BestStart Bader Street, Melville (Hamilton)

Service type

BestStart Bader Street is an education and care service — the most common ECE type in New Zealand, typically operating all day, year-round.

20 Hours ECE

BestStart Bader Street participates in the 20 Hours ECE scheme, which funds up to 20 hours a week of early childhood education for children aged 3 to 5.

Authority

BestStart Bader Street is community based — typically run by a trust, incorporated society, or other not-for-profit body, rather than operated for private profit.

Equity Index

BestStart Bader Street has an Equity Index rating of "EQI 3" on the Ministry of Education's 1–4 scale for early childhood services. A lower number means the service draws more of its enrolled children from lower socio-economic communities, making it eligible for additional government funding. This is a different scale to the schools Equity Index (344–569) and the two should never be compared directly.

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Children by age

As at July 2025, based on 68 children on the roll.

Children by ethnicity

Percentages may add up to more than 100%, since a child can be recorded under more than one ethnicity.

Location

Contact details

• Address8-10 Bader Street, Melville, Hamilton
• Phone+64 22 011 0509
• Emailbader@best-start.org
• ContactJulie Bradley

Nearby ECE services

• BestStart Jones Crescent Kindy Education & Care Services · 384 m
• Playworx Kindy Education & Care Services · 633 m
• Lollipops Waikato Hospital Education & Care Services · 670 m
• Sunny Side Early Educare Education & Care Services · 783 m
• Little Preschoolers Education & Care Services · 1.4 km