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Omakau & Districts Playcentre

Playcentre

📞 021-02759092

Swindon Street, Manuherikia-Ida Valleys · Central Otago District

Total roll
23
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
81026

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

Education Review · 2025-07-17

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
→B
"Children are given the opportunity to be confident in their own culture and are encouraged to understand and respect each other. Positive steps are taken to respect aspirations held by whānau."

Children supported to be confident; cultural respect encouraged; whānau aspirations respected.

Whānau partnership
→B
"Positive steps are taken to respect aspirations held by whānau."

Whānau aspirations respected; limited evidence of broader partnership practices documented.

Bicultural practice
→C
"make te reo Māori and tikanga Māori more visible within teaching practice and learning documentation."

Te reo Māori and tikanga identified as next steps; currently not sufficiently visible in practice.

Health & safety
B
"Reasonable steps are taken to promote the good health and safety of children enrolled."

Health and safety standards met; regulatory compliance established.

Leadership & governance
→B
"A national policy, procedure and process framework guides the operation of each playcentre."

National framework guides operations; governance and management structures meet regulatory standards.

Source: Education Review Office review of Omakau & Districts 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Omakau & Districts Playcentre 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%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
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

Swindon Street, Manuherikia-Ida Valleys. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Omakau & Districts Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Omakau & Districts Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Omakau & Districts Playcentre?
23 children attend Omakau & Districts Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Omakau & Districts Playcentre?
Swindon Street Manuherikia-Ida Valleys Central Otago District

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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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)
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.