# Opononi Area School

Composite · State · Omapere, Kaikohe

https://www.chch.live/school/11-opononi-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 537

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

## The record
- 263 State Highway 12, Omapere, Kaikohe, 440
- Roll: 161 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1974
- Isolation index 2.8, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 41 · Pacific 16 · Asian 8 · Other 2
- Phone: 09-4058500
- Email: anitaw@opononi.school.nz
- Contact: Rosina Wikaira

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hokianga](https://www.chch.live/school/3117-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-hokianga), decile 2 · EQI 521
- [Te Kura o Mātihetihe](https://www.chch.live/school/1046-te-kura-o-matihetihe), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Te Kura o Ōmanaia](https://www.chch.live/school/1060-te-kura-o-omanaia), decile 1 · EQI 529
- [Te Kura Taumata o Panguru](https://www.chch.live/school/10-te-kura-taumata-o-panguru), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [Rawene School](https://www.chch.live/school/1093-rawene-school), decile 3 · EQI 523
- [Waima School](https://www.chch.live/school/1122-waima-school), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Te Kura ā Iwi o Pawarenga](https://www.chch.live/school/932-te-kura-a-iwi-o-pawarenga), EQI 537
- [Kohukohu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1035-kohukohu-school), decile 2 · EQI 543

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.528555&lon=173.390212

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Omapere.

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

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

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

EQI 537, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Opononi Area School?**

263 State Highway 12, Omapere, Kaikohe. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=11 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026