Early childhood services downgraded to a provisional licence, suspended or closed in 2017 after failing to meet minimum regulations

Regulations 2008 cover On this page My ECE provides the names of early childhood services that in 2017:

were put on notice by the Ministry of Education for failure to meet one or more minimum standards (licence was reclassified by the Ministry as provisional until compliance reached),
were closed by the Ministry of Education because of non-compliance, or
had an Education Review Office confirmed report in 2017 noting an area or areas of non-compliance.

Why publish the names of services known to have licence breaches in 2017

The main purpose of the information presented below is to support you as a parent in making an informed choice when choosing care and education for your child or an early childhood service that your family and whanau can be involved in.

Should your early childhood service be shown as having breached minimum standards requirements, it is better for you to know this than not to know.

Transparency and accountability are cornerstones of providing quality early childhood education and care for children and families.

Ask your service what it failed on and why - are you concerned about this as a parent or family member? If it was something that you find concerning, ask what improvements have been made and what has been put in place to make sure that standards do not slip again or that a similar problem does not reoccur.

Some other ways that this information might help

Gossip within communities can be more harmful to a service's reputation than being open about what's happened. When a service is open about its compliance history, is accountable to its families and community and can show what changes or improvements have been made, trust and confidence in it builds.
Teachers applying for jobs and people putting themselves forward as volunteers and board members may find the information helpful in making an informed decision and to know to check on any remediation and changes that have been made before becoming involved.
Mum and dad investors in early childhood education businesses may not otherwise be aware of or know to ask about a service's compliance history and issues, and then be hit with unexpected costs to bring a service up-to-scratch.

The roles of the Ministry of Education and Education Review Office and background information

A provisional licence is issued when an early learning service (sic 'early childhood service') isn't meeting the Ministry's licensing standards. Severity of the breaches is taken into consideration. This includes if there are immediate risks to the health and safety of children and the total number of regulatory breaches. (Ministry of Education quote 14/6/2018)

The Ministry of Education is responsible for licensing early childhood services and ensuring every service meets minimum standards in practice as prescribed by law. It is the regulator.

The Education Review Office is a government agency that functions to provide written reports on how well placed early childhood services and schools are to contribute to children's learning and promote children's well-being. Reviewers normally visit an early childhood service every 3 to 4 years (unless it received a poor report and then the next visit might be in 1 or 2 years time) and reviews focus on the service provider's documentation and systems.

The Education Review Office is not legally required to inform the Ministry of any known or alleged breaches it discovers.

As explained previously, the Ministry does not follow nor have a schedule for inspections. Regular unannounced spot checks of early childhood services are not undertaken. (read more).

Ministry Deputy Secretary Katrina Casey said that it was because of 41 complaints made to it against services that it was alerted to licence breaches at 31 services leading to licence reclassification to provisional in 2017.

From June 2016 the Ministry began regular monthly checking of confirmed ERO reports to compile a list of services where ERO had come across licence breaches. It also gets the heads-up about possible compliance issues when there is a news report in the media of a serious incident or the service itself reports an incident.

To sum up, the Ministry takes a reactive approach. It places full trust in service providers to meet all requirements all of the time and assumes that service providers know and have a correct understanding of the regulations and rules they are expected to meet.

It should be noted that the services shown below as having had regulation breaches in 2017 are only those that are known and there could be others that the Ministry and ERO have not identified.

Numbers

The number of early childhood services that had their licence reclassified as 'provisional' was more than double the number in 2017 than it was in 2016.

In 2016 the number of services that had licences downgraded to provisional due to non-compliance was 75. During 2017 a total of 154 services services were placed on a provisional licence.

Some services had their full licence restored in 2017 only to be found to be again breaching regulations resulting in being put back onto a provisional licence (see table below).

Five services had their full licence reclassified as provisional in 2017, the second year in a row that they had been found breaching regulations (click here to see the 2016 table of services that were known to have breached standards): Little Pipis Childcare (licence number 45732), Little Learners Education and Care (licence number: 40288), Choicekids Alfriston Rd centre (licence number 45923), Kidz Paradise Homebased (licence number 45323), and Discoveries Educare at Gillies where a tree fell injuring several children in 2016 (licence number 46322),

"Ministry withdrawal of licence due to non-compliance" was the reason given by the Ministry for the closures of six services only in 2017: Our Place Early Learning Centre, Rawene Playcentre, Steiner Childcare Petone, Goodstory Pasifika Homebased Services, North Shore Nannies, and Ketesemane A'oga Amata EFKS Inc. But oddly in its 2017 ECE Complaints report the Ministry says that it"cancelled the licences of nine services in relation to 11 complaints." Either this is a simple typing error or it closed at least three services on the basis of complaints only - without identifying non-compliance.

A total of 16 licences under the names of Lighthouse @ Home and Oak Tree Home Care were also cancelled in 2017 (Oak Tree Home Care had the licenses of an additional 4 services cancelled in 2016). The Ministry cannot provide the reason or reasons for licence cancellations as legal matters may not be resolved with the service providers.

Do you know of an early childhood service that should be listed here but isn't?

