Totara Grove Playcentre
Playcentre
38 Corks Road, Tikipunga · Whangarei District
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 review
Education Review · 2025-07-17
"As members proceed through adult education programmes, they could include children's dispositions and interests more clearly in written records."
Assessment practices emerging; dispositions and interests not clearly documented.
"There are trusting relationships between children and adults in the centre. Children happily play alongside and with each other in groups, and friendships are becoming evident. They share games successfully, and are settled and confident about making choices in their play."
Positive relationships, settled children, confident in choices; transitions well managed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Members are committed to learning and practising te reo and tikanga Māori. They include waiata and karakia at each session."
Committed to learning te reo and tikanga; practices emerging but needs further development.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Since the 2013 ERO review, centre members who held key roles have left and the majority of members are new to Playcentre. The group of new members has formed strong collegial relationships. Members currently have the required Playcentre qualifications to claim funding for one session each week. A more experienced member has been allocated a leadership role to fill this gap."
New leadership emerging; succession gaps addressed; further development needed in evaluation.
Source: Education Review Office review of Totara Grove Playcentre dated 2025-07-17, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Totara Grove 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
38 Corks Road, Tikipunga. 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 Totara Grove Playcentre a free kindergarten?
- Totara Grove Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Totara Grove Playcentre?
- 30 children attend Totara Grove Playcentre (roll year 2025).
- Where is Totara Grove Playcentre?
- 38 Corks Road Tikipunga Whangarei 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 #16585) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2016-08-31): 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.