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Tiny Nation

Home-based

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209 Karamu Road North, Hastings Central · Hastings District

Tiny Nation is a home-based service in Hastings Central with a roll of 100. In ERO's November 2023 review, health and safety was assessed as meeting requirements. Our analysis of the ERO report identified bicultural practice as an area for development, with opportunities provided but a next step to strengthen documentation of children's identity and languages.

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

Total roll
100
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
45549

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Tiny Nation logo Tiny Nation

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akanuku · 2023-11-17

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↓C
"Children are given the opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi."

Opportunities provided but identified next step: strengthen documentation of children's identity and languages.

Health & safety
↓B
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."

Regulatory standards for health and safety assessed as meeting requirements.

Leadership & governance
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Source: Education Review Office review of Tiny Nation dated 2023-11-17, 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Tiny Nation 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%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

209 Karamu Road North, Hastings Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Tiny Nation a free kindergarten?
Tiny Nation is a Home-based service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Tiny Nation?
100 children attend Tiny Nation (roll year 2025).
Where is Tiny Nation?
209 Karamu Road North Hastings Central Hastings District

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Sources & verification

Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:

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)
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.