# Kutarere School

Full Primary · State · Kutarere, Opotiki

https://www.chch.live/school/1786-kutarere-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 536

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

## The record
- 461 State Highway 2, Kutarere, Opotiki, 3198
- Roll: 16 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1899
- Isolation index 1.7, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 3 · Asian 1
- Email: tumuaki@kutarere.school.nz
- Contact: Joan Mokomoko
- Website: https://www.kutarere.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Waiotahe Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/2063-waiotahe-valley-school), decile 3 · EQI 505
- [Nukuhou North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1854-nukuhou-north-school), decile 3 · EQI 532
- [Woodlands School (Opotiki)](https://www.chch.live/school/2092-woodlands-school-opotiki), decile 3 · EQI 516
- [Ōhope Beach School](https://www.chch.live/school/1857-ohope-beach-school), decile 9 · EQI 419
- [Taneatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1978-taneatua-school), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Opotiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1866-opotiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 555
- [Opotiki College](https://www.chch.live/school/148-opotiki-college), decile 2 · EQI 541
- [Waimana School](https://www.chch.live/school/2057-waimana-school), decile 2 · EQI 542

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.044262&lon=177.14744

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 536, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Kutarere School?**

461 State Highway 2, Kutarere, Opotiki. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1786 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026