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Pelega O Matua Fanau

Education & Care

📞 06-8422287 ✉ Email centre

42 Riverbend Road, Marewa · Napier City

Pelega O Matua Fanau is an education and care service in Marewa, Napier with a current roll of 20 children. Our analysis of the ERO report indicates the service has basic te reo and tikanga practices in place but lacks engagement with mana whenua. Leadership has identified gaps in internal evaluation processes and is working on improvement planning.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
20
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
55421

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 · 2024-04-11

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"The service supports te reo and tikanga Māori through practising waiata, karakia, and speaking basic te reo. They are yet to engage with Māori as tangata whenua to provide support with their local curriculum."

Basic te reo and tikanga practices present; no engagement with mana whenua

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
↓C
"Internal evaluation has been identified as a priority area of improvement. This would build shared understandings of internal evaluation with a focus on the impact of teaching and learning practices on outcomes for children."

Leadership recognises internal evaluation gap; improvement planning in progress

Source: Education Review Office review of Pelega O Matua Fanau dated 2024-04-11, 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 Pelega O Matua Fanau 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.

65 / 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

42 Riverbend Road, Marewa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Pelega O Matua Fanau a free kindergarten?
Pelega O Matua Fanau is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Pelega O Matua Fanau?
20 children attend Pelega O Matua Fanau (roll year 2025).
Where is Pelega O Matua Fanau?
42 Riverbend Road Marewa Napier City

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Sources & verification

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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.