# Manaia School (Taranaki)

Full Primary · State · Manaia

https://www.chch.live/school/2097-manaia-school-taranaki

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 553

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

## The record
- 36 Karaka Street, Manaia, 4612
- Roll: 50 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2005
- Isolation index 1.46, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 27 · Asian 4 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-2748283
- Email: office@manaia.school.nz
- Contact: Laila Kivell
- Website: http://www.manaia.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Auroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2152-auroa-school), decile 8 · EQI 473
- [Matapu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2098-matapu-school), decile 6 · EQI 467
- [Normanby School](https://www.chch.live/school/2207-normanby-school), decile 5 · EQI 503
- [Turuturu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2255-turuturu-school), decile 5 · EQI 466
- [St Patrick's School (Kaponga)](https://www.chch.live/school/2240-st-patrick-s-school-kaponga), decile 5 · EQI 437
- [Kaponga School](https://www.chch.live/school/2095-kaponga-school), decile 6 · EQI 505
- [Te Paepae o Aotea](https://www.chch.live/school/961-te-paepae-o-aotea), EQI 509
- [Hāwera Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2171-hawera-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 521

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.546564&lon=174.122763

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Manaia School (Taranaki)?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Manaia School (Taranaki) have?**

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

**What is Manaia School (Taranaki)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 553, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Manaia School (Taranaki)?**

36 Karaka Street, , Manaia. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2097 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026