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Wharepuhunga Playcentre

Playcentre

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Wharepuhunga Road, Tokanui · Ōtorohanga District

Total roll
30
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
31016

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Playcentre Aotearoa logo Playcentre Aotearoa

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Education Review · 2025-07-17

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
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Bicultural practice
↑B
"Children have opportunities to develop an understanding about the dual cultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand."

Children develop understanding of dual cultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Health & safety
B
"Health and safety Meeting"

Health and safety regulatory standards are being met.

Leadership & governance
↓D
"Playcentre Aotearoa must ensure the system of regular appraisal is implemented for its regional centre-facing staff."

Non-compliance: regular appraisal system not consistently implemented for staff.

Source: Education Review Office review of Wharepuhunga 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 computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Wharepuhunga 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.

64 / 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 D · bottom 10% of band (n=2400)
25
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
est
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

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

Wharepuhunga Road, Tokanui. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Operator financials

Year ended2016-08-31
Total revenue$32,700
Surplus / deficit$-2,959
Paid employees1

Source: Charities Services Annual Return

Frequently asked

Is Wharepuhunga Playcentre a free kindergarten?
Wharepuhunga Playcentre is a Playcentre service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Wharepuhunga Playcentre?
30 children attend Wharepuhunga Playcentre (roll year 2025).
Where is Wharepuhunga Playcentre?
Wharepuhunga Road Tokanui Ōtorohanga District

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

Nearby & related

Maihiihi Playcentre 8.3 km
playcentre
All centres in Tokanui
Including the 1 others nearby
Cost of daycare in Tokanui
By age + FamilyBoost net
All Playcentre Aotearoa
Other Playcentre Aotearoa centres nationally

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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: 2016-08-31· 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.