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Matapihi Kindergarten

Education & Care

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390 Te Mata Road, Whale Bay · Waikato District

Matapihi Kindergarten is an education and care service in Whale Bay with a current roll of 40 children. An ERO review in December 2023 found health and safety compliance has been addressed, with our analysis of the report identifying this as a strength. Our analysis identifies bicultural practice and leadership with intentional outcome monitoring as areas for further development.

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

Total roll
40
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
30355

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 · 2023-12-15

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
↓C
"Some aspects of Te Tiriti based practices are evident, and teachers acknowledge that te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are ongoing areas for growth."

Some Te Tiriti practices evident; te reo Māori and tikanga identified as growth areas.

Health & safety
→B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Compliance assurance completed; previous non-compliance regarding safety checks addressed.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"A process for ongoing internal evaluation has been implemented. However, this is not yet intentionally monitored with documented outcomes and impacts for children over time to support progress toward equitable outcomes for all children."

Internal evaluation process implemented but lacks intentional monitoring of outcomes over time.

Source: Education Review Office review of Matapihi Kindergarten dated 2023-12-15, 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 Matapihi Kindergarten 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%
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 C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
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

390 Te Mata Road, Whale Bay. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Matapihi Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
Matapihi Kindergarten is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Matapihi Kindergarten?
40 children attend Matapihi Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
Where is Matapihi Kindergarten?
390 Te Mata Road Whale Bay Waikato 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.