# Ngutunui School

Full Primary · State · Puketotara, Pirongia

https://www.chch.live/school/1853-ngutunui-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 465

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

## The record
- 400 Ngutunui Road, Puketotara, Pirongia, 3876
- Roll: 43 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1914
- Isolation index 0.79, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 28 · Pacific 3 · Asian 6 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8719426
- Email: principal@ngutunui.school.nz
- Contact: Sharyn Gibbens
- Website: http://www.ngutunui.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Pokuru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1898-pokuru-school), decile 6 · EQI 461
- [Pirongia School](https://www.chch.live/school/1897-pirongia-school), decile 10 · EQI 432
- [Ōtorohanga College](https://www.chch.live/school/157-otorohanga-college), decile 4 · EQI 515
- [St Mary's Catholic School (Otorohanga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1880-st-mary-s-catholic-school-otorohanga), decile 4 · EQI 488
- [Otorohanga South School](https://www.chch.live/school/1877-otorohanga-south-school), decile 4 · EQI 481
- [Ōtorohanga School](https://www.chch.live/school/1876-otorohanga-school), decile 2 · EQI 538
- [Hauturu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1736-hauturu-school), decile 2 · EQI 529
- [Kio Kio School](https://www.chch.live/school/1779-kio-kio-school), decile 8 · EQI 464

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.076128&lon=175.115991

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 465, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Where is Ngutunui School?**

400 Ngutunui Road, Puketotara, Pirongia. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1853 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026