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Otamauri Playcentre

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Cnr Taihape & Otamauri Road, Sherenden-Crownthorpe · Hastings District

Total roll
25
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
55056

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Playcentre Aotearoa logo Playcentre Aotearoa

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
B
"Policies and procedures are reviewed regularly by parents."

Parents actively involved in regular policy and procedure review.

Bicultural practice
↑B
"Te reo me ngā tikanga Māori is woven through learning experiences and daily rituals. The curriculum reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua."

Te reo and tikanga integrated into learning; recognises Māori as tangata whenua.

Health & safety
→B
"Health and safety Meeting"

Meets regulatory health and safety standards; glass safety non-compliance since addressed.

Leadership & governance
C
"During a recent restructure period Playcentre Aotearoa regional centre-facing staff have not been appraised."

Staff appraisal system inconsistently implemented; non-compliance identified.

Source: Education Review Office review of Otamauri 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 Otamauri 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%
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 C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

Cnr Taihape & Otamauri Road, Sherenden-Crownthorpe. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Otamauri Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Otamauri Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Otamauri Playcentre?
25 children attend Otamauri Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Otamauri Playcentre?
Cnr Taihape & Otamauri Road Sherenden-Crownthorpe Hastings District

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Nearby & related

All centres in Sherenden-Crownthorpe
Including the 0 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Sherenden-Crownthorpe
By age + FamilyBoost net
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Other Playcentre Aotearoa centres nationally
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Sources & verification

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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.