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The Children's House Hokitika

Education & Care

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199 Stafford Street, Hokitika · Westland District

The Children's House Hokitika is an education and care centre serving 20 children. Our analysis of the ERO report (2022) found the service demonstrates regular whānau engagement (B grade) and confirmed health and safety compliance (B grade), though bicultural practice showed variable understanding of te ao Māori with inconsistent visibility in documentation and planning (C grade).

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

Total roll
20
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
65196

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 · 2022-07-26

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
→B
"There are regular opportunities for families to participate in and contribute to the curriculum."

Regular family engagement and contribution opportunities established.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"Understanding of te ao Māori is variable across the team. The language, culture and identify of all children is not always evident in assessment, planning and evaluation."

Variable understanding of te ao Māori; inconsistent visibility in documentation and planning.

Health & safety
B
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."

Legal compliance confirmed; no concerns noted in assurance statement review.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of The Children's House Hokitika dated 2022-07-26, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where The Children's House Hokitika 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.

68 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
70
Leadership
15%
Estimated from national average · below band median (n=2400)
66
est
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade C · bottom 10% of band (n=2375)
50

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

199 Stafford Street, Hokitika. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is The Children's House Hokitika a free kindergarten?
The Children's House Hokitika is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at The Children's House Hokitika?
20 children attend The Children's House Hokitika (roll year 2025).
Where is The Children's House Hokitika?
199 Stafford Street Hokitika Westland District

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Sources & verification

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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

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
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

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

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
Suburb context

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.