Best-rated by ERO — national top-50

1. 1

   Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Pūtake Whakatupuranga

   Elgin-Gisborne · Gisborne · Kohanga Reo

   C A W A Wh A B A H A L A

   Roll 93
2. 2

   Te Kōhanga Reo o Iti Noa

   Te Hapara · Gisborne · Kohanga Reo

   C A W A Wh A B A H A L A

   Roll 70
3. 3

   BestStart Taradale

   Taradale · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

   C A W A Wh A B A H A L A ERO: Not well placed

   Roll 67
4. 4

   Te Kōpae Piripono

   Bell Block · Taranaki · Education And Care

   C A W A Wh A B A H A L A

   Roll 55
5. 5

   Dunsandel Childcare and Preschool Ltd

   Burnham Camp · Canterbury · Education And Care

   C A W A Wh A B A H A L A ERO: Not well placed

   Roll 44
6. 6

   Te Kōhanga Reo o Kororipo

   Kerikeri South · Northland · Kohanga Reo

   C A W A Wh A B A H A L A

   Roll 33
7. 7

   Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Ao Tawarirangi

   Oceanic Gisborne Region · Gisborne · Kohanga Reo

   C A W A Wh A B A H A L A

   Roll 18
8. 8

   BestStart Dannemora

   East Tamaki · Auckland · Education And Care

   C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

   Roll 105
9. 9

   Lollipops Millennium

   Ellerslie · Auckland · Education And Care

   C A W A Wh A B B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

   Roll 85
10. 10

    BestStart Johnstones Road Kindy

    Otara · Auckland · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 80
11. 11

    BestStart Motutaiko Street

    Taupō Central East · Waikato · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 61
12. 12

    Edubase Otago/ Southland

    Dunedin Central · Otago · Home Based

    C A W A Wh A B B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 50
13. 13

    Wild Things (Four)

    Dunedin Central · Otago · Home Based

    C A W A Wh A B B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 50
14. 14

    Wakari Kindergarten

    Wakari · Otago · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 45
15. 15

    Paengaroa Free Kindergarten

    Rangiuru · Bay of Plenty · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 43
16. 16

    Central Kids Kindergartens - Edgecumbe

    Edgecumbe · Bay of Plenty · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
17. 17

    Milverton Kindergarten

    Milverton · Manawatū-Whanganui · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
18. 18

    Oratia Kindergarten

    Oratia · Auckland · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
19. 19

    Remuera Kindergarten

    Remuera · Auckland · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
20. 20

    Colenso Early Childhood Centre

    Marewa · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 38
21. 21

    Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Kohao o Te Ngira

    Hamilton East · Waikato · Kohanga Reo

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A

    Roll 35
22. 22

    Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Whānau Tahi

    Halswell · Canterbury · Kohanga Reo

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A

    Roll 35
23. 23

    Kerikeri Playcentre

    Riverview · Northland · Playcentre

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 30
24. 24

    Te Kōhanga Reo o Rāhui Pōkeka

    Huntly West · Waikato · Kohanga Reo

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A

    Roll 30
25. 25

    Te Kōhanga Reo o Tarimano

    Ngongotahā East · Bay of Plenty · Kohanga Reo

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A

    Roll 30
26. 26

    Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rongopai o Takapau

    Makaretu · Hawke's Bay · Kohanga Reo

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A

    Roll 30
27. 27

    Dinsdale Playcentre

    Frankton · Waikato · Playcentre

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 25
28. 28

    Te Kōhanga Reo ki Rotokawa

    Rotokawa · Bay of Plenty · Kohanga Reo

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A

    Roll 25
29. 29

    Te Kōhanga reo o Kawakawa Mai Tawhiti

    East Cape · Gisborne · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L A

    Roll 20
30. 30

    Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Pou Herenga Waka o Te Whakapono

    Marewa · Hawke's Bay · Kohanga Reo

    C A W A Wh A B A H A L B

    Roll 20
31. 31

    Conductive Education Canterbury Inc

    Addington · Canterbury · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B B H A L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 16
32. 32

    BestStart St Andrews

    Te Rapa · Waikato · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B B H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 92
33. 33

    BestStart Totara Street

    Mountview · Waikato · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 80
34. 34

    Little Einsteins Montessori (MacDonald Street)

    Mt Maunganui · Bay of Plenty · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L B

    Roll 75
35. 35

    BestStart Judea

    Judea · Bay of Plenty · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 72
36. 36

    Funhouse Learning Centre

    Whanganui Central · Manawatū-Whanganui · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B A H C L A

    Roll 50
37. 37

    Rainbow Bears Preschool

    Henderson · Auckland · Education And Care

    C A W A Wh A B A H A L ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 50
38. 38

    Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngā Pekanga

    Waitara East · Taranaki · Kohanga Reo

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L B

    Roll 50
39. 39

    Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Tīmatatanga

    Manurewa · Auckland · Kohanga Reo

    C A W A Wh A B A H A L

    Roll 48
40. 40

    Waverley Kindergarten

    Windsor · Southland · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B B H B L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 45
41. 41

    Winton Kindergarten

    Winton · Southland · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H B L B ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 45
42. 42

    Irmgard Ritchie Kindergarten

    Upper Hutt CBD · Wellington · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 42
43. 43

    Anchorage Park Kindergarten

    Pakuranga · Auckland · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
44. 44

    Central Kids Kindergartens - Kihikihi

    Kihikihi Central · Waikato · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
45. 45

    Central Kids Kindergartens - Paeroa

    Paeroa · Waikato · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H A L ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
46. 46

    Central Kids Kindergartens - Thames

    Thames Central · Waikato · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
47. 47

    Kidsfirst Kindergartens Burnham

    Burnham Camp · Canterbury · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
48. 48

    Kidsfirst Kindergartens Phillipstown

    Phillipstown · Canterbury · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
49. 49

    Kidsfirst Kindergartens Rutland Street

    Christchurch · Canterbury · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40
50. 50

    Newfield Kindergarten

    Newfield · Southland · Kindergarten

    C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

    Roll 40

Showing top 50 of 2,750 eligible centres. Per-centre pages link to the source ERO review with full attribution.

How we score "Best-rated by ERO"

Composite score: A grade = +4, B = +2, C = 0, D = −3. Centres with at least three graded dimensions are eligible. Ties broken by current roll.

See full methodology and the ERO source row.