# Te Kura o Matapihi

Full Primary · State · Matapihi, Tauranga

https://www.chch.live/school/1815-te-kura-o-matapihi

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 503

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

## The record
- 398 Matapihi Road, Matapihi, Tauranga, 3175
- Roll: 179 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1910
- Isolation index 0.37, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Roll by ethnicity: European 23 · Pacific 13 · Asian 3 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 07-5785439
- Email: office@matapihi.school.nz
- Contact: Lucky Hona
- Website: http://www.matapihi.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Tauranga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1959-st-mary-s-catholic-school-tauranga), decile 8 · EQI 385
- [Tauranga Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1991-tauranga-primary-school), decile 7 · EQI 423
- [Maungatapu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1821-maungatapu-school), decile 5 · EQI 468
- [Welcome Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/2076-welcome-bay-school), decile 4 · EQI 469
- [Tauranga Boys' College](https://www.chch.live/school/121-tauranga-boys-college), decile 6 · EQI 456
- [St Thomas More Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/1636-st-thomas-more-catholic-school), decile 7 · EQI 432
- [Tauranga Waldorf School](https://www.chch.live/school/1187-tauranga-waldorf-school), decile 7 · EQI 413
- [Tauranga Special School](https://www.chch.live/school/1762-tauranga-special-school), decile 5 · EQI 499

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.697147&lon=176.194451

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 503, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Te Kura o Matapihi?**

398 Matapihi Road, Matapihi, Tauranga. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1815 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026