Tikorangi Playcentre
Playcentre
Ngatimaru Road, RD 43, Waitara East · New Plymouth District
ERO assessed Tikorangi Playcentre as Not well placed in 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service demonstrated sound health and safety practices and developing leadership, but identified limited te reo Māori use and emerging bicultural practices as areas requiring further development.
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
Playcentre Aotearoa Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Education Review · 2025-07-17 · 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 2025-07-17, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Education Review · 2020-04-07· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"There are some opportunities for children to hear Māori language through greetings and basic use of te reo Māori. Programmes increasingly include Māori concepts, values and beliefs."
Limited te reo Māori use; emerging culturally responsive practices needing development.
"Reported ratios of adults to children Under 2 1:1 Better than minimum requirements Over 2 1:3 Better than minimum requirements"
Ratios exceed minimum requirements; compliance with legal obligations confirmed.
"Centre members continue to develop internal evaluation as a tool to reflect on practice. Strengthening internal evaluation practices should further support whānau to know how well their actions improve learning outcomes for children."
Internal evaluation developing; strategic direction emerging with ongoing support needed.
Source: Education Review Office review of Tikorangi Playcentre dated 2020-04-07, 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 Tikorangi Playcentre 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
Ngatimaru Road, RD 43, Waitara East. 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 Tikorangi Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Tikorangi Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Tikorangi Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Tikorangi Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Tikorangi Playcentre?
- Ngatimaru Road, RD 43 Waitara East New Plymouth 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 #50005) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2017-08-31): 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.