Te Kōhanga Reo o Waipawa
Te Kōhanga Reo
87 Abbotsford Road, Waipāwa · Central Hawke's Bay District
Te Kōhanga Reo o Waipawa's most recent Education Review was conducted on 28 October 2025. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum and learning, with excellent planning and assessment integrated with Te Whāriki and cultural curriculum. However, the service has significant areas requiring improvement: whānau partnership received a low grade due to limited whānau engagement in operational decisions, and health and safety was rated critically low due to non-implementation of excursion policies and unmanaged risks.
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Roll breakdown
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Operator
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2025-10-28
"Kaimahi collaboratively plan and monitor mokopuna learning, regularly evaluating the programme's quality and effectiveness. Detailed planning guides the implementation of kaupapa mahi, clearly linking to Te Whāriki a Te Kōhanga Reo, ngā wahanga o te tau, atua Māori, pakiwaitara, and kōrero tuku iho."
Excellent planning, monitoring, and assessment integrated with Te Whāriki and cultural curriculum.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Whānau engagement in the operations and management of kōhanga reo business is currently limited. It is timely for whānau to establish a strategy and processes that support their understanding of obligations and responsibilities to the mokopuna and the kaupapa of the kōhanga reo."
Limited whānau engagement in operational decisions; need for clearer strategy and processes.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The excursion policy and procedures are not implemented. Mokopuna excursions have posed risks that whānau did not plan for. It is important that Risk Assessment and Management Systems are completed prior to future excursions. Mokopuna safety is compromised when potential risks are not identified in advance."
Critical compliance failure: excursion policies not implemented; unmanaged risks; safety compromised.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Waipawa dated 2025-10-28, 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 Waipawa 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
87 Abbotsford Road, Waipāwa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Te Kōhanga Reo o Waipawa a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Waipawa 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 Waipawa?
- 25 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Waipawa (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Waipawa?
- 87 Abbotsford Road Waipāwa Central Hawke's Bay District
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #55111) ↗ · 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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