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Samoa Taumafai Aoga Amata

Education & Care

📞 07-8862494 ✉ Email centre

8 Giles Street, Stanley Park · South Waikato District

Total roll
34
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
30175

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 · 2025-03-13

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
→B
"Māori are acknowledged as tangata whenua, with children given opportunities to develop an understanding of both parties to te Tiriti o Waitangi. The curriculum respects and supports children to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understands and respect other cultures."

Māori acknowledged as tangata whenua; te Tiriti and cultural respect integrated.

Health & safety
D
"At the time of the review, ERO identified areas of non-compliance with regulatory standards that are an unacceptable risk to children."

Multiple non-compliance issues identified including fire safety, hazard checks, medication, and staffing procedures.

Leadership & governance
↓D
"Leaders to need to monitor that required processes are implemented to maintain regulatory standards."

Leadership failed to maintain required processes and regulatory compliance standards.

Source: Education Review Office review of Samoa Taumafai Aoga Amata dated 2025-03-13, 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 Samoa Taumafai Aoga Amata 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.

55 / 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 D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
25
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

8 Giles Street, Stanley Park. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2023-12-31
Total revenue$509,864
Surplus / deficit$-36,838
Paid employees9

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Samoa Taumafai Aoga Amata a free kindergarten?
Samoa Taumafai Aoga Amata is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Samoa Taumafai Aoga Amata?
34 children attend Samoa Taumafai Aoga Amata (roll year 2025).
Where is Samoa Taumafai Aoga Amata?
8 Giles Street Stanley Park South 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: 2023-12-31· 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.