# Pukenui School (Kaitaia)

Full Primary · State · Pukenui

https://www.chch.live/school/1086-pukenui-school-kaitaia

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 484

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

## The record
- 35 Lamb Road, Pukenui, 484
- Roll: 104 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1896
- Isolation index 3.36, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 67 · Pacific 7 · Asian 3 · MELAA 5
- Phone: 09-4098812
- Email: office@pukenuischool.ac.nz
- Contact: Ruahine Smith
- Website: http://www.schoolground.co.nz/pukenui_school_kaitaia

## Other schools near here
- [Ngataki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1055-ngataki-school), decile 1 · EQI 551
- [Te Kura o Waihārara](https://www.chch.live/school/1120-te-kura-o-waiharara), decile 1 · EQI 561
- [Te Kura o Te Kao](https://www.chch.live/school/1-te-kura-o-te-kao), decile 2 · EQI 533
- [Paparore School](https://www.chch.live/school/1078-paparore-school), decile 3 · EQI 483
- [Tumanako Christian College](https://www.chch.live/school/4552-tumanako-christian-college), private, not rated
- [Awanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1004-awanui-school), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [Kaingaroa School (Kaitaia)](https://www.chch.live/school/1024-kaingaroa-school-kaitaia), decile 3 · EQI 490
- [Te Rangi Aniwaniwa](https://www.chch.live/school/1147-te-rangi-aniwaniwa), decile 1 · EQI 519

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-34.817188&lon=173.116469

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Pukenui School (Kaitaia)?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Pukenui School (Kaitaia) have?**

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

**What is Pukenui School (Kaitaia)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 484, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Pukenui School (Kaitaia)?**

35 Lamb Road, , Pukenui. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1086 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026