Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaakitia
Te Kōhanga Reo
11 Balmoral Road, Tikipunga · Whangarei District
Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaakitia is a kōhanga reo in Tikipunga serving 25 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (May 2024) identified strong performance across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership and governance, with health and safety graded as competent.
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
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2024-05-30
"Kaimahi use appropriate strategies to nurture mokopuna language development including waiata, prompts, mimicking, repetition and instruction."
Strong te reo Māori pedagogy with intentional language development strategies embedded.
"Mokopuna learn in a nurturing environment that promotes manaakitanga. Kuia and kaimahi embody the values of awhi, manaaki and aroha as they interact with mokopuna, tailoring their approach to accommodate individual needs."
Nurturing environment with strong emotional safety and individual responsiveness demonstrated.
"The ERO November 2023 evaluation of Mana Whakahaere practices found that whānau had established efficient processes and systems that contributed to positive outcomes for mokopuna. The overall learning and wellbeing of mokopuna informed collective whānau decision making."
Whānau actively involved in decision-making with established systems supporting partnership.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Personnel matters are efficiently managed. Kaimahi employment documentation includes individual employment agreements, position descriptions and verified kaimahi safety checks."
Staffing and safety documentation in place and efficiently managed; evacuation practices noted.
"Appraisals are complete with an ongoing focus of increasing kaimahi knowledge and continuous improvement. Mokopuna are at the centre of collective whānau whakahaere practices."
Strong professional learning culture and clear strategic direction centring mokopuna outcomes.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaakitia dated 2024-05-30, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaakitia 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.
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
11 Balmoral Road, Tikipunga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaakitia a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaakitia 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 Manaakitia?
- 25 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaakitia (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaakitia?
- 11 Balmoral Road Tikipunga Whangarei 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 #18201) ↗ · 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
Full source list, licence text, refresh cadence: /sources. How we match, clean, and rank: /methodology.
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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.