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Te Kōhanga Reo o Iti A Rata

Te Kōhanga Reo

Otewa Road, RD 5, Ōtorohanga · Ōtorohanga District

Te Kōhanga Reo o Iti A Rata is a kōhanga reo serving 29 mokopuna in Ōtorohanga. Our analysis of the ERO report (March 2024) shows strong performance in bicultural practice with extensive te reo Māori integration and embedded tikanga, while other areas including curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership and governance all received B grades. The service has clear strategic planning aligned with whānau vision, though programme evaluation has been identified as an area requiring formalisation.

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

Total roll
29
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
35012

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Education Review · 2024-03-05

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
B
"Kaimahi work collaboratively to plan the learning the programme. This includes annual, term and weekly plans to guide kaimahi to ensure the programme is focussed and purposeful."

Collaborative planning with structured annual, term, and weekly guidance evident; informal evaluation noted as area for

Children's wellbeing
B
"Mokopuna demonstrate a good understanding of whanaungatanga through their interactions with others."

Mokopuna demonstrate good understanding of relationships; safe environment maintained with clear policies and procedures

Whānau partnership
B
"Whānau hui are held regularly and well attended. Minutes provide valuable information. Whānau attend to emerging opportunities, issues and concerns promptly."

Regular, well-attended whānau hui; responsive to emerging issues; aspirations incorporated into planning.

Bicultural practice
A
"Mokopuna are supported to participate in karakia paimārire, himene, waiata, mihimihi and kori tinana. Kaimahi actively support mokopuna in learning about their tūrangawaewae by guiding them to recite their pepehā."

Extensive te reo Māori integration; tikanga and kawa embedded; strong mana whenua connection through marae.

Health & safety
B
"Health, safety and personnel policies and procedures are reviewed to reflect legislative requirements. Whānau maintain a safe and secure environment for mokopuna."

Policies reviewed and compliant; safe environment maintained; however, Children's Act 2014 understanding identified as r

Leadership & governance
B
"The whānau strategic plan includes the vision and aspirations whānau hold for mokopuna. Whānau know their priorities and goals for the future direction of the kōhanga reo."

Clear strategic planning with whānau vision; however, programme evaluation is informal and requires formalisation.

Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Iti A Rata dated 2024-03-05, 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
73 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2425)
70
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%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2375)
90

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

Otewa Road, RD 5, Ōtorohanga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Kōhanga Reo o Iti A Rata a free kindergarten?
Te Kōhanga Reo o Iti A Rata 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 Iti A Rata?
29 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Iti A Rata (roll year 2025).
Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Iti A Rata?
Otewa Road, RD 5 Ōtorohanga Ōtorohanga District

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Sources & verification

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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

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

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

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.