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Pokeno Explorers Ltd t/a Urban Explorers

Education & Care

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12 Helenslee Road, Pōkeno North · Waikato District

Urban Explorers is an education and care service in Pōkeno North with a roll of 78 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (April 2024) found positive whānau partnerships and sound health and safety practices, though leadership and governance showed emerging internal evaluation practices without yet-established group-level monitoring.

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

Total roll
78
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
46765

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 · 2024-04-22

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
"There are positive relationships in place between teachers and families. Families have opportunities to share their aspirations and contribute to learning plans."

Positive relationships; families contribute to planning; communication evident

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
→B
"Those responsible for governance support leaders to ensure adult: child ratios that encourage positive teaching practices."

Ratios managed; governance oversight evident; compliance attested

Leadership & governance
C
"Internal evaluation processes are in place that are improvement focused. Teachers and leaders are yet to monitor changes for groups of children over time."

Internal evaluation emerging; group-level monitoring not yet established

Source: Education Review Office review of Pokeno Explorers Ltd t/a Urban Explorers dated 2024-04-22, 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 Pokeno Explorers Ltd t/a Urban Explorers 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.

67 / 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%
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

12 Helenslee Road, Pōkeno North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Pokeno Explorers Ltd t/a Urban Explorers a free kindergarten?
Pokeno Explorers Ltd t/a Urban Explorers is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Pokeno Explorers Ltd t/a Urban Explorers?
78 children attend Pokeno Explorers Ltd t/a Urban Explorers (roll year 2025).
Where is Pokeno Explorers Ltd t/a Urban Explorers?
12 Helenslee Road Pōkeno North Waikato District

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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.