# He Puna Ruku Mātauranga o Whangaruru

Full Primary · State · Whangaruru, Hikurangi

https://www.chch.live/school/1667-he-puna-ruku-matauranga-o-whangaruru

## 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
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Pacific 5
- Phone: 09-4336520
- Email: admin@whangaruru.school.nz
- Contact: Delwynne Simon

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura o Waikare](https://www.chch.live/school/1666-te-kura-o-waikare), decile 1 · EQI 537
- [Karetu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1031-karetu-school), decile 2 · EQI 497
- [Hukerenui School Years 1-8](https://www.chch.live/school/1017-hukerenui-school-years-1-8), decile 5 · EQI 476
- [Opua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1063-opua-school), decile 5 · EQI 447
- [Whananaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1127-whananaki-school), decile 4 · EQI 523
- [Russell School (Bay Of Islands)](https://www.chch.live/school/1096-russell-school-bay-of-islands), decile 5 · EQI 465
- [Bay of Islands College](https://www.chch.live/school/8-bay-of-islands-college), decile 2 · EQI 530
- [Maromaku School](https://www.chch.live/school/2102-maromaku-school), decile 3 · EQI 485

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.377694&lon=174.316723

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is He Puna Ruku Mātauranga o Whangaruru?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Whangaruru.

**How many students does He Puna Ruku Mātauranga o Whangaruru have?**

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

**What is He Puna Ruku Mātauranga o Whangaruru's Equity Index?**

EQI 559, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is He Puna Ruku Mātauranga o Whangaruru?**

2916 Old Russell Road, Whangaruru, Hikurangi. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1667 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026