# Orini Combined School

Full Primary · State · Taupiri

https://www.chch.live/school/1869-orini-combined-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 8 · Current Equity Index: 460

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

## The record
- 1389 Orini Road, Taupiri, 3792
- Roll: 93 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1908
- Isolation index 0.63, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 68 · Pacific 4 · Asian 21 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 07-8244847
- Email: office@orini.school.nz
- Contact: Annette Howard
- Website: http://www.orini.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Whitikahu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2090-whitikahu-school), decile 9 · EQI 458
- [Tauhei Combined School](https://www.chch.live/school/1985-tauhei-combined-school), decile 8 · EQI 456
- [Gordonton School](https://www.chch.live/school/1728-gordonton-school), decile 9 · EQI 420
- [Kimihia School](https://www.chch.live/school/1777-kimihia-school), decile 3 · EQI 510
- [Taupiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1987-taupiri-school), decile 3 · EQI 502
- [Huntly School (Waikato)](https://www.chch.live/school/1751-huntly-school-waikato), decile 1 · EQI 546
- [St Anthony's Catholic School (Huntly)](https://www.chch.live/school/1943-st-anthony-s-catholic-school-huntly), decile 1 · EQI 457
- [Huntly College](https://www.chch.live/school/119-huntly-college), decile 1 · EQI 552

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.554648&lon=175.316113

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Orini Combined School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Orini Combined School have?**

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

**What is Orini Combined School's Equity Index?**

EQI 460, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 8.

**Where is Orini Combined School?**

1389 Orini Road, , Taupiri. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1869 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026