BestStart Taradale
Napier · Hawke's Bay Region
BestStart Taradale at a glance
BestStart Taradale is a education & care service early childhood service in Napier, Hawke's Bay Region, managed on a community based basis. It has 78 children enrolled, and is approved for 20 Hours ECE and carries an Equity Index band of EQI > 5.
20 of the enrolled children are under two years old, so the service cares for a genuine infant and toddler cohort alongside older pre-schoolers.
Children by age
Total enrolled: 78 children, of whom 67 are counted in the all-children figure.
Children by ethnicity
Service details
- Service typeEducation & Care Service
- Funding / managementCommunity based
- 20 Hours ECEEligible for 20 Hours ECE
- Equity IndexEQI > 5
- SettingLarge urban area
- Territorial authorityNapier City
- RegionHawke's Bay Region
- Education regionHawke's Bay, Tairāwhiti
- Roll date2025 directory export
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About this data
Details are taken from the New Zealand Ministry of Education early childhood directory export dated 1 September 2026. Age and ethnicity rolls are as recorded at the directory snapshot.
This is an independent directory and is not affiliated with the Ministry of Education. Confirm enrolment, fees and opening hours directly with the service. Report a correction.
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- Data as at
- 1 September 2026
- ECE services
- 4,376
- Children enrolled
- 190,919