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Largest centres by current roll — Hawke's Bay top-30

The largest licensed ECE centres in New Zealand by current roll (latest MoE Directory reporting year). Roll alone doesn't measure quality — pair with the ERO grades shown here.

211 centres eligible in Hawke's Bay. Source: Education Review Office, licensed CC-BY 4.0.

1

Little Magpies Childcare Centre

Onekawa · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C C W Wh B H B L B

Roll 120
2

BestStart Omahu Road

Frimley · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C B W Wh B H B L B

Roll 115
3

Cherry Grove Childcare and Family Centre

Karanema-St Hill · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C W Wh B H B L B

Roll 110
4

Busy Bees Hastings

St Leonards-Napier/Hastings · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C W Wh B H B L B

Roll 108
5

Busy Bees Havelock North

Karanema-St Hill · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C B W Wh C B C H B L B

Roll 104
6

Central Hastings Early Learning Centre

Akina Park · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C W Wh B B H B L C

Roll 100
7

Launch Queen Street

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B B B H B L

Roll 100
8

Launch Waipukurau

Waipukurau West · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B H D L B

Roll 100
9

Little Magpies Home Based Care

Onekawa · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C B W Wh B H L B

Roll 100
10

Tiny Nation

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W Wh B C H B L

Roll 100
11

Tiny Nation Q1 Wellington

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W B Wh B H B L

Roll 100
12

Active Explorers Greenmeadows

Greenmeadows · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C B W Wh C B C H B L

Roll 89
13

Launch active early learning

Mahora · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C B W Wh B C H B L

Roll 88
14

Bright Futures Hawkes Bay 2

Waipukurau East · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W Wh B H B L

Roll 80
15

Bright Futures Hawkes Bay 3

Onekawa · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W Wh B H B L

Roll 80
16

No Cotton Wool Kids Hawke's Bay

Maraenui · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C B W B Wh C B H B L

Roll 80
17

Scallywaggs SPROUTS CHB 2

Waipukurau East · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W Wh B H L B

Roll 80
18

Scallywaggs SPROUTS In-Home Childcare Hawke's Bay 5

Onekawa · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C B W B Wh B H B L B

Roll 80
19

Tiny Nation

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W Wh B H B L

Roll 80
20

Tiny Nation

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

Roll 80
21

Tiny Nation Bay of Plenty

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W Wh B H B L

Roll 80
22

Tiny Nation Christchurch

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W Wh B H B L

Roll 80
23

Tiny Nation Hawkes Bay

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W B Wh B C H B L

Roll 80
24

Tiny Nation Otago

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

Roll 80
25

Tiny Nation Southland

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W B Wh B H B L

Roll 80
26

Tiny Nation Taranaki Whanganui

Hastings Central · Hawke's Bay · Home Based

C W Wh B B B H B L B

Roll 80
27

BestStart Riverbend Road

Onekawa · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

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

Roll 75
28

Nelson Park Kindergarten Toddler and Baby

Marewa · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B B H B L B

Roll 75
29

Tiny Voices Napier

Napier South · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B H L B

Roll 75
30

BestStart Willowpark Road

Parkvale-Napier/Hastings · Hawke's Bay · Education And Care

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

Roll 72

Showing top 30 of 211 eligible centres in Hawke's Bay. Per-centre pages link to the source ERO review with full attribution.

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Other rankings in Hawke's Bay

Best-rated by ERO Best for under-2s Best kindergartens Best kōhanga reo Best home-based networks Best playcentres Best 20 Hours ECE centres Best for te ao Māori + bicultural practice Best curriculum (ERO) Best for child wellbeing (ERO) Best leadership (ERO)