Tino E Tasi Preschool
Education & Care
120 Shortland Street, Aranui · Christchurch City
Tino E Tasi Preschool received an Akarangi review in August 2023. Our analysis of the ERO report shows strengths in curriculum and learning with a responsive, culturally immersive approach and strong language development focus. Areas for development include strengthening whānau partnership around curriculum frameworks, developing Te Whāriki engagement alongside existing Samoan cultural promotion, and addressing identified non-compliance with sleep record requirements.
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 · 2023-08-07
"Children experience a responsive curriculum immersed in the Samoan language and culture. Their identity as Samoan learners is recognised and affirmed by teachers. Oral language is prioritised, and the curriculum supports multilingual language development."
Responsive, culturally immersive curriculum with strong language development focus.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"While leaders and teachers purposefully seek out the views of parents and use this knowledge to inform decisions, they have yet to explore Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, with them."
Parents valued and consulted, but curriculum framework not yet explored collaboratively.
"Tino E Tasi Preschool is a well-established centre, committed to promoting Samoan language and culture through a bilingual programme."
Strong Samoan cultural and language promotion, but Te Whāriki engagement developing.
"Consistent monitoring of aspects of health and safety practices is required to maintain regulatory standards."
Non-compliance identified regarding sleep records; monitoring consistency needed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Tino E Tasi Preschool dated 2023-08-07, 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 3 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
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Where Tino E Tasi Preschool 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
120 Shortland Street, Aranui. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Tino E Tasi Preschool a free kindergarten?
- Tino E Tasi Preschool is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Tino E Tasi Preschool?
- 49 children attend Tino E Tasi Preschool (roll year 2025).
- Where is Tino E Tasi Preschool?
- 120 Shortland Street Aranui Christchurch City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #65086) ↗ · 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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