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Mini Me In-Home Childcare Service

Home-based

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96 Oaktree Avenue, Browns Bay · Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays

Total roll
80
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47608

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 · 2025-05-21

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"The service curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures."

Curriculum meets standards with sound cultural respect; Te Whāriki understanding identified as next step.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
C
"increasing the opportunities children have, to hear and speak te reo Māori in meaningful learning contexts."

Service acknowledges Māori culture but needs more meaningful te reo Māori integration.

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

Service meets health and safety regulatory standards.

Leadership & governance
B
"An ongoing process of self review helps the service maintain and improve the quality of education and care."

Leadership demonstrates self-review processes to maintain and improve service quality.

Source: Education Review Office review of Mini Me In-Home Childcare Service dated 2025-05-21, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Mini Me In-Home Childcare Service 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%
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 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

96 Oaktree Avenue, Browns Bay. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Mini Me In-Home Childcare Service a free kindergarten?
Mini Me In-Home Childcare Service is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Mini Me In-Home Childcare Service?
80 children attend Mini Me In-Home Childcare Service (roll year 2025).
Where is Mini Me In-Home Childcare Service?
96 Oaktree Avenue Browns Bay Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

Nearby & related

Oaktree Kindergarten 0.1 km
kindergarten
Dream Sprouts Limited 0.5 km
home based
City Impact Church Care and Education 0.6 km
education and care
City Impact Church Childcare - North Shore 0.6 km
education and care
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Cost of daycare in Browns Bay
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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.