Nga Rito o Te Puawaitanga Early Childhood Centre
Education & Care
916a Tremaine Avenue, Roslyn · Palmerston North City
Nga Rito o Te Puawaitanga is an education and care centre in Roslyn with 37 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report (July 2024) found the centre graded B across all assessed dimensions: whānau partnership, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
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 · 2024-07-25
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The learning journeys of tamariki are well supported by parent and whānau contribution, sharing perspectives and goals for learning."
Parents actively contribute to learning journeys and goal-setting.
"There is an intentional focus on te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori through the curriculum. Deliberate teaching including karakia, waiata, whakatauki and te ao Māori principles ensure Māori learners see themselves reflected in the implemented programme."
Strong intentional te reo and tikanga integration; Māori learners well represented.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Compliance addressed; emergency management plan updated and corrected.
"Service systems and conditions enable leaders and kaiako to build their professional knowledge and cultural competence. Purposeful guidance and clear expectations are increasing the consistency of kaiako implementation of a responsive curriculum. Intended positive outcomes for tamariki and their whānau are promoted through internal evaluation."
Systems support professional learning; internal evaluation processes developing.
Source: Education Review Office review of Nga Rito o Te Puawaitanga Early Childhood Centre dated 2024-07-25, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Nga Rito o Te Puawaitanga Early Childhood Centre 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
916a Tremaine Avenue, Roslyn. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Nga Rito o Te Puawaitanga Early Childhood Centre a free kindergarten?
- Nga Rito o Te Puawaitanga Early Childhood Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Nga Rito o Te Puawaitanga Early Childhood Centre?
- 37 children attend Nga Rito o Te Puawaitanga Early Childhood Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Nga Rito o Te Puawaitanga Early Childhood Centre?
- 916a Tremaine Avenue Roslyn Palmerston North City
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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 #50088) ↗ · 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.