Wonder Kids Lower Hutt
Education & Care
1122 High Street, Taita · Lower Hutt City
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Wonder Kids Cultural & rohe
ERO review
Akarangi · 2025-12-08
"ERO found a number of areas of non-compliance with the licensing criteria in the curriculum regulatory standard."
Multiple non-compliances identified in curriculum design, assessment, and cultural implementation.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"They are respectful of the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."
Teachers respectful of parent and whānau aspirations for children.
"implementing a curriculum that acknowledges and reflects the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua, where children are given the opportunity to develop knowledge and an understanding of the cultural heritages of both parties to Te Tiriti o Waitangi ensuring the curriculum respects and supports the right of each child to be confident in their own culture and encourages children to understand and respect other cultures."
Non-compliance in acknowledging Māori as tangata whenua and supporting cultural confidence.
"Appropriate health and safety procedures and practices are implemented."
Health and safety procedures and practices appropriately implemented.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Wonder Kids Lower Hutt dated 2025-12-08, 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 Wonder Kids Lower Hutt 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
1122 High Street, Taita. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is Wonder Kids Lower Hutt a free kindergarten?
- Wonder Kids Lower Hutt is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Wonder Kids Lower Hutt?
- 53 children attend Wonder Kids Lower Hutt (roll year 2025).
- Where is Wonder Kids Lower Hutt?
- 1122 High Street Taita Lower Hutt City
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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 #48036) ↗ · 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.