I couldn’t verify a claim that Ko Taku Reo is currently operating out of an unsafe building from the sources I have, so I can’t say that it is the case. What I can say is that Ko Taku Reo has published emergency and lockdown procedures for its sites, which is standard for schools and does not by itself mean a building is unsafe.

What the documents show

Ko Taku Reo’s own emergency guidance describes lockdown, shelter-in-place, evacuation points, and parent communication procedures for the Archibald Road preschool site. That kind of planning is used to manage risk and emergencies, not to prove a building is structurally unsafe.

The publicly available pages I found also point to Ko Taku Reo as an established education provider with recent institutional reporting and regulatory records. None of those sources, on their own, confirm an unsafe- building situation.

Why this can happen

A school or early childhood site can still operate while dealing with building issues if the risk is being managed, the affected areas are restricted, or the problem is temporary and being repaired. In practice, that usually means extra controls, such as evacuation plans, temporary closures of specific rooms, or relocation of classes, rather than immediate full shutdown.

It is also possible for online discussion to mix up “emergency procedures” with “unsafe building” claims, especially when people see lockdown or evacuation documents out of context.

What would confirm it

A solid answer would need one of these:

  • A statement from Ko Taku Reo.
  • A notice from the Ministry of Education or another regulator.
  • A council or engineering report about the building.
  • Credible news coverage with named sources.

Without that, the safest reading is that the school has emergency procedures in place, not that it is definitively operating from an unsafe building.

Bottom line

So, the short answer is: there isn’t enough verified evidence here to support the claim that Ko Taku Reo is “still operating out of an unsafe building”. The materials I found show emergency preparedness, not proof of a hazardous building.

TL;DR: published lockdown and evacuation plans are not the same thing as a confirmed unsafe-building issue.