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Mamaranui Playcentre

Playcentre

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2098 State Highway 12, Kaipara Coastal · Kaipara District

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
17464

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Playcentre Aotearoa logo Playcentre Aotearoa

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Education Review · 2025-07-17

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Members provide a play-based programme that reflects the Playcentre philosophy. Programme planning and assessment is focused on responding to children's individual and group learning interests."

Play-based approach with responsive planning to children's learning interests evident.

Children's wellbeing
→B
"Children show kindness and respect for others. Friendships between children are evident as they explore. They demonstrate the whanaungatanga and the sense of belonging the environment promotes."

Strong sense of belonging, positive relationships, and respectful interactions demonstrated.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"Some bicultural practices are evident in the centre. Recent membership in the region's Kāhui Ako l Community of Learning, prioritises te reo Māori across it membership. The centre, along with the support worker, will continue to build the capability of members to use te reo, tikanga Māori practices and include Te Ao Māori within the programme."

Some bicultural practices evident but capability building ongoing; cultural diversity underutilized in programme.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Mamaranui Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 Mamaranui Playcentre 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.

66 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
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

2098 State Highway 12, Kaipara Coastal. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2016-08-31
Total revenue$23,178
Surplus / deficit$5,738

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Mamaranui Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Mamaranui Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Mamaranui Playcentre?
30 children attend Mamaranui Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Mamaranui Playcentre?
2098 State Highway 12 Kaipara Coastal Kaipara District

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Nearby & related

All centres in Kaipara Coastal
Including the 0 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Kaipara Coastal
By age + FamilyBoost net
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Other Playcentre Aotearoa centres nationally
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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: 2016-08-31· 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.