Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki
Te Kōhanga Reo
18 Willis Street, Prestonville-Grasmere · Invercargill City
Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki is a kōhanga reo serving 30 children. Our analysis of the October 2022 ERO report shows strong performance in curriculum and learning with intentional teaching aligned to Te Whāriki, satisfactory health and safety policies, and leadership that would benefit from strengthened programme evaluation.
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 · 2022-10-19
"Kaimahi have developed a year, term, weekly and daily plans to guide kaimahi and ensure the learning programme is focussed and purposeful. Planning has clear links to Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo and includes kaupapa whānui and kaupapa whāiti, learning outcomes and resources for implementation."
Strong intentional teaching, comprehensive planning aligned to Te Whāriki, assessment via kōnae mokopuna.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Health and safety policies and procedures are regularly reviewed and reflect current legislation."
Policies reviewed regularly and reflect current legislation; compliance framework established.
"While there are good examples of practice, there is more work to be done to strengthen programme evaluation."
Strategic direction present but programme evaluation requires strengthening; development opportunity identified.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki dated 2022-10-19, 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 Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki 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
18 Willis Street, Prestonville-Grasmere. 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 Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki 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 Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki?
- 30 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki?
- 18 Willis Street Prestonville-Grasmere Invercargill City
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #90311) ↗ · 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.