Inform the Ministry of Education if you know of an early childhood service that was not meeting basic standards in 2017 (if not named below) by submitting a complaint (learn more here).

You can view the minimum education requirements for early childhood centres here - the requirements for home-based, hospital-based, and kohanga reo services are similar to the general requirements for early childhood centres but there is some variation reflecting differences in premises and purpose.

Confidential help for parents and others
to make a complaint – go to more information

Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to ensure that the information below is correct, but it has been difficult to compile from Ministry and ERO sources and there is a chance of error. Should you notice an error or an omission please let My ECE know asap through our contact page so any necessary corrections can be made. Thank you.

Note that My ECE takes no responsibility for how the information below may be used.

Service name*	Location	Ownership	Areas the service had failed to meet minimum operating standards as noted by the Ministry of Education and, or the Education Review Office	Did ERO identify the non-compliance?	Did the Ministry of Education identify the non-compliance and reclassify the service’s licence to provisional? How long was provisional licence necessary?	Did the Ministry of Education shut the service down because it was not meeting minimum standards?	Ministry’s ID number for the service
A Place to Grow 2 homebased	Feilding	Private business	Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 4 months	No	47060
Abbey's Place Childcare Centre	Putaruru	Private business	ERO found breaches Child health and safety Premises and facilities Ministry found breaches Curriculum Premises and facilities Child health and safety	Yes	Yes 4 months	No	30016
Acorn Meadows Education and Childcare Ltd	Auckland	Private business	Governance and personnel management	Yes	No	No	10159
Active Explorers Cambridge Terrace	Wellington	Private business	Curriculum	Yes	No	No	60061
Active Explorers Central City centre	Christchurch	Private business	Management Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months	No	45158
Active Explorers Glenfield centre	Glenfield Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	46482
Agape Aoga Amata – Papatoetoe (now operating under a new name/ new management)	Auckland Papatoetoe	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	No	No	25061
Akaiti Mangarongaro	Auckland Mangere East	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	No	No	10186
Akoteu Faka-Kalisitiane Ko Namoa	Mangere Bridge Auckland	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 4 months	No	10101
Akoteu Faka-Kalisitiane Ko Namoa	Auckland Mangere	Community	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	Yes	No	No	10101
Akoteu Vaevae Manava	Auckland Kelston	Community	Management Vulnerable Children Act 2014	Yes	No	No	20051
Amana Christian Early Learning Centre	Dunedin	Community	Child health and safety Curriculum Governance and management	Yes	No	No	45181
An Nur Childcare Centre	Hornby Christchurch	Community	Curriculum Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 2 months	No	65070
Annies Nannies - Quality	Christchurch	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Child health and safety Ensure licensing conditions being met in homes Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	Yes 5 months	No	70135
Annies Nannies - Standard	Christchurch	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Child health and safety Ensure licensing conditions being met in homes Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Curriculum	Yes	Yes 5 months	No	45910
Aoga Amata (AAPICA) Centre Avondale	Auckland Avondale	Community	Child health and safety Management	Yes	No	No	45488
A'oga Amata (Porirua) E F K S	Porirua Waitangirua	Community	Child health and safety Management	Yes	No	No	55374
Ark Early Childhood Centre	Tauranga	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	40073
Au Pair Link Auckland 1 Homebased	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum	No	Yes 4 months	No	25434
Au Pair Link Auckland 2 homebased	Parnell office Auckland	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	45264
Au Pair Link Auckland 3 homebased	Parnell office Auckland	Private business	Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 7 months	No	45481
Au Pair Link Auckland 4 homebased	Parnell office Auckland	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	45549
Au Pair Link Taranaki 1 homebased	New Plymouth	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 1 day	No	45278
Au Pair Link Wellington 1 homebased	Newlands Wellington	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months	No	45115
Au Pair Link Wellington 2 homebased	Kapiti Coast office	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months	No	45966
Balfour Playcentre	Balfour	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	90000
Bell Block Pohutukawa Kindergarten	New Plymouth	Public	Curriculum	Yes	No	No	5216
Bright Beginnings Papamoa Community CC	Tauranga	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	45039
Bright Horizons Matamata	Matamata	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Child health and safety Ministry found breaches Curriculum Management Child health and safety	Yes	Yes 2 months	No	45777
Bright Stars Educare Wairoa centre	Wairoa	Private business	ERO found breaches Curriculum Child health and safety Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Curriculum	Yes	Yes 6 months	No	46268
Brooklyn Kids	Wellington	Private business	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	45958
Bula Centre	Auckland Mangere	Community	ERO found breaches Governance and management Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	Yes 1 month	No	45936
Cambridge EL Centre ‘The Castle’	Cambridge	Community	Regulation 23 (3) on breaching maximum number of under and over 2 yr old children Regulation 15(1) (c ) – a complaint was lodged against the centre and Ministry asserted legal right to reclassify licence as provisional	No	Yes 1 month	No	34002
