Te Puna Early Learning Centre
Education & Care
4 Te Puna Road, Tauriko · Western Bay of Plenty District
Te Puna Early Learning Centre is an education and care service in Tauriko with a current roll of 78 children. Our analysis of the ERO report shows the service achieved a B grade for curriculum and learning, with effective learning through play and strong literacy and numeracy progression for older children, and a B grade for health and safety with confirmed legal compliance. Leadership and governance was graded C, reflecting early-stage internal evaluation processes and inconsistent assessment systems across the service.
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
Standalone
Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2023-06-15
"Children experience a well-resourced curriculum that promotes learning through play. Older children have language-rich learning opportunities that progress literacy and numeracy. Teachers implement respectful practices that maintain a calm, slow pace."
Effective learning through play with strong literacy/numeracy progression for older children
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management assurance confirms legal compliance across health and safety areas
"Internal evaluation is beginning to be used. Within the nursery, newly established assessment, planning and evaluation systems include learning outcomes from Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. This is not yet consistent across the service."
Early-stage internal evaluation; inconsistent assessment systems across service
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Puna Early Learning Centre dated 2023-06-15, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Te Puna Early Learning Centre 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
4 Te Puna Road, Tauriko. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Te Puna Early Learning Centre a free kindergarten?
- Te Puna Early Learning Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Te Puna Early Learning Centre?
- 78 children attend Te Puna Early Learning Centre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Puna Early Learning Centre?
- 4 Te Puna Road Tauriko Western Bay of Plenty District
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #46436) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.