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Waka Huia Childcare

Education & Care

📞 03-3320362

18 Cardiff Avenue, Somerfield · Christchurch City

Waka Huia Childcare operates with a rich bicultural curriculum that meaningfully integrates te ao Māori and values-based approaches. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strong relational leadership and systematic evaluation in governance, though monitoring documentation has scope for development.

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

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
70423

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 · 2024-07-15

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
A
"The philosophy underpins the provision of a rich bicultural curriculum. The values of: Manaakitanga, Whanaungatanga, Kaitiakitanga, Kotahitanga provide meaningful connections to te ao Māori. Te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are naturally integrated into the curriculum in ways that are meaningful to children."

Rich bicultural curriculum with meaningful te ao Māori integration and values-based approach.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
→B
"Experienced leadership promotes a high level of relational trust and collaboration that makes good use of the strengths of teachers. Internal evaluation includes a systematic approach to evaluating the impact of improvement actions on teaching and outcomes for learners. Monitoring of internal evaluation outcomes overtime is yet to be well documented."

Strong relational leadership and systematic evaluation; monitoring documentation needs development.

Source: Education Review Office review of Waka Huia Childcare dated 2024-07-15, 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 Waka Huia Childcare 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.

73 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2425)
90
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade B · below band median (n=2400)
70
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
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

18 Cardiff Avenue, Somerfield. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Waka Huia Childcare a free kindergarten?
Waka Huia Childcare is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Waka Huia Childcare?
30 children attend Waka Huia Childcare (roll year 2025).
Where is Waka Huia Childcare?
18 Cardiff Avenue Somerfield Christchurch City

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Sources & verification

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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.