# Te Kura o Waharoa

Full Primary · State · Waharoa

https://www.chch.live/school/2047-te-kura-o-waharoa

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 563

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

## The record
- 32 Ward Street, Waharoa, 3401
- Roll: 39 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1887
- Isolation index 0.73, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 2 · Pacific 3
- Phone: 07-8887550
- Email: admin@waharoa.school.nz
- Contact: Tiaki Gillet
- Website: http://www.waharoa.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Wairere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2075-wairere-school), decile 4 · EQI 477
- [Walton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2074-walton-school), decile 7 · EQI 456
- [Matamata Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1813-matamata-primary-school), decile 6 · EQI 443
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Matamata)](https://www.chch.live/school/1947-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-matamata), decile 5 · EQI 447
- [Matamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1812-matamata-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 472
- [Matamata Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1186-matamata-christian-school), decile 5 · EQI 425
- [Matamata College](https://www.chch.live/school/124-matamata-college), decile 6 · EQI 479
- [Firth School](https://www.chch.live/school/1719-firth-school), decile 3 · EQI 511

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.760019&lon=175.754739

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 563, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Te Kura o Waharoa?**

32 Ward Street, , Waharoa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2047 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026