# Hiruharama School

Full Primary · State · Waitakaro, Ruatoria

https://www.chch.live/school/2578-hiruharama-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 543

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

## The record
- 45 Hiruharama Road, Waitakaro, Ruatoria, 4081
- Roll: 107 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1895
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 3.18, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 5 · Pacific 5
- Phone: 06-8648701
- Email: office@hiruharama.school.nz
- Contact: Keriana Tawhai
- Website: https://www.hiruharama.school.nz/

## Enrolment zone
- Te Kura O Hiruharama School, in force from 2019-10-14 · 496 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [Makarika School](https://www.chch.live/school/2594-makarika-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [TKKM o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou](https://www.chch.live/school/1673-tkkm-o-te-waiu-o-ngati-porou), decile 1 · EQI 516
- [Ngata Memorial College](https://www.chch.live/school/206-ngata-memorial-college), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [Tikitiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2703-tikitiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [TKKM o Tokomaru](https://www.chch.live/school/4218-tkkm-o-tokomaru), decile 3 · EQI 531
- [Hatea-A-Rangi](https://www.chch.live/school/2706-hatea-a-rangi), decile 2 · EQI 544
- [TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga](https://www.chch.live/school/2659-tkkm-o-tapere-nui-a-whatonga), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Te Kura o Mata](https://www.chch.live/school/2609-te-kura-o-mata), decile 5 · EQI 489

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.928293&lon=178.260707

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 543, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Does Hiruharama School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2578 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026