# Awapuni School (Gisborne)

Contributing · State · Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2544-awapuni-school-gisborne

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 499

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

## The record
- 129 Awapuni Road, Gisborne, 4010
- Roll: 302 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1927
- Isolation index 0.81, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 154 · Pacific 33 · Asian 25 · MELAA 6
- Phone: 06-8686660
- Email: office@awapuni.school.nz
- Contact: Kahu Walker
- Website: http://www.awapuni.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Gisborne Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2566-gisborne-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 486
- [Gisborne Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/209-gisborne-boys-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 486
- [Tūranga Tangata Rite](https://www.chch.live/school/881-turanga-tangata-rite), EQI 569
- [Gisborne Specialist School (Proposed opening date: 2028-01-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/4586-gisborne-specialist-school-proposed-opening-date-2028-01-01), not rated
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga](https://www.chch.live/school/737-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-horouta-wananga), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Turanganui-A-Kiwa Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6125-turanganui-a-kiwa-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Gisborne Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/210-gisborne-girls-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 488
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hawaiki Hou](https://www.chch.live/school/4535-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-hawaiki-hou), EQI 555

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.667285&lon=178.01001

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Awapuni School (Gisborne)?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Awapuni School (Gisborne) have?**

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

**What is Awapuni School (Gisborne)'s Equity Index?**

EQI 499, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Awapuni School (Gisborne)?**

129 Awapuni Road, , Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2544 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026