# Motatau School

Full Primary · State · Motatau

https://www.chch.live/school/1053-motatau-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 539

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 18 Henare Road, Motatau, 281
- Roll: 65 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1915
- Isolation index 1.66, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 7 · Pacific 4 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 09-4040590
- Email: admin@motatau.school.nz
- Contact: Donna Adams

## Other schools near here
- [Maromaku School](https://www.chch.live/school/2102-maromaku-school), decile 3 · EQI 485
- [Moerewa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2103-moerewa-school), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [TKKM o Taumarere](https://www.chch.live/school/2104-tkkm-o-taumarere), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [Kawakawa Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1033-kawakawa-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 531
- [Bay of Islands College](https://www.chch.live/school/8-bay-of-islands-college), decile 2 · EQI 530
- [Te Horo School (Whangarei)](https://www.chch.live/school/1110-te-horo-school-whangarei), decile 2 · EQI 562
- [Hukerenui School Years 1-8](https://www.chch.live/school/1017-hukerenui-school-years-1-8), decile 5 · EQI 476
- [Purua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1089-purua-school), decile 7 · EQI 513

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.495902&lon=174.034799

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Motatau School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Motatau School have?**

65 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Motatau School's Equity Index?**

EQI 539, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Motatau School?**

18 Henare Road, , Motatau. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1053 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026