# Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi

Composite · State · Alicetown, Lower Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/1670-te-ara-whanui-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-nga-kohanga-reo-o-te-awa-kairangi

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 517

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

## The record
- 11-27 Victoria Street, Alicetown, Lower Hutt, 5045
- Roll: 422 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1996
- Isolation index 0.07, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Roll by ethnicity: European 9 · Pacific 19 · Asian 2 · MELAA 3
- Phone: 04-5899012
- Email: tari@tawkkm.school.nz
- Contact: Kararaina Luke
- Website: https://www.tawkkm.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Hutt Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2862-hutt-central-school), decile 8 · EQI 396
- [Wilford School](https://www.chch.live/school/3072-wilford-school), decile 6 · EQI 428
- [Hutt Valley Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6117-hutt-valley-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Sacred Heart School (Petone)](https://www.chch.live/school/2984-sacred-heart-school-petone), decile 7 · EQI 415
- [Petone Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2955-petone-central-school), decile 4 · EQI 447
- [Hutt Valley High School](https://www.chch.live/school/261-hutt-valley-high-school), decile 8 · EQI 421
- [Maungaraki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2968-maungaraki-school), decile 10 · EQI 379
- [Encompass Education Hub (Proposed opening date: 2027-02-03)](https://www.chch.live/school/4551-encompass-education-hub-proposed-opening-date-2027-02-03), not rated

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.217445&lon=174.888299

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Alicetown.

**How many students does Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi have?**

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

**What is Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi's Equity Index?**

EQI 517, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi?**

11-27 Victoria Street, Alicetown, Lower Hutt. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1670 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026