Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi
Te Kōhanga Reo
1041 High Street, Avalon · Lower Hutt City
Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi is a kōhanga reo in Avalon, Lower Hutt, with a current roll of 30 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strong performance in curriculum and learning (A grade) and children's wellbeing (A grade), with leadership and governance rated as B. Health and safety compliance is an area requiring development, with C-grade feedback indicating that risk management documentation needs strengthening.
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 · 2026-02-09
"Planning, assessment, and evaluation are embedded, ensuring a responsive and intentional approach to mokopuna development. Programme planning is detailed and purposeful, incorporating relevant content, kupu hou, timelines, resources, and activities that extend learning."
Strong intentional teaching, detailed planning, embedded assessment with digital portfolios, responsive approach.
"Mokopuna experience success and wellbeing through learning that strongly affirms their identity as Māori. They confidently participate in whakatau and demonstrate familiarity with tikanga, contributing to a settled, inclusive, and respectful environment."
Children affirmed, confident, settled in inclusive environment with strong social-emotional support.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Risk management documentation lacks detail. Potential risk to mokopuna must be reduced before their next haerenga."
Health and safety compliance developing; risk management documentation requires strengthening.
"Strategic and annual planning is well established. The strategic plan is grounded in Ngā Pou e Whā and aligned to Te Korowai, providing a strong foundation for the direction and growth of the kōhanga reo. Personnel systems are well managed."
Clear strategic direction aligned to Māori frameworks, regular appraisals, child protection training embedded.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi dated 2026-02-09, 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 Te Awa Kairangi 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
1041 High Street, Avalon. 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 Te Awa Kairangi a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi 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 Te Awa Kairangi?
- 30 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi?
- 1041 High Street Avalon Lower Hutt City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #64056) ↗ · 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
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