# Tāwera Bilingual School

Full Primary · State · Ruatoki, Whakatane

https://www.chch.live/school/1996-tawera-bilingual-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 547

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

## The record
- 164 Ngahina Road, Ruatoki, Whakatane, 3191
- Roll: 33 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1931
- Isolation index 1.51, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 2 · Pacific 5
- Phone: 07-3129187
- Email: office@tawera.school.nz
- Contact: Hiria Te Moana

## Other schools near here
- [Te Wharekura o Ruatoki](https://www.chch.live/school/221-te-wharekura-o-ruatoki), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Waimana School](https://www.chch.live/school/2057-waimana-school), decile 2 · EQI 542
- [Taneatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1978-taneatua-school), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Nukuhou North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1854-nukuhou-north-school), decile 3 · EQI 532
- [Te Kura Māori ā Rohe o Waiohau](https://www.chch.live/school/2062-te-kura-maori-a-rohe-o-waiohau), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Te Mahoe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2009-te-mahoe-school), decile 1 · EQI 556
- [Te Kura Mana Maori O Matahi](https://www.chch.live/school/1809-te-kura-mana-maori-o-matahi), decile 1 · EQI 562
- [Kutarere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1786-kutarere-school), decile 1 · EQI 536

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.151864&lon=176.98582

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tāwera Bilingual School?**

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

**How many students does Tāwera Bilingual School have?**

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

**What is Tāwera Bilingual School's Equity Index?**

EQI 547, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Tāwera Bilingual School?**

164 Ngahina Road, Ruatoki, Whakatane. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1996 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026