Tuatara Kids
Education & Care
95 Park Road, Miramar · Wellington City
Tuatara Kids is an education and care service in Miramar with 28 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report shows strengths in children's wellbeing (B grade) and leadership with an improvement focus (B grade), alongside areas for development in curriculum implementation, whānau partnership, and bicultural practice (all C grades). The service is working to build more consistent assessment practices aligned to Te Whāriki and to establish authentic relationships with whānau.
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 · 2023-02-21
"Assessment for learning has previously been identified by ERO as an area that required strengthening and is now a priority area for improvement. While useful assessment, planning and evaluation guidelines have been developed they are not yet always implemented."
Assessment and planning guidelines exist but inconsistently implemented; Te Whāriki outcomes not consistently used as as
"Children experience a purposefully designed well-resourced, mixed-aged learning environment that supports their interests, strengths and needs. Respectful teachers work alongside children to develop their literacy, physical and social and emotional skills. Choice and independence are fostered."
Well-resourced environment with responsive teachers supporting development; transitions not explicitly evaluated.
"It is timely, for leaders and teachers to develop authentic learning focused partnerships through meaningful engagement with the learning community. This includes determining with whānau Māori, and Pacific, what success looks like for their children."
Meaningful family partnerships identified as needed; currently not authentically established with whānau.
"Aspects of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are integrated in daily routines. Older children have opportunities to learn and lead waiata and karakia kai."
Te reo and tikanga present but limited scope; children's cultures not consistently integrated through assessment.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Governance and management are improvement focused. They allocate resources that align with the philosophy and priorities of the service. A meaningful professional growth cycle is implemented to build teacher capability. A self-review process is in place and has been used to inform some improvements to the learning environment."
Improvement-focused governance with professional learning cycle; shared understanding of internal evaluation needed.
Source: Education Review Office review of Tuatara Kids dated 2023-02-21, 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 Tuatara Kids 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
95 Park Road, Miramar. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Tuatara Kids a free kindergarten?
- Tuatara Kids is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Tuatara Kids?
- 28 children attend Tuatara Kids (roll year 2025).
- Where is Tuatara Kids?
- 95 Park Road Miramar Wellington 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 #50073) ↗ · 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
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.