# Te Kura o Waikare

Composite · State · Waikare, Kawakawa

https://www.chch.live/school/1666-te-kura-o-waikare

## 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
- Waikare Valley Road, Waikare, Kawakawa, 283
- Roll: 67 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2004
- Isolation index 1.95, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 3 · Pacific 3
- Phone: 09-4037385
- Email: waikare.school@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Te Rerenga Walker
- Website: http://www.tekuraowaikare.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Karetu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1031-karetu-school), decile 2 · EQI 497
- [He Puna Ruku Mātauranga o Whangaruru](https://www.chch.live/school/1667-he-puna-ruku-matauranga-o-whangaruru), decile 1 · EQI 559
- [Opua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1063-opua-school), decile 5 · EQI 447
- [Russell School (Bay Of Islands)](https://www.chch.live/school/1096-russell-school-bay-of-islands), decile 5 · EQI 465
- [Paihia School](https://www.chch.live/school/1072-paihia-school), decile 4 · EQI 497
- [Bay of Islands College](https://www.chch.live/school/8-bay-of-islands-college), decile 2 · EQI 530
- [Kawakawa Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1033-kawakawa-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 531
- [TKKM o Taumarere](https://www.chch.live/school/2104-tkkm-o-taumarere), decile 2 · EQI 523

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.339899&lon=174.234208

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura o Waikare?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Waikare.

**How many students does Te Kura o Waikare have?**

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

**What is Te Kura o Waikare's Equity Index?**

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

**Where is Te Kura o Waikare?**

Waikare Valley Road, Waikare, Kawakawa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1666 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026