Waianiwa Kindergarten
Education & Care
54 Weir Road, Wallacetown · Southland District
Waianiwa Kindergarten is an education and care service in Wallacetown with a current roll of 19 children. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies whānau partnership and bicultural practice as areas for development, with a focus on expanding cultural sharing opportunities. Health and safety practices and leadership and governance systems are established.
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
ERO review · 2022-02-28
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"For leaders and teachers to increase the range of opportunities children and their families have to share aspects of their culture with others in the service."
Key next step identifies need to expand cultural sharing opportunities with families.
"For leaders and teachers to increase the range of opportunities children and their families have to share aspects of their culture with others in the service."
Identified development area for cultural sharing and whānau involvement in bicultural practice.
"Suitable health and safety practices are in place."
Health and safety practices established; compliance non-compliance subsequently addressed.
"Governance and management systems ensure policies and procedures are in place to guide the daily operations."
Governance and management systems in place with sound operational policies established.
Source: Education Review Office review of Waianiwa Kindergarten dated 2022-02-28, 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 Waianiwa Kindergarten 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
54 Weir Road, Wallacetown. 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 Waianiwa Kindergarten a free kindergarten?
- Waianiwa Kindergarten is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Waianiwa Kindergarten?
- 19 children attend Waianiwa Kindergarten (roll year 2025).
- Where is Waianiwa Kindergarten?
- 54 Weir Road Wallacetown Southland 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 #80024) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Financials (2014-06-30): 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.