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Little Tamariki Montessori Pre-school

Education & Care

📞 03-3196470 ✉ Email centre

47 Ludstone Road, Kaikōura · Kaikoura District

Little Tamariki Montessori Pre-school is an education and care service in Kaikōura. Our analysis of the ERO report finds the service meets health and safety regulatory standards with licensed premises that support varied learning experiences, and has leadership structures in place that meet governance and administration standards.

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

Total roll
39
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
65200

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 · 2023-10-25

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
→B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Meets Health and safety regulatory standards; licensed premises support varied learning experiences.

Leadership & governance
↑B
"The owner, along with two team leaders, are responsible for professional leadership and day-to-day operation of the service."

Leadership structures in place; meets governance and administration standards.

Source: Education Review Office review of Little Tamariki Montessori Pre-school dated 2023-10-25, 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 Little Tamariki Montessori Pre-school 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.

70 / 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%
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%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

47 Ludstone Road, Kaikōura. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Little Tamariki Montessori Pre-school a free kindergarten?
Little Tamariki Montessori Pre-school is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Little Tamariki Montessori Pre-school?
39 children attend Little Tamariki Montessori Pre-school (roll year 2025).
Where is Little Tamariki Montessori Pre-school?
47 Ludstone Road Kaikōura Kaikoura 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.