# Te Mahoe School

Full Primary · State · Lake Matahina, Whakatane

https://www.chch.live/school/2009-te-mahoe-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 556

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

## The record
- 842 Galatea Road, Lake Matahina, Whakatane, 3192
- Roll: 33 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1961
- Isolation index 1.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 5 · Pacific 1 · Asian 1
- Phone: 07-3228210
- Email: admin@temahoe.school.nz
- Contact: Marion Gordon
- Website: http://temahoe.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura O Te Teko](https://www.chch.live/school/2023-te-kura-o-te-teko), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Tarawera High School](https://www.chch.live/school/661-tarawera-high-school), decile 1 · EQI 545
- [Te Whata Tau o Putauaki](https://www.chch.live/school/651-te-whata-tau-o-putauaki), decile 1 · EQI 541
- [Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/2758-te-tari-ako-matua-taiohi-education-centre), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Kawerau South School](https://www.chch.live/school/1770-kawerau-south-school), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Kawerau Putauaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/655-kawerau-putauaki-school), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [Te Kura Māori ā Rohe o Waiohau](https://www.chch.live/school/2062-te-kura-maori-a-rohe-o-waiohau), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Otakiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1871-otakiri-school), decile 5 · EQI 466

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.108728&lon=176.816074

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Mahoe School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Lake Matahina.

**How many students does Te Mahoe School have?**

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

**What is Te Mahoe School's Equity Index?**

EQI 556, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Te Mahoe School?**

842 Galatea Road, Lake Matahina, Whakatane. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2009 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026