# Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa

Composite · State · Cape Runaway, Opotiki

https://www.chch.live/school/2084-te-kura-mana-maori-o-whangaparaoa

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 519

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

## The record
- 11555 State Highway 35, Cape Runaway, Opotiki, 3199
- Roll: 86 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 3.97, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 5 · Pacific 3
- Phone: 07-3253686
- Email: tihirau2@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Michelle Satchell

## Other schools near here
- [Potaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2649-potaka-school), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [TKKM o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti](https://www.chch.live/school/3119-tkkm-o-kawakawa-mai-tawhiti), decile 1 · EQI 523
- [Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui](https://www.chch.live/school/742-te-kura-o-te-whanau-a-apanui), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/550-te-waha-o-rerekohu-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 555
- [Tikitiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2703-tikitiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [TKKM o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou](https://www.chch.live/school/1673-tkkm-o-te-waiu-o-ngati-porou), decile 1 · EQI 516
- [Ngata Memorial College](https://www.chch.live/school/206-ngata-memorial-college), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [Hiruharama School](https://www.chch.live/school/2578-hiruharama-school), decile 2 · EQI 543

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.574822&lon=177.997524

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational, in Cape Runaway.

**How many students does Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa have?**

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

**What is Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa's Equity Index?**

EQI 519, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa?**

11555 State Highway 35, Cape Runaway, Opotiki. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2084 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026