Ko Aroha Kids a free kindergarten?
Ko Aroha Kids is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Ko Aroha Kids?
58 children attend Ko Aroha Kids (roll year 2025).
Where is Ko Aroha Kids?
48 Rangituhi Crescent Elsdon Porirua 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.