Papamoa Free Kindergarten, Tauranga

Service type

Papamoa Free Kindergarten is a free kindergarten — historically session-based (shorter, set daily sessions rather than all-day care), run on a not-for-profit basis.

20 Hours ECE

Papamoa Free Kindergarten 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

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

Equity Index

Papamoa Free Kindergarten has an Equity Index rating of "EQI > 5" 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 37 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

• Address27 Doncaster Drive, Papamoa, Tauranga
• Phone+64 7 542 1865
• Emailpapamoa@ikindergartens.nz
• ContactPeter Monteith

Nearby ECE services

• The Blue Cottage Education & Care Services · 1.5 km
• Bloom Early Learning and Play Education & Care Services · 1.9 km
• Beginnings and Beyond Quality Preschool Education & Care Services · 2.1 km
• Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Akau Te Kōhanga Reo · 2.2 km
• BestStart Parton Road Education & Care Services · 2.3 km