# Onewhero Area School

Composite · State · Onewhero, Tuakau

https://www.chch.live/school/108-onewhero-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · 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
- 29 Hall Road, Onewhero, Tuakau, 2697
- Roll: 381 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1891
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.6, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 306 · Pacific 33 · Asian 21 · MELAA 7 · Other 5 · International 1
- Phone: 09-2328866
- Email: office@onewhero.school.nz
- Contact: Luke Thompson
- Website: http://www.onewhero.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Onewhero Area School (Years 7-13), in force from 2010-03-31 · 506 km²
- Onewhero Area School (Years 1-6), in force from 2010-03-31 · 172 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Pukekawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/1449-pukekawa-school), decile 8 · EQI 452
- [Te Kohanga School](https://www.chch.live/school/1533-te-kohanga-school), decile 3 · EQI 542
- [Tuakau School](https://www.chch.live/school/1539-tuakau-school), decile 2 · EQI 516
- [Tuakau College](https://www.chch.live/school/106-tuakau-college), decile 4 · EQI 485
- [Harrisville School](https://www.chch.live/school/1303-harrisville-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [Aka Aka School](https://www.chch.live/school/1201-aka-aka-school), decile 7 · EQI 488
- [Buckland School](https://www.chch.live/school/1239-buckland-school), decile 8 · EQI 433
- [Puni School](https://www.chch.live/school/1455-puni-school), decile 5 · EQI 430

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.332158&lon=174.916276

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Onewhero Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Onewhero.

**How many students does Onewhero Area School have?**

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

**What is Onewhero Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 467, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Does Onewhero Area 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=108 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026