Caterpillars to Butterflys Childcare	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	20225
Chapel Downs Early Learning Centre	Auckland Flat Bush	Community	Governance and management	Yes	No	No	25275
Choice Kids Browns Road centre	Manurewa Auckland	Community	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 4 months	No	45668
Choice Kids Browns Road TAP centre	Manurewa Auckland	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 4 months	No	46739
Choice Kids Roscommon Road	Auckland Manurewa	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Child health and safety Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	Yes 4 months	No	46446
Choice Kids Weymouth Road	Auckland	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Child health and safety Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	Yes 4 months	No	46549
Choicekids Alfriston Road centre	Manurewa East Auckland		Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 4 months	No	45923
Christopher and Robin Early Childhood Centre	Stanmore Bay	Private business	Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	10350
Church Street Childcare (now operating under a new name/ new management)	Auckland Otahuhu	Private business	Curriculum	Yes	No	No	25258
City Kids Childcare Centre	Wellington Thorndon	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	60259
Country Kindy Ltd	Feilding	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	45768
Crossways Community Creche	Wellington	Community	Curriculum Governance and management	Yes	No	No	60188
Discoveries Educare at Gillies centre	Epsom Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	46322
Discoveries Educare Browns Bay Ltd centre	Browns Bay Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	46604
Discoveries Educare centre	Papatoetoe Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 3 months	No	45840
Discoveries Educare Highland Park centre	Highland Park Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months		46487
Discoveries Educare Kelston centre	Kelston Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	46805
Discoveries Educare Mt Wellington	Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	46923
Discoveries Educare on Oteha Valley centre	Albany Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	46552
Discoveries Educare Prictor St centre	Papakura Central Auckland	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	46823
Discoveries Educare Rata St centre	New Lynn Auckland	Private business	Child health and safety	No	Yes 3 months from July to Oct 2017. Then 2 months from Dec 2017 to Feb 2018	No	46871
Discoveries Educare Target Road centre	Glenfield Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	46373
Discoveries Educare Te Atatu Peninsula centre		Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	47063
Discoveries on Gadsby Rd centre	Mangere Central Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	45461
Discoveries on Lincoln Road centre	Henderson Auckland	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	46537
Dot Kids Early Learning Centre Kelvin Grove	Palmerston North	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	50130
Dunsandel Playcentre	Dunsandel	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	70048
Eastland Educare (now operating under a new name/ new management)	Gisborne Te Hapara	Private business	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	55363
Ebabies @ Glenholme	Rotorua	Private business	Child health and safety Management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	46633
Ebabies@ Owhata centre	Rotorua	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 5 months	No	46238
Eden Christian Kindergarten	Manawatu-Wanganui Region	Community	Health and safety	Yes	No	No	52512
Edubase In-home Childcare	Tauranga	Private business	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	46902
Faavae Mautu Educare	Porirua	Community	Child health and safety Curriculum Governance and management	Yes	No	No	55440
Faavae Mautu Educare (now closed)	Elsdon Porirua	Community	Curriculum Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	No	Yes 1 month	No	55440
First Steps Maich centre	Manurewa Auckland	Private business	Regulation 15(1) (c ) – a complaint was lodged against the centre and Ministry asserted legal right to reclassify licence as provisional	No	Yes 2 months	No	25049
Footsteps Adventist Preschool	Palmerston North	Community	Management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	52527
Goodstory Pasifika Homebased	Auckland	Private business		?	?	Yes	47022
Gore Playcentre	Gore	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	65179
Granny's Place	Motueka	Private business	Management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	65194
Green Street Early Learning Centre	Mosgiel	Community	Child health and safety Governance and management	Yes	No	No	83030
Gumdrops Early Learning Centre	Christchurch	Private business	ERO found breaches Child health and safety Management Ministry found breaches Curriculum Child health and safety	Yes	Yes 3 months	No	65038
Haleema Kindergarten	Lower Hutt	Community	ERO found breaches Child health and safety Governance and management Ministry found breaches Curriculum Management Child health and safety	Yes	Yes 10 months	No	45458
Hanmer Springs Playcentre	Hanmer Springs	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	46380
Happi ECE Ltd Homebased	Ferrymead Christchurch	Private business	Management Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months	No	45374
Hinuera Playcentre	Matamata	Community	Personnel management Vulnerable Children Act 2014	Yes	No	No	30002
Hora Hora Playcentre	Cambridge	Community	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	46586
Hororata Playcentre	Hororata	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	70074
Ka Poipoia Tairawhiti Home-Based (now closed)	Gisborne	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	46048
