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Pioneers Koputai

Education & Care

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28 Albertson Ave, Port Chalmers · Dunedin City

Pioneers Koputai is an education and care service in Port Chalmers with 35 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report indicates the service performs well in children's wellbeing through caring interactions and transition support, and in leadership and governance through systematic evaluation, though some refinement is developing in these areas.

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

Total roll
35
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
80016

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 · 2023-09-20

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
"Infants and toddlers experience calm, caring interactions with their attentive teachers who know them well. Their transitions and routines are integrated as part of their daily learning."

Caring interactions, well-known children, integrated transitions support belonging and wellbeing.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
B
"Leaders and teachers have established, and are beginning to embed, the organisational conditions that enable collaboration for improvement. They encourage distributed leadership opportunities. The teaching team uses a systematic approach to internal evaluation."

Systematic internal evaluation and collaborative improvement culture developing; some refinement needed.

Source: Education Review Office review of Pioneers Koputai dated 2023-09-20, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Pioneers Koputai 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.

69 / 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

28 Albertson Ave, Port Chalmers. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Pioneers Koputai a free kindergarten?
Pioneers Koputai is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Pioneers Koputai?
35 children attend Pioneers Koputai (roll year 2025).
Where is Pioneers Koputai?
28 Albertson Ave Port Chalmers Dunedin City

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Nearby & related

Port Chalmers Kindergarten 0.2 km
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Sawyers Bay Playcentre 1.2 km
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Portobello Kindergarten 3.7 km
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St Leonards Playcentre 4.3 km
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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.