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Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki

Education & Care

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165 Grey Street, Manawatu Mail Centre · Palmerston North City

Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki is an education and care service in Palmerston North with a current roll of 50 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies curriculum and learning as a strength, with highly responsive and intentional teaching aligned to Te Whāriki and Te Aho Matua, supported by detailed assessment practices.

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

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
50099

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

Education Review · 2025-06-27

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
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"Programmes are developed and implemented to accommodate spontaneous authentic learning opportunities and mokopuna/student driven kaupapa. This includes opportunities for mokopuna and students to follow their interests and undertake research. Assessment and progress of mokopuna and students is detailed and informative."

Highly responsive, intentional teaching aligned to Te Whāriki and Te Aho Matua with detailed assessment practices.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki dated 2025-06-27, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki 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.

73 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2425)
90
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
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

165 Grey Street, Manawatu Mail Centre. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki a free kindergarten?
Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki?
50 children attend Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki (roll year 2025).
Where is Te Kohanga Reo o Mana Tamariki?
165 Grey Street Manawatu Mail Centre Palmerston North City

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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.