# Whareorino School

Full Primary · State · Awakino, North Taranaki

https://www.chch.live/school/2267-whareorino-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9 · Current Equity Index: 525

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

## The record
- 8 Waikawau Beach Road, Awakino, North Taranaki, 4350
- Roll: 8 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 2.43, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 5
- Phone: 06-752 9850
- Email: admin@whareorino.school.nz
- Contact: Lisa Garrod (Acting)
- Website: https://whareorino.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Mokau School](https://www.chch.live/school/2200-mokau-school), decile 6 · EQI 505
- [Āria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1687-aria-school), decile 5 · EQI 461
- [Piopio College](https://www.chch.live/school/162-piopio-college), decile 5 · EQI 499
- [Piopio Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1895-piopio-primary-school), decile 5 · EQI 460
- [Piripiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1896-piripiri-school), decile 5 · EQI 490
- [Te Kura o Tahaaroa](https://www.chch.live/school/1971-te-kura-o-tahaaroa), decile 5 · EQI 510
- [Kinohaku School](https://www.chch.live/school/1778-kinohaku-school), decile 4 · EQI 526
- [Te Wharekura o Maniapoto](https://www.chch.live/school/1865-te-wharekura-o-maniapoto), decile 3 · EQI 527

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.471893&lon=174.679813

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Awakino.

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

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

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

EQI 525, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.

**Where is Whareorino School?**

8 Waikawau Beach Road, Awakino, North Taranaki. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2267 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026