He Puna Ruku Mātauranga o Whangaruru
Full Primary · State · Whangaruru, Hikurangi
38 students on the roll in Whangaruru · EQI 559.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1. Current Equity Index: 559. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 2916 Old Russell Road, Whangaruru, Hikurangi, 184
- Roll: 38 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2005
- Isolation index 1.64, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 09-4336520
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Delwynne Simon
Who the roll is
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
- Te Kura o Waikare, decile 1 · EQI 537 · 8.6 km
- Karetu School, decile 2 · EQI 497 · 14.9 km
- Hukerenui School Years 1-8, decile 5 · EQI 476 · 19.3 km
- Opua School, decile 5 · EQI 447 · 19.4 km
- Whananaki School, decile 4 · EQI 523 · 19.7 km
- Russell School (Bay Of Islands), decile 5 · EQI 465 · 21.7 km
- Bay of Islands College, decile 2 · EQI 530 · 21.8 km
- Maromaku School, decile 3 · EQI 485 · 22.7 km
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
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Whangaruru.
38 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 559, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.
2916 Old Russell Road, Whangaruru, Hikurangi. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.