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Te Kōhanga Reo o Waitara

Te Kōhanga Reo

Manukorihi Road, Waitara East · New Plymouth District

Te Kōhanga Reo o Waitara serves 50 mokopuna in Waitara East. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies areas for development: curriculum planning and assessment require stronger consistency and internal evaluation processes; health and safety practices need attention, particularly regular emergency drills. Children's wellbeing is a strength, with kaimahi providing supportive care.

AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.

Total roll
50
2025
Under 2s
20 Hours ECE
MOE #
52705

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Education Review · 2023-01-31

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
C
"Programme planning and mokopuna assessment need Improvement. It does not consistently consider the interests, needs and strengths of mokopuna. Furthermore, there is no robust process of internal evaluation to measure the effectiveness of the programme and the impact on outcomes for the mokopuna."

Planning and assessment inconsistent; lacks robust internal evaluation processes.

Children's wellbeing
B
"Kaimahi show aroha and care for mokopuna. They support mokopuna to openly express their emotions. Mokopuna engage in learning activities where they are able to follow their own interests."

Kaimahi demonstrate care; mokopuna supported to express emotions and follow interests.

Whānau partnership

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
D
"Emergency evacuations for fire and earthquake are not regularly practised. Whānau must ensure emergency drills are carried out and documented at least on a three monthly basis. Mokopuna safety is compromised."

Emergency drills not regularly practised; compliance gap compromises child safety.

Leadership & governance

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Te Kōhanga Reo o Waitara dated 2023-01-31, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Te Kōhanga Reo o Waitara 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.

56 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2425)
50
Wellbeing
20%
Grade B · bottom 10% of band (n=1871)
70
Health & Safety
20%
Grade D · bottom 10% of band (n=2319)
25
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

Manukorihi Road, Waitara East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Kōhanga Reo o Waitara a free kindergarten?
Te Kōhanga Reo o Waitara 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 Waitara?
50 children attend Te Kōhanga Reo o Waitara (roll year 2025).
Where is Te Kōhanga Reo o Waitara?
Manukorihi Road Waitara East New Plymouth District

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Sources & verification

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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

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.