Te Kōhanga Reo o Upoko Ā Urunga
Te Kōhanga Reo
24 Wood street, Wainuiomata · Lower Hutt City
Te Kōhanga Reo o Upoko Ā Urunga had an ERO Education Review in August 2025. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, and bicultural practice with te reo Māori and tikanga Māori fully embedded. Health and safety systems and leadership are well established. Whānau partnership was identified as an area needing improvement, particularly in communication and strategic collaboration.
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 · 2025-08-05
"Kaimahi use a range of strategies to extend mokopuna te reo Māori development. Role modelling, open ended questions, repetition, prompting and a variety of waiata ā ringa are integrated into the learning programme to build vocabulary and reinforce te reo acquisition."
Strong intentional teaching with embedded strategies, effective assessment and programme evaluation practices.
"Mokopuna sense of belonging is nurtured in a supportive environment."
Children show confidence, positive relationships, emotional safety and strong sense of belonging demonstrated throughout
"Strengthening clear and transparent communication between whānau decision making and kaiako is required. Whānau and kaimahi have identified this as an area for development."
Communication identified as area needing improvement; strategic collaboration plan yet to be developed.
"Mokopuna acknowledge atua Māori before formal aspects of the learning programme, further enhancing their understanding of tikanga and kawa. Older mokopuna take on leadership responsibilities as they lead karakia, hīmene, haka, whakatau wairua and pao. Mokopuna are growing their awareness of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori in their kōhanga reo setting."
Te reo Māori and tikanga Māori fully embedded; atua Māori acknowledged; children leading cultural practices.
"Core health and safety policies, procedures and registers are in place and provide guidance for safe practices and prioritise mokopuna health, safety and wellbeing."
All required health and safety systems established with appropriate policies, procedures and monitoring in place.
"Kaimahi are skilled and evaluative practitioners. They collaborate to plan the learning programme selecting kaupapa that align to atua Māori, the seasons and ngā kaupapa o te wā. Kaimahi are dedicated to growing capability as they engage in research, training, purapura and other wānanga."
Strong collaborative planning, professional development focus, and evaluative practice demonstrated by leadership.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Upoko Ā Urunga dated 2025-08-05, 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 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
24 Wood street, Wainuiomata. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Te Kōhanga Reo o Upoko Ā Urunga a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Upoko Ā Urunga 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 Upoko Ā Urunga?
- 50 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Upoko Ā Urunga (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Upoko Ā Urunga?
- 24 Wood street Wainuiomata Lower Hutt City
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #64057) ↗ · 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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