Port Ahuriri Children's Centre
Education & Care
26 Campbell Street, Ahuriri · Napier City
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 · 2025-05-19
"Curriculum that promotes children's connection to their individual culture, language and identity requires further development."
Play-based curriculum strong but bicultural practice needs strengthening
"Children demonstrate confidence and a sense of belonging."
Warm relationships and belonging evident; transitions supported
"Parents regularly share children's interests from home."
Regular information sharing and parent input into programme
"Some teachers weave te reo Māori into conversation and aspects of tikanga are integrated into practice. Teachers recognise the need to continue to build bicultural practices."
Te reo and tikanga present but inconsistent; further development needed
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"A next step is to continue to grow professional leadership to effectively share good practice that improves the quality of teaching and learning across the centre."
Recent improvements but professional leadership development still emerging
Source: Education Review Office review of Port Ahuriri Children's Centre dated 2025-05-19, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Port Ahuriri Children's Centre 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.
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
26 Campbell Street, Ahuriri. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Port Ahuriri Children's Centre a free kindergarten?
- Port Ahuriri Children's Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Port Ahuriri Children's Centre?
- 50 children attend Port Ahuriri Children's Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Port Ahuriri Children's Centre?
- 26 Campbell Street Ahuriri Napier City
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #55051) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
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)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.