Karaka Playcentre	Auckland Karaka	Community	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	25203
Kauri Kids Clendon	Auckland Clendon	City Council	ERO found breaches Management Ministry found breaches Curriculum	Yes	Yes 1 month	No	25280
Kawhia Early Childhood Centre Kura Tiaki	Kawhia	Community	Ministry found breaches Management Curriculum ERO found breaches Child health and safety Curriculum Management	Yes	Yes 3 months	No	30169
Kenese Aoga Niue	Auckland	Community	Management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	10165
Kereru Marae Kohanga Reo	Levin	Community	Child health and safety Premises and facilities	Yes	No	No	52763
Ketesemane A'oga Amata E.F.K.S	Wellington	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	No	Yes	60057
Kia Orana Punanga Reo	Auckland Mangere	Community	Governance and management	Yes	No	No	10180
Kid’s Land Educare Centre	Blockhouse Bay Auckland	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 3 months	No	45417
Kids Count ECE Marne Rd centre	Papakura Auckland	Private business	Regulation 15(1) (c ) – a complaint was lodged against the centre and Ministry asserted legal right to reclassify licence as provisional	No	Yes 1 month	No	46032
Kidz Paradise (2017) homebased	Hei Hei Christchurch	Private business	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	45323
Kindercare Learning Centre Greville	Browns Bay Auckland	Private business	Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	10337
Kiwi Kidz Community Early Education Centre	Hastings Stortford Lodge	Community	ERO found breaches Governance and Management Child health and safety Premises and facility Ministry found breaches Governance and Management Child health and safety	Yes	Yes 3 months	No	55285
Kiwi Kidz Homebased - Rua	Auckland Wellsford	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	46591
Kiwikidz Homebased Educare - Tahi	Auckland Blockhouse Bay	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	45663
Kuddles In-Home Childcare & Education	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	25410
Kuddles In-Home Childcare & Education - 2	Auckland Blockhouse Bay	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	45590
Kuddles In-Home Childcare & Education - 3	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	45757
Kuddles In-Home Childcare & Education - 4	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	46188
Kuddles In-Home Childcare & Education - 5	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	46700
Kuddles In-Home Childcare & Education - 6	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	46701
Kuddles In-Home Childcare & Education - 7	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	46876
Lalaga Preschool	Addington Christchurch	Private business	Curriculum Management	No	Yes 4 months	No	65088
Lalanga Moui Tongan Centre	Roslyn Palmerston North	Community	Governance and Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	50029
Leaps and Bounds New Plymouth (now operating under a new name/ new management)	New Plymouth	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	50533
Learning Adventures Waitara centre	Waitara	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 6 days	No	45308
Little Guppies Private Kindergarten and Nursery	Havelock North	Private business	Regulation 15(1) (c ) – a complaint was lodged against the centre and Ministry asserted legal right to reclassify licence as provisional	No	Yes 11 days	No	45878
Little Learners Education and Care centre	Tauranga South	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 11 months	No	40288
Little Oaks Pre-school	Amberley	Private business	Child health and safety	No	Yes 1 month	No	70081
Little Pipis Childcare Inc centre	Thorndon Wellington	Community	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 5 months	No	45732
Little Wonders Havelock North centre	Havelock North	Private business	Regulation 15(1) (c ) – a complaint was lodged against the centre and Ministry asserted legal right to reclassify licence as provisional	No	Yes 12 days	No	46307
Lollipops Aubrey Street	New Plymouth	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	50092
Lollipops Bell Block centre	New Plymouth	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 6 days	No	46108
Lou Lou's Te Manava Roa Early Explorers Centre	Tokoroa	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Vulnerable Children Act 2014 Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	Yes 6 months	No	45987
Lovely Lotus Childcare	Palmerston North	Private business	Child health and safety Management	Yes	No	No	45946
Lumsden Playcentre	Lumsden	Community	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	90005
Lupesina Aoga Amata Preschool	Auckland Glendene	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	No	No	45515
Makarewa Playcentre	Makarewa	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	90007
Mangere East Family Service Centre	Auckland	Community	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	25301
Maramarua/Kopuku Playcentre	Maramarua	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	25205
Marshlands Nest centre	Marshland Christchurch	Private business	Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	45639
Marton Junction Community Pre-school	Marton	Community	Governance and Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 1 day on 29/09/2017. Again for 4 months from Nov 2017 to March 2018	No	50529
Mata'aga A'oga Amata	Auckland	Community	Management	Yes	No	No	10143
Matamata Playcentre	Matamata	Community	Personnel management Vulnerable Children Act 2014	Yes	No	No	30004
Matariki Rudolf Steiner Kindergarten	Palmerston North	Community	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	52524
Meadowbank Community Pre-school (now operating under a new name/ new management)	Auckland Medowbank	Community	Child health and safety Management	Yes	No	No	20221
Milton Early Learning House centre (now closed)	Milton	Private business	Child health and safety Management	No	Yes 1 month	No	80045
Mini Miracles Educare Western Heights centre	Henderson Auckland	Private business	Curriculum	No	Yes 7 days	No	46352
