# Te Kura o Wairau

Contributing · State · Highbury, Palmerston North

https://www.chch.live/school/2363-te-kura-o-wairau

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 541

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

## The record
- 45 Somerset Crescent, Highbury, Palmerston North, 4442
- Roll: 152 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1963
- Isolation index 0.11, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 44 · Pacific 49 · Asian 7 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-3543274
- Email: office@tekuraowairau.nz
- Contact: Teena Johnson
- Website: http://tekuraowairau.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Cloverlea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2350-cloverlea-school), decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Takaro School](https://www.chch.live/school/2460-takaro-school), decile 1 · EQI 534
- [Monrad - Te Kura Waenga o Tirohanga](https://www.chch.live/school/2402-monrad-te-kura-waenga-o-tirohanga), decile 3 · EQI 517
- [Our Lady of Lourdes School (P North)](https://www.chch.live/school/2416-our-lady-of-lourdes-school-p-north), decile 5 · EQI 422
- [Central Normal School](https://www.chch.live/school/2418-central-normal-school), decile 4 · EQI 491
- [Te Ohanui (Palmerston North Specialist School) (Proposed opening date: 2027-07-19)](https://www.chch.live/school/4556-te-ohanui-palmerston-north-specialist-school-proposed-opening-date-2027-07-19), not rated
- [Queen Elizabeth College](https://www.chch.live/school/201-queen-elizabeth-college), decile 3 · EQI 556
- [Palmerston North Adventist Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/4126-palmerston-north-adventist-christian-school), decile 3 · EQI 433

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-40.352945&lon=175.584622

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Highbury.

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

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

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

EQI 541, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Te Kura o Wairau?**

45 Somerset Crescent, Highbury, Palmerston North. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2363 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026