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Little Pipi Early Childhood Centre

Education & Care

📞 07-5752055

50 Hartford Avenue, Papamoa · Tauranga City

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45034

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 · 2024-11-22

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
→B
"Infants, toddlers and young children engage in positive, meaningful interactions with kaiako."

Positive interactions with educators; opportunities support developing social competence

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"They have opportunities to develop an understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi."

Cultural understanding opportunities exist; next step to strengthen all children's culture, language, identity affirmati

Health & safety
↑B
"Health and safety Meeting"

Regulatory standard for health and safety met; systems assessed during review

Leadership & governance
→B
"Systems and processes are in place to guide centre operation. Internal evaluation supports the service to maintain the quality of its education and care."

Systems in place; internal evaluation supports quality maintenance

Source: Education Review Office review of Little Pipi Early Childhood Centre dated 2024-11-22, 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 4 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Little Pipi Early Childhood Centre 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%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
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 B · below band median (n=2400)
70
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

50 Hartford Avenue, Papamoa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Little Pipi Early Childhood Centre a free kindergarten?
Little Pipi Early Childhood Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Little Pipi Early Childhood Centre?
40 children attend Little Pipi Early Childhood Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Little Pipi Early Childhood Centre?
50 Hartford Avenue Papamoa Tauranga 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.