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Little Hoiho

Education & Care

5 Ovenden Street, Inlet Catlins · Clutha District

Little Hoiho's most recent ERO review (August 2025) identified strengths in curriculum delivery and te reo Māori integration, with our analysis grading these dimensions as B. However, significant concerns were noted in health and safety compliance and leadership governance processes, both graded D by our analysis of the ERO report.

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

Total roll
28
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
48064

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

Akanuku · 2025-08-12

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Teachers providing education and care engage in meaningful and positive interactions. They provide a language-rich curriculum, including opportunities for children to hear te reo Māori."

Teachers deliver language-rich curriculum with meaningful interactions and te reo Māori opportunities.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
B
"They provide a language-rich curriculum, including opportunities for children to hear te reo Māori."

Te reo Māori integrated into curriculum delivery.

Health & safety
D
"The service does not have sufficiently robust practices to maintain all aspects of the regulatory standards. There is little monitoring or oversight of compliance with the licensing criteria."

Multiple non-compliances with health and safety regulatory standards identified.

Leadership & governance
D
"There is little monitoring or oversight of compliance with the licensing criteria. Most policies have not been reviewed in a systematic manner."

Limited compliance monitoring and systematic policy review processes in place.

Source: Education Review Office review of Little Hoiho dated 2025-08-12, 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).

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Little Hoiho 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.

55 / 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 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 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

5 Ovenden Street, Inlet Catlins. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Little Hoiho a free kindergarten?
Little Hoiho is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Little Hoiho?
28 children attend Little Hoiho (roll year 2025).
Where is Little Hoiho?
5 Ovenden Street Inlet Catlins Clutha District

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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

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