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Te Huruhi School

Contributing · State · Surfdale, Waiheke Island

250 students on the roll in Surfdale · EQI 423.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 7. Current Equity Index: 423. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 7 Donald Bruce Road, Surfdale, Waiheke Island, 1081
  • Roll: 250 (October 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1986
  • Isolation index 0.59, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
  • Cohort entry: Yes
  • Setting: Small urban area
  • Phone: 09-3720200
  • Email: office@tehuruhi.school.nz
  • Contact: Emily Petronelli
  • Website: tehuruhi.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 185 · 74%
Pacific 21 · 8%
Asian 27 · 11%
MELAA 16 · 6%
Other 4 · 2%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Te Huruhi School?

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Surfdale.

How many students does Te Huruhi School have?

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

What is Te Huruhi School's Equity Index?

EQI 423, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

Where is Te Huruhi School?

7 Donald Bruce Road, Surfdale, Waiheke Island. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.