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Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaiwhāiki

Te Kōhanga Reo

Kaiwhāiki Marae, RD 5, Upper Aramoho · Whanganui District

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaiwhāiki is a kōhanga reo in Upper Aramoho, Whanganui, caring for 25 children. Our analysis of the August 2024 ERO report identified areas for development across all four dimensions: curriculum planning requires more consistent implementation, supervision gaps affect children's wellbeing, health and safety management needs strengthening, and leadership would benefit from enhanced professional learning and clearer role definitions.

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

Total roll
25
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
52728

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 · 2024-08-26

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
C
"Planning is not always responsive to identified mokopuna strengths, interests or needs. Also, planning is not consistently guiding the daily implementation of the programme."

Planning exists but inconsistently guides daily implementation and responsive teaching.

Children's wellbeing
C
"Mokopuna are not always well supervised, at times they walk around while eating, climb over fixtures and go into rooms where they cannot freely exit. They do not always have access to resources or experiences that sufficiently stimulate their interest or sustained engagement in learning."

Supervision gaps and insufficient learning environment stimulation noted.

Whānau partnership

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
C
"Planning for mokopuna health, safety and wellbeing requires strengthening. Mokopuna are not always well supervised, at times they walk around while eating, climb over fixtures and go into rooms where they cannot freely exit."

Supervision and environmental safety management require strengthening.

Leadership & governance
C
"Kaimahi would benefit from more professional learning and training. The whānau should give consideration to how they can support kaimahi growth and development to better honour the legacy of their kuia and achieve their aspirations for their mokopuna. Also, employment agreements and position descriptions require updating to reflect expectations."

Professional learning and role clarity for staff need development and enhancement.

Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaiwhāiki dated 2024-08-26, 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 Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaiwhāiki 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.

54 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2425)
50
Wellbeing
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
50
Health & Safety
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
50
Leadership
15%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
50
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

Kaiwhāiki Marae, RD 5, Upper Aramoho. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaiwhāiki a free kindergarten?
Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaiwhāiki 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 Kaiwhāiki?
25 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaiwhāiki (roll year 2025).
Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaiwhāiki?
Kaiwhāiki Marae, RD 5 Upper Aramoho Whanganui 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.