# Ngamatapouri School

Full Primary · State · Waitotara

https://www.chch.live/school/2407-ngamatapouri-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 477

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

## The record
- Waitotara Valley Road, Waitotara, 4588
- Roll: 8 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1898
- Isolation index 1.92, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 3
- Phone: 06-3465740
- Email: karen@ngamatapouri.school.nz
- Contact: Tracy Wigzell
- Website: https://www.ngamatapourischool.co.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura o Te Wainui-ā-Rua](https://www.chch.live/school/559-te-kura-o-te-wainui-a-rua), decile 2 · EQI 536
- [Waitotara School](https://www.chch.live/school/2474-waitotara-school), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [Waverley Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2478-waverley-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 487
- [Kai Iwi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2369-kai-iwi-school), decile 6 · EQI 483
- [Brunswick School](https://www.chch.live/school/2342-brunswick-school), decile 7 · EQI 474
- [Whenuakura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2483-whenuakura-school), decile 4 · EQI 455
- [Kakaramea School](https://www.chch.live/school/2374-kakaramea-school), decile 5 · EQI 457
- [Patea Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/185-patea-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 541

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.586433&lon=174.839978

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 477, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Ngamatapouri School?**

Waitotara Valley Road, , Waitotara. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2407 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026