# Pukekawa School

Contributing · State · Tuakau

https://www.chch.live/school/1449-pukekawa-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 452

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

## The record
- 803 Highway 22, Tuakau, 2696
- Roll: 82 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1895
- Isolation index 0.6, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 75 · Pacific 3 · Asian 2 · MELAA 3 · Other 2
- Phone: 09-2334784
- Email: office@pukekawa.school.nz
- Contact: Josie Redmond
- Website: http://www.pukekawa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Onewhero Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/108-onewhero-area-school), decile 6 · EQI 467
- [Meremere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1373-meremere-school), decile 1 · EQI 522
- [Tuakau School](https://www.chch.live/school/1539-tuakau-school), decile 2 · EQI 516
- [Te Paina School](https://www.chch.live/school/1372-te-paina-school), decile 3 · EQI 513
- [Tuakau College](https://www.chch.live/school/106-tuakau-college), decile 4 · EQI 485
- [Pokeno School](https://www.chch.live/school/1442-pokeno-school), decile 4 · EQI 429
- [Harrisville School](https://www.chch.live/school/1303-harrisville-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [Te Kohanga School](https://www.chch.live/school/1533-te-kohanga-school), decile 3 · EQI 542

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.341765&lon=174.986308

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Pukekawa School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Pukekawa School have?**

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

**What is Pukekawa School's Equity Index?**

EQI 452, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Pukekawa School?**

803 Highway 22, , Tuakau. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1449 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026