Montessori @ Rimu	Hamilton Forest Lake	Private business	Child health and safety Management	Yes	No	No	30079
Naenae Aoga Amata	Lower Hutt	Community	ERO found breaches Premises and facilities Child health and safety Management Ministry found breaches Curriculum Premises and facilities Child health and safety Management	Yes	Yes 4 months	No	60312
Natural Wonders Early Learning Centre	Wellsford	Private business	Regulation 15(1) (c ) – a complaint was lodged against the centre and Ministry asserted legal right to reclassify licence as provisional	No	Yes 3 months	No	46763
Nau Mai Mokopuna	Kaitaia	Private business	ERO found breaches Curriculum Management Ministry found breaches Curriculum Management	Yes	Yes 7 months	No	46606
New Brighton Community Preschool and Nursery	Christchurch	Community	Management	Yes	No	No	70417
New Kidsland Childcare (now operating under a new name/ new management)	Mangere Auckland	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	45355
Nga Wawata Bi-Lingual Early Childhood Centre	Kaitaia	Private business	Child health and safety Management	Yes	No	No	46036
North Shore Nannies	Auckland	Private business	no information available	No	No	Yes	47032
Nurture Nannies 1	Hamilton	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	Yes 4 months	No	45364
Nurture Nannies 2	Hamilton	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	Yes 4 months	No	45603
Nurture Nannies 3	Hamilton	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	45693
Nurtured at Home – Auckland 5	Penrose Auckland	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 5 months	No	46770
Oasis Education Centre	Motueka	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	65081
Oasis Family Preschool	Motueka	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	Yes	No	No	45147
Oasis Preschool Mapua	Mapua	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	65138
Ohai Playcentre	Ohai	Community	Child health and safety Management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	90014
Ol-wens Little School (now operating under a new name/ new management)	Kerikeri	Private business	Premises and facilities Curriculum Governance and management	No	Yes 2 months	No	10183
Oma Rapeti Early Learning Centre	Auckland	Private business	Premises and facilities	Yes	No	No	20052
Onepoto Awhina Educare Centre	Auckland Northcote	Community	Curriculum Governance and management	Yes	No	No	20124
Oromahoe Kindergarten centre	Oromahoe	Community	Curriculum	Yes	No	No	45935
Otatara Children’s Centre	Napier Taradale	Community	Health and safety (hazard identification and management)	Yes	No	No	55050
Otautau Playcentre	Otautau	Community	Personnel management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	90015
Our Place Early Learning Centre	Kerikeri	Private business	Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	Yes	10417
Our Space Early Childhood Education Centre	Auckland Stanmore Bay	Private business	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	10070
Oxford Playcentre	Oxford	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	70094
Papakura Playcentre	Auckland	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	25208
Pasifika Early Learning	Lower Hutt	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	50045
Patoka Rural Kindergarten	Patoka	Community	Curriculum Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 4 months	No	55180
Peacocks Early Learning Centre Rockfield	Auckland Penrose	Private business	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	46441
Playworx Kindy centre	Melville Hamilton	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	45702
PORSE Addington Q1 homebased	Christchurch	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	No	Yes 2 months	No	65010
PORSE Albany Q1 homebased	Auckland	Private business	Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 4 months	No	10043
PORSE Ashburton S1 homebased	Ashburton	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months	No	45849
PORSE Central Hawke’s Bay S1 homebased	Waipukurau	Private business	Curriculum Premises and facilities	No	Yes 11 months	No	55467
PORSE Grey Lynn Q1 homebased	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	30140
PORSE Havelock North/ Hastings Q1 homebased	Havelock North	Private business	Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 2 months	No	55395
PORSE Hawera S1 homebased	New Plymouth	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 2 months	No	55477
PORSE Henderson Q1 homebased	Albany office Auckland	Private business	Regulation 44(1) (d) concerning need to have a person with a required qualification responsible for every group of up to 50 children	No	Yes 12 days	No	30225
PORSE Henderson S1 homebased	Albany office Auckland	Private business	Regulation 44(1) (d) concerning need to have a person with a required qualification responsible for every group of up to 50 children	No	Yes 2 days	No	30266
PORSE Howick S1 homebased	Meadowbank office Auckland	Private business	Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	30267
PORSE Kapiti S1 homebased	Porirua office	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	45224
PORSE Lower Hutt Q1 homebased	Upper Hutt CBD office	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 5 months	No	30226
PORSE Lower Hutt S1 homebased	Upper Hutt CBD office	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 5 months	No	30213
PORSE Mana Q1 homebased	Porirua	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	30186
PORSE Mana S1 homebased	Porirua office	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	No	Yes 1 month	No	55426
PORSE Masterton S1 homebased	Masterton	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	No	Yes 6 months	No	55468
PORSE Medowbank Q1 homebased	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum	No	Yes 5 days	No	30141
PORSE Napier S1 homebased	Havelock North	Private business	Management Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	30191
PORSE Nelson/ Marlbough/ West Coast S1	Blenheim office	Private business	Management Premises and facilities	No	Yes 2 months	No	55499
