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Toki Explorers

Education & Care

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1174 Kahikatea Flat Road, Waitoki · Auckland - Rodney

Total roll
70
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
47762

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 · 2025-02-17

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
B
"Informal and formal opportunities are provided for parents to communicate with adults providing education and care about their child and make decisions about their learning."

Parents have formal and informal communication opportunities and decision-making involvement.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

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

Service meets regulatory standards and health and safety requirements.

Leadership & governance
B
"Daily activity is managed by a qualified centre manager with support from the qualified owner. An external agency provides oversight for organisational operations."

Qualified management with external oversight and governance structures in place.

Source: Education Review Office review of Toki Explorers dated 2025-02-17, 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 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Toki Explorers 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.

70 / 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%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Estimated from national average · near band median (n=2375)
64
est

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

1174 Kahikatea Flat Road, Waitoki. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Toki Explorers a free kindergarten?
Toki Explorers is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Toki Explorers?
70 children attend Toki Explorers (roll year 2025).
Where is Toki Explorers?
1174 Kahikatea Flat Road Waitoki Auckland - Rodney

How much will this cost you? Use our FamilyBoost + Childcare Subsidy calculator to estimate your weekly out-of-pocket after government support.

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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.