Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awhina
Te Kōhanga Reo
115 Pah Street, Motueka North · Tasman District
Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awhina provides total immersion te reo Māori education in Motueka North. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in bicultural practice (A grade), with sound curriculum teaching, children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership all graded B. Whānau partnership was graded C, with the report noting that whānau involvement and programme evaluation recording processes require development.
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 · 2023-02-15
"The formal morning programme supports mokopuna to learn about structure and purpose of language through karakia, whakatau, waiata and kori tinana."
Sound language teaching with structured routine but programme evaluation identified as needing improvement.
"Mokopuna experience an environment where they are nurtured and supported."
Children experience nurturing, supportive environment with emotional engagement and outdoor play opportunities.
"ERO and the kōhanga reo whānau developed the following recommendation: kaimahi and whānau implement programme evaluation."
Whānau involvement needed; programme evaluation recording processes require development.
"This is the only kōhanga reo in Motueka that provides total immersion te reo Māori education."
Total immersion te reo Māori education; intentional language learning through karakia, waiata, and kori tinana.
"During the evaluation, ERO looked at systems for managing the following areas: emotional safety including positive guidance and child protection physical safety including supervision, sleep procedures, accidents, medication, excursion policy and procedures suitable staffing including appropriate qualifications, police vetting, ratios emergency procedures and practices for earthquakes, fire, flood, tsunami and pandemic."
Systems reviewed across all safety areas; compliance confirmed with no concerns noted.
"The ERO June 2022 evaluation of Mana Whakahaere practices found kōhanga reo operations were being managed well."
Well-managed operations with effective Mana Whakahaere; programme evaluation identified as area for development.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awhina dated 2023-02-15, 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
115 Pah Street, Motueka North. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awhina a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awhina 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 Awhina?
- 26 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awhina (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Awhina?
- 115 Pah Street Motueka North Tasman 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 #47100) ↗ · 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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