PORSE Nelson/ Marlbough/ West Coast S1	Blenheim office	Private business	Curriculum Management Premises and facilities	No	Yes 1 month	No	55505
PORSE Nelson/Marlborough/West Coast S3 Homebased	Hokitika	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 4 months	No	30143
PORSE New Plymouth S1 homebased	New Plymouth	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 2 months	No	55425
PORSE New Plymouth Q1 homebased	New Plymouth	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 2 months	No	55424
PORSE New Plymouth Q2 homebased	New Plymouth	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months	No	45869
PORSE Onehunga Q1 Homebased	Meadowbank Auckland	Private business	Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 2days	No	20590
PORSE Onehunga S1 homebased	Meadowbank Auckland	Private business	Regulation 44(1) (d) concerning need to have a person with a required qualification responsible for every group of up to 50 children	No	Yes 2 days	No	55482
PORSE Palmerston North Q1 homebased	Palmerston North	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months	No	30144
PORSE Palmerston North S1 homebased	Hokowhitu Palmerston North	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 2 months	No	55463
PORSE Palmerston North S2 homebased	Hokowhitu Palmerston North	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 2 months	No	55478
PORSE Papanui S1 homebased	Christchurch	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	No	Yes 3 months	No	65032
PORSE Pukekohe S1 homebased	Pukekohe office	Private business	Child health and safety	No	Yes 2 days	No	55502
PORSE Takanini Q1 homebased	Pukekohe West Auckland	Private business	Child health and safety	No	Yes 5 days	No	55414
PORSE Takanini S1 homebased	Pukekohe West Auckland	Private business	Regulation 44(1) (d) concerning need to have a person with a required qualification responsible for every group of up to 50 children	No	Yes 6 days	No	30224
PORSE Upper Hutt S1 homebased	Upper Hutt CBD office	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 10 months	No	30265
PORSE Waikato Q2 homebased	Hamilton central	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 5 months	No	55469
PORSE Wairapa Q1 homebased	Upper Hutt	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	30142
PORSE Wellington Q5 homebased	Porirua office	Private business	Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 10 months	No	55427
PORSE Wellington Q6		Private business	Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 2 months	No	55095
PORSE Wellington S6 homebased	Porirua office	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 6 months	No	30188
PORSE Wellington S7 homebased	Porirua office	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety	No	Yes 5 months	No	55454
PORSE Whanganui S1 homebased	Gonville Whanganui	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	No	Yes 2 months	No	55497
PORSE Whangarei S1 homebased	Raumanga Whangarei	Private business	Curriculum Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	No	Yes 6 months	No	55496
Prodigy Preschool - Everglade	Auckland Manukau	Private business	Health and safety Management	Yes	No	No	25104
Puffing Billy Daycare Centre	Auckland Takanini	Private business	Child health and safety Curriculum	Yes	No	No	25050
Pukekohe Playcentre	Auckland	Community	Management	Yes	No	No	25212
Putaruru Playcentre	Putaruru	Community	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	30298
Rainbow Kidz Matamata	Matamata	Private business	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	45077
Ranginui - Te Whare Akoranga Reo (now closed)	Kaitaia Northland	Community	ERO found breaches Curriculum Governance and management Ministry found breaches Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	Yes 5 months	No	10036
Rawene Playcentre	Rawene Far North	Community	Information is not available	?	?	Yes	16144
Red Robin Nanny agency	Auckland Point Chevalier	Private business	Management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	46429
Richmond Playcentre	Invercargill	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	90010
Rising Stars Preschool	New Plymouth		Premises and facilities	No	Yes 1 month	No	45895
Riversdale Playcentre	Riversdale	Community	Personnel management Child health and safety	Yes		No	90017
Riverside Kindergarten and Childcare	Lower Hutt	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Curriculum	Yes	Yes 5 months	No	60239
RNZPS Canterbury Area Inc Banks Peninsula Plunket	Duvauchelle	Community	Governance and management	Yes	No	No	65121
Rolleston Playcentre	Rolleston	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	70112
Rollykids Early Learning Centre (now operating under a new name/ new management)	Rolleston	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Child health and safety Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Curriculum	Yes	Yes 8 months (from July 2017 to March 2018)	No	45493
Rosebank Early Childhood Centre	Auckland Avondale	Community	Curriculum Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	25396
Rose's Montessori (now closed)	Thames	Private business	ERO found breaches Curriculum Management Ministry found breaches Curriculum Management Child health and safety	Yes	Yes 1 month	No	34117
Roslyn Bush Playcentre	Invercargill	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	90018
Rotorua HomeBased Childcare	Rotorua	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	46768
Seedlings Nature Kindergarten	New Plymouth	Private business	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	46657
Seugagogo Aoga Amata Preschool	Otahuhu Auckland	Community	Curriculum	No	Yes 3 months	No	25304
Shannon Preschool	Shannon	Community	ERO found breaches Curriculum Governance and management Ministry found breaches Curriculum Management Child health and safety	Yes	Yes 1 month	No	50065
Shining Star Educare	Auckland Otahuhu	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	46512
Shirley Playcentre	Christchurch	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	70118
