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Riverhills Early Learning Centre

Education & Care

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4 Waikaremoana Place, Pakuranga · Auckland - Howick

Riverhills Early Learning Centre is an education and care service located in Pakuranga. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in children's wellbeing (B grade), with responsive caregiving and predictable routines supporting belonging, and a mixed-age setting providing tuakana-teina experiences. Health and safety also rated B, with established monitoring processes ensuring legal compliance.

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

Total roll
44
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
25105

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 · 2024-07-23

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
"Toddlers benefit from calm, unhurried, predictable routines. Their needs are responded to by teachers who prioritise care and engage in respectful, responsive caregiving practices."

Responsive caregiving and predictable routines establish belonging; mixed-age setting provides tuakana-teina experiences

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
B
"Ongoing monitoring and review of policies and procedures is well established and assures leaders that they are consistently meeting legislative requirements."

Compliance with legal requirements assured through established monitoring processes.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Riverhills Early Learning Centre dated 2024-07-23, 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 Riverhills Early Learning 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.

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%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
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

4 Waikaremoana Place, Pakuranga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Riverhills Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
Riverhills Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Riverhills Early Learning Centre?
44 children attend Riverhills Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Riverhills Early Learning Centre?
4 Waikaremoana Place Pakuranga Auckland - Howick

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Nearby & related

Pakuranga Baptist Kindergarten 0.6 km
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Pukeko Preschool 0.7 km
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Pakuranga Kindergarten 0.7 km
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Pakuranga Montessori Learning Centre 0.8 km
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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.