Ohaeawai Playcentre
Playcentre
Hobson Street, Ōhaeawai-Waimate North · Far North District
Operator
Playcentre Aotearoa Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"Programme planning could include a focus on how effectively centre resourcing promotes children's more complex play and learning."
Programme planning needs strengthening to promote complex learning.
"Children are familiar with, and very settled in the centre environment. They comfortably explore the environment, choosing resources for their play. Supportive adults provide a calm pace to the programme and are very responsive to children's ideas and requests."
Children settled and supported; responsive adults create calm learning environment.
"Learning stories written by parents capture the interests of the children well."
Parents engaged in documenting children's learning through stories.
"Parents and whānau could reflect on how they will enact their commitment to te Tiriti."
Te Tiriti commitment acknowledged but needs clearer enactment and action.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance confirmed through assurance statement and checklist.
"Clear goals for centre improvement have been documented and could now be used to guide the centre's strategic direction."
Goals documented but strategic planning needs embedding and follow-through.
Source: Education Review Office review of Ohaeawai 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 computedThe 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
Hobson Street, Ōhaeawai-Waimate North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Ohaeawai Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Ohaeawai Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Ohaeawai Playcentre?
- Roll data not yet available.
- Where is Ohaeawai Playcentre?
- Hobson Street Ōhaeawai-Waimate North Far North 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 #17151) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2009-08-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.