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Play and Learn - Karaka West

Education & Care

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59 McKenzie Road, Kingseat, Karaka Creek · Auckland - Franklin

Play and Learn - Karaka West is an education and care service in Karaka Creek with a current roll of 54 children. Our analysis of the November 2023 ERO report identifies health and safety and leadership and governance as meeting regulatory standards (grade B), while bicultural practice is an area needing development (grade C), with improving opportunities identified for te reo Māori integration.

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

Total roll
54
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47776

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

Akanuku · 2023-11-02

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
"increasing the opportunities children have to hear and speak te reo Māori in meaningful contexts."

Te reo Māori integration identified as area needing development; improving opportunities identified.

Health & safety
B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Meets regulatory standards for health and safety compliance.

Leadership & governance
B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Governance and management meet regulatory standards; new team leader in place.

Source: Education Review Office review of Play and Learn - Karaka West dated 2023-11-02, 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).

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Play and Learn - Karaka West 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%
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 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%
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

59 McKenzie Road, Kingseat, Karaka Creek. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Play and Learn - Karaka West a free kindergarten?
Play and Learn - Karaka West is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Play and Learn - Karaka West?
54 children attend Play and Learn - Karaka West (roll year 2025).
Where is Play and Learn - Karaka West?
59 McKenzie Road, Kingseat Karaka Creek Auckland - Franklin

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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.