Waimea Kindergarten

Service type

Waimea 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

Waimea 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

Waimea 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

Waimea 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 84 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

• Address11 A Gilbert Street, Richmond
• Phone+64 3 546 7683
• Emailwaimeakindergarten@ntk.org.nz
• ContactCraig Vercoe

Nearby ECE services

• Busy Bees Richmond Education & Care Services · 266 m
• St Marys Pre-School Education & Care Services · 66 km
• Seymour Kindergarten Kindergartens · 66.7 km
• KIDZ @ 303 Education & Care Services · 221.5 km
• Inglewood Community Childcare Centre Inc Education & Care Services · 257.8 km