Somerfield Community Playcentre	Christchurch	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	70120
South Brighton Playcentre	Christchurch	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	70124
Sparkles Home-based Childcare and Education	Auckland	Private business	Child health and safety (supervision)	Yes	No	No	46624
St Heliers Little School	Auckland (Kelburn Wellington office)	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months	No	45847
St James KidsWay	Pukekohe	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	25078
St John The Evangelist Preschool	Auckland	Community	Governance and management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	25060
St Lukes Mokopuna and Tamariki Apii Punanga (now closed)	Tokoroa	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes	No	30263
Steiner Childcare Petone	Petone Lower Hutt	Private business	Information not available	?	?	Yes	46993
Stepping Stones Preschool	Whangarei	Private business	Governance and management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	10410
Sunny Side Early Educare centre	Hamilton	Private business	ERO found breaches Premises and facilities Child health and safety Management Ministry found breaches Curriculum Management	Yes	Yes 6 months	No	46502
Superstart Childcare centre	East Tamaki Auckland	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months at start of Feb to end April. Then again in December found to be non-complaint in all areas and given another 6 months until May 2018	No	45265
Ta Fesilafai Aoga Amata	Beach Haven Auckland	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1.5 months	No	10290
Tafesilafa'i Early Learning Centre (TELC)	Christchurch	Community	Child health and safety Management Vulnerable Children Act 2014	Yes	No	No	70550
Taita Kindergarten	Wellington Region	Public	Personnel management (police vetting)	Yes	No	No	5337
Takanini Playcentre	Auckland	Community	Personnel management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	25215
Tall Poppies Education Ltd (home-based)	Huapai	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	46253
Tapa Kids World In-Home Childcare Service	Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Management Regulations 43(1) ai, iii, concerning need for curriculum to reflect children’s interests and reflect an understanding of children’ development and learning Vulnerable Children Act 2014	Yes	No	No	46597
Tauranga Regional Free Kindergarten Assn’s Homebased childcare	Tauranga	Public	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	40293
Tauranga Regional Free Kindergarten Assn’s Homebased childcare	Tauranga	Public	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	40299
Tausa'afia Trust	Auckland Mangere	Community	Governance and management	Yes	No	No	10399
Te Ataakura Homebased Childcare Service	Patea	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	Yes	Yes 4 months	No	46464
Te Kainga Potiki Choices Early Childhood Centre	Hastings	Community	Management	No	Yes 2 months	No	45547
Te Kainganui Early Education Centre	Mt Cook Wellington	Community	Regulation 15(1) (c ) – a complaint was lodged against the centre and Ministry asserted legal right to reclassify licence as provisional	No	Yes 1 month	No	60265
Te Kohanga Reo Kapanga	Coromandel	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	35004
Te Kohanga Reo o E Tu Puritia	Hamilton Nawton	Community	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	Yes	No	No	35002
Te Kohanga Reo o Kaiwhaiki	Whanganui	Community	Child health and safety Vulnerable Children Act 2014	Yes	No	No	52728
Te Kohanga Reo o Kimihia Te Matauranga o Nga Tupuna	Invercargill	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	90300
Te Kohanga Reo o Koriniti	Whanganui	Community	Child health and safety Vulnerable Children Act 2014	Yes	No	No	52781
Te Kohanga Reo o Kura Mahiao	Whanganui	Community	Management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	52724
Te Kohanga Reo O Moerewa	Moerewa	Community	Child health and safety Curriculum	Yes	No	No	11545
Te Kohanga Reo O Motatau	Motatau	Community	Management	Yes	No	No	11554
Te Kohanga Reo o Nga Kawai	Porirua	Community	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	64040
Te Kohanga Reo o Nga Manu Tui	Whanganui	Community	Governance and management	Yes	No	No	46850
Te Kohanga Reo o Nga Toa Iwi Whenua	Kaikohe	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	11534
Te Kohanga Reo o Ngatiki	Hawera	Community	Governance and management	Yes	No	No	52713
Te Kohanga Reo o Pirimai	Whanganui	Community	Curriculum	Yes	No	No	40221
Te Kohanga Reo o Raumanga Kohungahunga	Whangarei	Community	Health and safety	Yes	No	No	11525
Te Kohanga Reo o Reporoa	Reporoa	Community	Management Curriculum Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	40141
Te Kohanga Reo o Takaputiraha	Taumarunui	Community	Child health and safety Curriculum	Yes	No	No	35063
Te Kohanga Reo o Te Ao Hou	Taumarunui	Community	Child health and safety Management (police vetting)	Yes	No	No	30330
Te Kohanga Reo o Te Ao Marama	Palmerston North	Community	Personnel management (police vetting)	Yes	No	No	52758
Te Kohanga Reo O Te Ara Hou	Napier	Community	Management	Yes	No	No	55267
Te Kohanga Reo O Te Ariki	Kaikohe	Community	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	18472
Te Kohanga Reo o Te Atawhai	Auckland Manurewa	Community	Curriculum Management	Yes	No	No	25153
Te Kohanga Reo o Te Huinga o te Ao	Kutarere	Community	Governance and management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	40226
Te Kohanga Reo o Te kotahitanga	Kaikohe	Community	Child health and safety Management	Yes	No	No	10403
Te Kohanga Reo o Te Kotahitanga Ki Waitaha	Christchurch	Community	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	70617
Te Kohanga Reo o Te Kuiti	Te Kuiti	Community	Curriculum	Yes	No	No	35041
Te Kohanga Reo o Te Otinga ki Tamaki	Otara Auckland	Community	Curriculum	No	Yes 2 days	No	25118
Te Kohanga Reo o Te Puawaitanga	Taupo	Community	Management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	40215
Te Kohanga Reo o Te Wai-o-Turi	Patea	Community	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	52722
