Te Puna Reo o Ritimana
Education & Care
Richmond Road School 113 Richmond Road, Ponsonby · Auckland - Waitematā
Te Puna Reo o Ritimana is an education and care service in Ponsonby with 30 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strong performance in curriculum and learning (A grade) with well-designed curriculum aligned to Te Whāriki and mātauranga Māori, and in children's wellbeing (A grade) with positive peer relationships and emotional safety. Health and safety systems are in place with ratios better than minimum requirements (B grade), though leadership and governance requires development in strategic planning and delegation (C grade).
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 Puna Reo Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Education Review · 2023-03-08
"Curriculum design and implementation is underpinned by Te Whāriki, The New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum and mātauranga Māori."
Well-designed curriculum aligned to Te Whāriki and mātauranga Māori with intentional teaching and responsive assessment
"Tamariki play amicably alongside their peers and enjoy learning in each other's company. They display aroha and manaaki and experience these from caring and responsive adults."
Strong sense of belonging, positive peer relationships, and emotional safety demonstrated throughout daily experiences.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote tamariki health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Systems in place for health and safety management; ratios better than minimum requirements; no specific concerns noted.
"Strategic and annual planning requires strengthening. It is timely for the new governance board, kaimahi and whānau to review and update their strategic plan to be assured planned developments reflect whānau aspirations."
New leadership establishing well but strategic planning needs development; annual planning lacks rigor in delegation and
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Puna Reo o Ritimana dated 2023-03-08, 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 Puna Reo o Ritimana 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
Richmond Road School 113 Richmond Road, Ponsonby. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Operator financials
Source: Charities Services Annual Return
Frequently asked
- Is Te Puna Reo o Ritimana a free kindergarten?
- Te Puna Reo o Ritimana is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Te Puna Reo o Ritimana?
- 30 children attend Te Puna Reo o Ritimana (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Puna Reo o Ritimana?
- Richmond Road School 113 Richmond Road Ponsonby Auckland - Waitematā
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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 #20146) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2024-12-31): Charities Services Annual Return ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via charities.govt.nz
- 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.