Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whakakotahitanga
Te Kōhanga Reo
68 King Street, Taradale · Napier City
Our analysis of the ERO report grades this kōhanga reo highly across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, bicultural practice, and leadership and governance, with health and safety systems in place. Te reo Māori and tikanga are implemented strongly throughout the service, supporting children's mana whenua and iwi identity.
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 · 2023-01-18
"Kaimahi are competent role models who deliberately craft a learning programme that exposes mokopuna to tikanga and local landmarks, Kahungunū history, tipuna and their stories."
Deliberate, intentional teaching with strong Te Whāriki implementation and assessment.
"Mokopuna are confident, secure and connected as whanau in a kōhanga reo that affirms the importance of their reo and Ngati Kahungunu history."
Children show strong belonging, security, and social-emotional wellbeing through whānau connections.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Mokopuna are secure and aware of their uniqueness, in a kōhanga reo that celebrates te reo and Kahungunū tikanga."
Exemplary te reo Māori and tikanga implementation; strong mana whenua and iwi identity affirmation.
"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 in place for all required safety and compliance areas; no concerns noted in report.
"Te Ara Tūāpae is used to inform strategic planning while the annual plan provides clear guidelines for monitoring operational tasks throughout the year. There is an executive kōmiti, who work closely with kaimahi around day-to-day operations and with all personnel matters including annual appraisals. The appraisals inform professional and personal learning goals."
Strong strategic direction, professional learning embedded, internal evaluation processes established.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whakakotahitanga dated 2023-01-18, 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 3 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 Whakakotahitanga 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
68 King Street, Taradale. 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 Whakakotahitanga a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whakakotahitanga 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 Whakakotahitanga?
- 24 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whakakotahitanga (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whakakotahitanga?
- 68 King Street Taradale 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 #55226) ↗ · 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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