# Oruaiti School

Full Primary · State · Oruaiti, Mangonui

https://www.chch.live/school/1066-oruaiti-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 467

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

## The record
- 2554 State Highway 10, Oruaiti, Mangonui, 494
- Roll: 166 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1896
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 2.6, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 109 · Pacific 10 · Asian 9 · MELAA 2 · Other 2
- Phone: 09-4060300
- Email: office@oruaiti.school.nz
- Contact: Diane Bates
- Website: http://www.oruaiti.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Oruaiti School (Year 7&8), in force from 2022-01-01 · 235 km²
- Oruaiti School (Year 1-6), in force from 2022-01-01 · 152 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Mangonui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1039-mangonui-school), decile 3 · EQI 495
- [Taipa Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/2-taipa-area-school), decile 2 · EQI 530
- [Totara North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1116-totara-north-school), decile 2 · EQI 487
- [Peria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1081-peria-school), decile 2 · EQI 498
- [Te Rito - Te Kura Taiao](https://www.chch.live/school/3683-te-rito-te-kura-taiao), EQI 523
- [Whangaroa College](https://www.chch.live/school/4-whangaroa-college), decile 1 · EQI 540
- [Kaeo School](https://www.chch.live/school/1019-kaeo-school), decile 2 · EQI 526
- [Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia)](https://www.chch.live/school/1024-kaingaroa-school-kaitaia), decile 3 · EQI 490

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.003367&lon=173.588927

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Oruaiti.

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

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

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

EQI 467, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Does Oruaiti School have an enrolment zone?**

2 zone polygons on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1066 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026