Te Kohanga Reo o Turaki Ao	Gisborne	Community	Management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	55223
Te Kohanga Reo o Tutaramoana	Whanganui	Community	Management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	52740
Te Kohanga Reo o Waikare	Waikare	Community	Curriculum	Yes	No	No	18350
Te Kohanga Reo O Whanau Paki	Dunedin Halfway bush	Community	Personnel management (police vetting)	Yes	No	No	45696
Te Kohanga Reo o Wharehoa	Lower Hutt	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	64052
Te Kohanga Reo o Wharekawa	Kaiaua	Community	Curriculum Personnel management	Yes	No	No	10069
Te Kohanga Reo o Wharemarama	Ratana Pa	Community	Curriculum	Yes	No	No	52745
Te Kohanga Reo o Whareroa	Tauranga	Community	Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	42001
Te Kopae Reo o Tupoho	Castlecliff Whanganui	Community	Regulations 44(1) (a) concerning staff qualification requirements	No	Yes 1 month	No	46399
Te Poi Playcentre	Te Poi	Community	Personnel management Vulnerable Children Act 2014	Yes	No	No	30006
Te Puawaitanga o Ngati Ruanui ECE	Hawera	Community	Child health and safety Management Curriculum	Yes	No	No	45160
Te Reo Kuki Airani Preschool	Mangere Auckland	Community	Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	25058
Te Tuareka O Manurewa Punanga Reo	Auckland Manurewa	Community	Management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	46171
Te Waipuna Ariki o Matangireia	Whakatane	Community	Governance and management Premises and facilities	Yes	No	No	45555
Thames Early Childhood Education Centre	Thames	Community	ERO found breaches Governance and management Ministry found breaches Child health and safety Curriculum Governance and management Premises and facilities	Yes	Yes 6 months	No	34039
The Key Playcentre	Te Anau	Community	Personnel management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	90020
The Learning Castle Centre	Papatoetoe Auckland	Private business	Regulation 15(1) (c ) – a complaint was lodged against the centre and Ministry asserted legal right to reclassify licence as provisional	No	Yes 2 months	No	46337
The Redwood Kindergarten and Daycare (now operating under a new name/ new management)	Havelock North	Private business	Curriculum Management Premises and facilities	No	Yes 1 month	No	55513
The Ridge Childcare	Kerikeri	Private business	Management	Yes	No	No	45727
Tic Tac Toe Educare Tots n Toddlers centre	Huntly	Private business	Management Curriculum	No	Yes 2 months	No	45977
Tino E Tasi Preschool	Dunedin	Private business	Child health and safety Management Regulation clauses 47(1a,c(i),and e, concerning need for effective governance, documentation maintained, and ensuring people employed are adequately supported professionally	Yes	No	No	80032
Tiny Tots Educare Centre	Rotorua	Private business	ERO found breaches Curriculum/teaching Management Resources for children’s learning Ministry found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	Yes	Yes 4 months	No	40214
Tirau Playcentre	Tirau	Community	Personnel management Child health and safety Vulnerable Children Act 2014	Yes	No	No	30007
TnT Kidscare centre	Hamilton central	Private business	Curriculum Management	No	Yes 3 months	No	46532
Toi Tois Playcentre	Tokanui	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	90022
TopKids Mangere East 2 centre	Mangere Auckland	Private business	Curriculum Child health and safety Premises and facilities	No	Yes 3 months	No	25444
Topkids Victoria Ave	Whanganui	Private business	Curriculum	Yes	No	No	45192
Tuakau Playcentre	Tuakau	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	25218
Tutū Homebased	Tauranga	Community	Governance and management	Yes	No	No	40314
Twinkle Toes Educare centre	Enderley Hamilton	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	46052
Vivian Early Learning Centre (now closed)	New Plymouth	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	45120
Waiapu Kids - St Georges	Whakatane	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	40068
Waiapu Kids - Te Hapara Whanau Aroha	Gisborne	Community	ERO found breaches Child health and safety and adult-child ratios Ministry found breaches Governance and management	Yes	Yes 1 month	No	55078
Waiau Playcentre	Waiau	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	70136
Waihopai Playcentre	Invercargill	Community	Personnel management	Yes	No	No	90024
Waitara Playcentre	Waitara	Community	Governance Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	50047
Waterworld Educare (now closed)	Waikato Region	Private business	ERO found breaches Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Ministry found breaches Curriculum Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities	Yes	Yes 3 months	No	30043
West Harbour Whizz Kidz Centre	Auckland	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	20529
Whitianga Playcentre	Whitianga	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	32016
Whiz Kids centre	Kaikohe	Private business	Management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 1 month	No	45570
Wyndham Playcentre	Wyndham	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety	Yes	No	No	90028
YMCA Community Early Years Learning Centre	Whanganui	Community	Management	Yes	No	No	46853
YMCA Early Learning Centre	Hamilton central	Community	Governance and management Child health and safety Premises and facilities Curriculum	No	Yes 3 months	No	34110
Zero2five Homebased Care & ECE	Auckland Stillwater	Private business	Management Child health and safety Curriculum	Yes	No	No	45820

* The names of services that failed to fully meet regulations in 2017 are public information. By publishing the names of services here My ECE is not breaching confidentiality or privacy laws.

Under the education regulations the licence a service holds must be prominently displayed. Should a service be placed on a provisional licence it must display this and attending families should/would know of the licence change.
ERO publishes confirmed reports on early childhood services showing the ones it identified as having regulation breaches.