Te Kōhanga Reo o Hanana
Te Kōhanga Reo
89-95 Ballance Street, Shannon · Horowhenua District
Our analysis of the ERO report from February 2023 identified significant concerns across all areas of this kōhanga reo's operation. All six dimensions—curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance—were graded D, indicating serious gaps in educational quality, child safety, staff conduct, te reo Māori instruction, and management systems.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2023-02-16
"Mokopuna learning is at risk and opportunities for learning are inadequate. The learning programme is mostly adult directed."
Learning programme is mostly adult-directed with limited engagement opportunities and weak assessment practices.
"Health and safety cannot be assured. There have been documented concerns about kaimahi, who have behaved inappropriately with mokopuna. These matters occurred during 2021."
Serious documented concerns about inappropriate staff conduct; insufficient supervision and safety monitoring in place.
"Whānau are not clear about their roles and responsibilities. Those whānau members who met with ERO, identified that they were unaware of any requirements of them."
Whānau unaware of roles; limited participation; irregular hui; minimal shared decision-making.
"Te reo Māori is not the language of instruction, nor is it a focus for kaimahi. Whānau acknowledge that te reo Māori requires strengthening."
Te reo Māori not embedded as language of instruction; inadequate focus on reo and tikanga development.
"There is insufficient rigour around supervision, care, and monitoring to ensure mokopuna are safe. Earthquake drills have not been practised. Child protection policies and procedures are not signed or dated. Given the severity of the issues including, a mokopuna unsupervised, this area requires immediate attention."
Serious safety failures: undocumented incidents, no emergency drills, unsupervised mokopuna, inadequate policies.
"Strategic planning, annual planning and self-review are inadequate. There is no strategic plan that defines the aspirations of the current whānau and there is no way to be assured that whānau have opportunity to contribute to this."
No strategic plan; inadequate systems and processes; limited internal evaluation; personnel management deficient.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Hanana dated 2023-02-16, 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 computedThe 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
89-95 Ballance Street, Shannon. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Te Kōhanga Reo o Hanana a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Hanana is a Te Kōhanga Reo service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Te Kōhanga Reo o Hanana?
- 26 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Hanana (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Hanana?
- 89-95 Ballance Street Shannon Horowhenua District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #52761) ↗ · 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
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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
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