ME Family Services - Early Childhood, Mangere East (Auckland)

Service type

ME Family Services - Early Childhood is an education and care service — the most common ECE type in New Zealand, typically operating all day, year-round.

20 Hours ECE

ME Family Services - Early Childhood 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

ME Family Services - Early Childhood is community based — typically run by a trust, incorporated society, or other not-for-profit body, rather than operated for private profit.

Equity Index

ME Family Services - Early Childhood has an Equity Index rating of "EQI 1" 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 45 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

• Address16-18 Ferguson Street, Mangere East, Auckland
• Phone+64 9 256 0810
• Emailece@mefsc.org.nz
• ContactKaren Matata

Nearby ECE services

• BestStart Mangere East 3 Education & Care Services · 295 m
• Little Feet Childcare Centre (Yates Rd 2) Education & Care Services · 299 m
• Aokids Bula Leo o Fanau Moana — Pacific Bilingual ECE · 665 m
• Fetu Taiala Aoga Amata Leo o Fanau Moana — Pacific Language Immersion · 819 m
• Mana Moana Early Learning Village Reo Rua Education and Care · 826 m