Te Kōhanga Reo o Wairaka
Te Kōhanga Reo
Harvey Street, Whakatāne Central · Whakatane District
Te Kōhanga Reo o Wairaka is a kōhanga reo serving 24 children in Whakatāne Central. Our analysis of the October 2023 ERO report found strong performance in curriculum and learning, with intentional teaching and Te Whāriki implementation through cultural activities and embedded language development. Whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership and governance were all assessed as sound, though ERO recommended strengthening internal evaluation practices.
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 · 2023-10-19
"Activities such as rotarota, hand games, body actions and a variety of waiata himene are integrated into the learning programme to support mokopuna language development. Kaimahi support mokopuna to recite mōteatea and pepehā through animation and hand actions."
Strong intentional teaching, Te Whāriki implementation through cultural activities, language development embedded.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Whānau and kaimahi shared their aspirations to continue to increase systems, methods and approaches to further enhance quality learning and outcomes for mokopuna."
Good collaboration and shared aspirations, though limited explicit detail on ongoing family communication.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"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."
Compliance assessed across all legal requirements; no concerns noted, systems in place.
"ERO recommends that whānau continue to increase sound internal evaluation practices to maintain quality outcomes for mokopuna."
Sound systems evident; recommendation to strengthen internal evaluation practices indicates room for development.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Wairaka dated 2023-10-19, 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 4 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 Wairaka 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
Harvey Street, Whakatāne Central. 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 Wairaka a free kindergarten?
- Te Kōhanga Reo o Wairaka 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 Wairaka?
- 24 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Wairaka (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Wairaka?
- Harvey Street Whakatāne Central Whakatane District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #40185) ↗ · 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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