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Hunua School

Full Primary · State · Hunua

161 students on the roll · EQI 433.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 433. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 43 Lockwood Road, Hunua, 2583
  • Roll: 161 (October 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1876
  • Isolation index 0.63, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Setting: Rural settlement
  • Phone: 09-2924889
  • Email: office@hunua.school.nz
  • Contact: Mark Drummond
  • Website: hunua.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 129 · 80%
Pacific 19 · 12%
Asian 19 · 12%
MELAA 5 · 3%
Other 1 · 1%

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 Hunua School?

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

How many students does Hunua School have?

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

What is Hunua School's Equity Index?

EQI 433, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

Where is Hunua School?

43 Lockwood Road, , Hunua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.