Nature Kids Motueka
Education & Care
12 Queen Street, Motueka North · Tasman District
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 · 2025-05-07
"Kaiako effectively integrate a nature-based philosophy and the principles and strands from Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum across the service curriculum. They are beginning to examine the learning outcomes in Te Whāriki in relation to their context and to be able to show significant learning for tamariki and their progress overtime in assessment."
Effective Te Whāriki integration evident; assessment practices emerging and developing.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"A stronger focus on monitoring and evaluating the health and safety procedures is required to improve the effectiveness of systems."
Monitoring and evaluation of health and safety procedures requires strengthening.
"Leaders and kaiako participate in a range of professional learning opportunities and actively engage in critical reflection and problem solving to promote positive outcomes for children. Further work is required to understand internal evaluation for ongoing improvement to aspects of the curriculum."
Professional learning and reflection evident; internal evaluation processes require further development.
Source: Education Review Office review of Nature Kids Motueka dated 2025-05-07, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Nature Kids Motueka 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.
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
12 Queen Street, Motueka North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Nature Kids Motueka a free kindergarten?
- Nature Kids Motueka is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Nature Kids Motueka?
- 29 children attend Nature Kids Motueka (roll year 2025).
- Where is Nature Kids Motueka?
- 12 Queen Street Motueka North Tasman District
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #46202) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
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)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.