Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono
Te Kōhanga Reo
149 Latham Street, Marewa · Napier City
Our analysis of the ERO report from January 2023 shows this kōhanga reo received A grades across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and health and safety. Leadership and governance received a B grade, with ERO noting a succession planning opportunity.
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 · 2023-01-23
"Kaimahi work well together to plan, monitor mokopuna learning and regularly evaluate the quality of the learning programme."
Planning detailed, well-monitored, evaluated regularly; clear Te Whāriki links.
"Mokopuna appear happy and engaged in their learning environment."
Children are happy, confident, eager participants; strong emotional safety.
"Whānau receive useful information about mokopuna learning and progress."
Regular communication; whānau systems efficient; responsive to aspirations.
"Kuia and koroua provide guidance, leadership, and model tikanga and kawa across a range of settings such as traditional pūrakau, and pōwhiri."
Strong tikanga/kawa embedded; te reo encouraged; atua Māori integrated.
"All health, safety and personnel policies and procedures are regularly reviewed and align to legislative requirements."
Policies regularly reviewed; alignment to legislative requirements confirmed.
"Whilst whānau have a strategic plan, it is time to develop an action plan to continue to enhance kaimahi professional practise, whānau roles and responsibilities and provision for succession planning to further increase learning and positive outcomes for mokopuna."
Strategic plan in place; professional development supports; succession planning opportunity identified.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono dated 2023-01-23, 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
149 Latham Street, Marewa. 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 Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono 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 Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono?
- 20 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono?
- 149 Latham Street Marewa Napier 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 #55261) ↗ · 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.