# Te Kura o Waitahanui

Composite · State · Waitahanui, Taupo

https://www.chch.live/school/2068-te-kura-o-waitahanui

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 527

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

## The record
- 107 State Highway 1, Waitahanui, Taupo, 3378
- Roll: 102 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1905
- Isolation index 0.75, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 10 · Māori 101 · Pacific 6
- Phone: 07-3784511
- Email: tari@waitahanui.school.nz
- Contact: Te Arohanui Wall-McMahon
- Website: https://www.waitahanui.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Waipahihi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2065-waipahihi-school), decile 7 · EQI 451
- [Hilltop School](https://www.chch.live/school/1740-hilltop-school), decile 9 · EQI 421
- [Taupo Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1988-taupo-intermediate), decile 6 · EQI 472
- [Lake Taupo Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1139-lake-taupo-christian-school), decile 8 · EQI 464
- [Tauhara College](https://www.chch.live/school/166-tauhara-college), decile 6 · EQI 486
- [Tauhara School](https://www.chch.live/school/1984-tauhara-school), decile 3 · EQI 522
- [Taupo School](https://www.chch.live/school/1989-taupo-school), decile 5 · EQI 450
- [Mountview School](https://www.chch.live/school/1836-mountview-school), decile 3 · EQI 516

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.787768&lon=176.076788

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Waitahanui.

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

102 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

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

EQI 527, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Te Kura o Waitahanui?**

107 State Highway 1, Waitahanui, Taupo. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2068 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026