# Waimana School

Full Primary · State · Waimana

https://www.chch.live/school/2057-waimana-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 542

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

## The record
- 6 Raroa Road, Waimana, 3196
- Roll: 23 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1908
- Isolation index 1.54, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 3 · Pacific 1
- Phone: 07-3123021
- Email: admin@waimana.school.nz
- Contact: Whetu Apanui
- Website: https://www.waimana.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Nukuhou North School](https://www.chch.live/school/1854-nukuhou-north-school), decile 3 · EQI 532
- [Te Wharekura o Ruatoki](https://www.chch.live/school/221-te-wharekura-o-ruatoki), decile 2 · EQI 524
- [Tāwera Bilingual School](https://www.chch.live/school/1996-tawera-bilingual-school), decile 2 · EQI 547
- [Taneatua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1978-taneatua-school), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Kutarere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1786-kutarere-school), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Te Kura Mana Maori O Matahi](https://www.chch.live/school/1809-te-kura-mana-maori-o-matahi), decile 1 · EQI 562
- [Waiotahe Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/2063-waiotahe-valley-school), decile 3 · EQI 505
- [Ōhope Beach School](https://www.chch.live/school/1857-ohope-beach-school), decile 9 · EQI 419

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.143098&lon=177.072258

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 542, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Waimana School?**

6 Raroa Road, , Waimana. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2057 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026