Te Timatanga Hou Kindergarten
Kindergarten
19 Wilton Street, Levin Central · Horowhenua District
ERO assessed Te Timatanga Hou Kindergarten as Not well placed in its 2020 review. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service demonstrated strong bicultural practice with consistent te reo Māori use and meaningful iwi connections, and effective whānau partnership and parent communication.
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
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 2024-12-20 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-12-20, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Education Review · 2020-01-27· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Parents and whānau are welcomed and encouraged to be meaningfully involved in the programme. Teachers value and acknowledge the contributions and expertise of whānau. Parents' aspirations for their children guide individual planning. An online platform strengthens communication links between home and the kindergarten."
Effective parent engagement and communication; meaningful involvement established.
"Children have many opportunities to hear, speak and sing in te reo Māori. Teachers are committed to consistently learning and using te reo Māori in everyday interactions. Concepts within te ao Māori are key to the enacted kindergarten philosophy, and intentionally shared with tamariki and whānau through purposeful learning stories. Children learn about local hapu and iwi, whakapapa and kawa and respectful connections have been made with local iwi."
Consistent te reo Māori use; te ao Māori concepts embedded; meaningful iwi connections established.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Te Timatanga Hou Kindergarten dated 2020-01-27, 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 Timatanga Hou Kindergarten 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
19 Wilton Street, Levin Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Te Timatanga Hou Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Te Timatanga Hou Kindergarten is a Free Kindergarten. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds — you may also be eligible for FamilyBoost and Childcare Subsidy.
- What's the roll at Te Timatanga Hou Kindergarten?
- 46 children attend Te Timatanga Hou Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Te Timatanga Hou Kindergarten?
- 19 Wilton Street Levin Central Horowhenua 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 #52502) ↗ · 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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