Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawaia
Te Kōhanga Reo
Matawaia Marae, Matawaia-Taumarere · Far North District
Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawaia received strong grades across curriculum, wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and leadership in its July 2024 ERO review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified a health and safety concern: the centre was non-compliant with earthquake emergency drill requirements, though fire drills were undertaken.
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 · 2024-07-11
"Mokopuna engage in learning that strengthens their connections to whānau, hapū and iwi. Experience at the marae provide learning that reinforces tikanga and kawa of Ngāti Hine."
Strong intentional teaching connected to cultural learning and identity development.
"Mokopuna overall development and care informed whānau collective decision making."
Children's holistic development and care are central to decision-making practices.
"Whānau whakahaere have maintained the good practice ERO acknowledged in the March 2024 evaluation report."
Whānau governance maintaining established good partnership practices.
"Kuia, whānau and kaimahi model fluency in the local dialect and use various strategies that enhances mokopuna language acquisition. These include kīpeha, whakatītina, te reo akiaki, waiata, and modelling correct language structure."
Exemplary te reo Māori teaching and tikanga implementation embedded throughout.
"Earthquake drills have not been carried out or documented."
Non-compliance with earthquake emergency drill requirements; fire drills undertaken.
"Whānau have developed a comprehensive system for kaimahi appraisals. This includes Aroā Takitahi, Ta Te Whānau Aroā and Aroā Whakamua that focusses on continuously enhancing kaimahi skills and capability to become effective, future leaders."
Strong professional learning and appraisal systems supporting staff development.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawaia dated 2024-07-11, 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
Matawaia Marae, Matawaia-Taumarere. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawaia a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawaia 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 Matawaia?
- 20 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawaia (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Matawaia?
- Matawaia Marae Matawaia-Taumarere Far North 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 #18335) ↗ · 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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