BestStart Educare in Tauranga
20 licensed centres across 13 suburbs · Bay of Plenty
Centres in Tauranga
20
Suburbs covered
13
Combined roll
1238
20 Hours ECE
0/20
All BestStart Educare centres in Tauranga
BestStart MacDonald Street
Education & Care · Mt Maunganui
BestStart Educare
Roll 52
BestStart Doncaster Drive
Education & Care · Papamoa
BestStart Educare
Roll 40
BestStart Greerton
Education & Care · Greerton
BestStart Educare
Roll 45
BestStart Girven Road
Education & Care · Arataki South
BestStart Educare
Roll 50
BestStart Montessori Otumoetai
Education & Care · Bellevue
BestStart Educare
Roll 30
BestStart Katikati
Education & Care · Katikati North
BestStart Educare
Roll 40
BestStart Parton Road
Education & Care · Papamoa
BestStart Educare
Roll 80
BestStart Palm Springs
Education & Care · Papamoa
BestStart Educare
Roll 70
BestStart Ngatai Road
Education & Care · Otumoetai
BestStart Educare
Roll 50
BestStart Tauranga Central
Education & Care · Tauranga South
BestStart Educare
Roll 44
BestStart Welcome Bay
Education & Care · Welcome Bay
BestStart Educare
Roll 50
BestStart Judea
Education & Care · Judea
BestStart Educare
Roll 72
BestStart Montessori Bethlehem
Education & Care · Bethlehem
BestStart Educare
Roll 90
BestStart Bay Kindy
Education & Care · Welcome Bay
BestStart Educare
Roll 40
BestStart Pyes Pa
Education & Care · Pyes Pa
BestStart Educare
Roll 60
BestStart Coast Boulevard
Education & Care · Papamoa
BestStart Educare
Roll 90
BestStart Omokoroa
Education & Care · Ōmokoroa South
BestStart Educare
Roll 100
BestStart Papamoa Plaza
Education & Care · Papamoa
BestStart Educare
Roll 90
BestStart Bayfair
Education & Care · Mt Maunganui
BestStart Educare
Roll 95
BestStart Parau Drive
Education & Care · Bethlehem
BestStart Educare
Roll 50
By suburb in Tauranga
Papamoa
5 BestStart Educare centres
Mt Maunganui
2 BestStart Educare centres
Welcome Bay
2 BestStart Educare centres
Bethlehem
2 BestStart Educare centres
Greerton
1 BestStart Educare centre
Arataki South
1 BestStart Educare centre
Bellevue
1 BestStart Educare centre
Katikati North
1 BestStart Educare centre
Otumoetai
1 BestStart Educare centre
Tauranga South
1 BestStart Educare centre
Judea
1 BestStart Educare centre
Pyes Pa
1 BestStart Educare centre
Ōmokoroa South
1 BestStart Educare centre
Alternative operators in Tauranga
Top operators competing with BestStart Educare in Tauranga.
Frequently asked
- How many BestStart Educare centres are in Tauranga?
- 20 licensed BestStart Educare centres in Tauranga, across 13 suburbs. 0 (0%) participate in 20 Hours ECE.
- What are alternatives to BestStart Educare in Tauranga?
- Other operators with centres in Tauranga: Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust (21), Playcentre Aotearoa (12), Kids at Home (6), New Shoots Children's Centres (6), Home Grown Kids (4). 194 total licensed centres in Tauranga.
- Do BestStart Educare centres in Tauranga accept government funding?
- All licensed ECE centres including BestStart Educare are eligible for the Childcare Subsidy (means-tested, MSD) and FamilyBoost rebate (25% of weekly fees, capped at $75/week, IRD). For 3-5 year olds, 0 of 20 BestStart Educare centres in Tauranga also participate in 20 Hours ECE.
All BestStart Educare
261 centres nationwide
All Tauranga daycares
194 licensed centres
Cost guide
FamilyBoost + 20 Hours stacking
Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 June 2026)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
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
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.