# Kōwhai School

Specialist School · State · Akina, Hastings

https://www.chch.live/school/2588-kowhai-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 517

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

## The record
- 407 Hastings St South, Akina, Hastings, 4156
- Roll: 131 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1975
- Isolation index 0.03, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 56 · Pacific 21 · Asian 11 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 06-8783506
- Email: accounts@ksp.school.nz
- Contact: Angie Dent (Acting)
- Website: http://www.kowhaispecial.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Hastings Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2569-hastings-central-school), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [Akina School/ Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6119-akina-school-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [St Joseph's School (Hastings)](https://www.chch.live/school/2677-st-joseph-s-school-hastings), decile 3 · EQI 418
- [Hastings Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2570-hastings-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 509
- [St Matthew's Primary School (Hastings)](https://www.chch.live/school/1608-st-matthew-s-primary-school-hastings), decile 4 · EQI 436
- [Hastings Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/227-hastings-boys-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 502
- [Taikura Rudolf Steiner School](https://www.chch.live/school/231-taikura-rudolf-steiner-school), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Ebbett Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/2554-ebbett-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 533

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.64652&lon=176.841567

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Akina.

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

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

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

EQI 517, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Kōwhai School?**

407 Hastings St South, Akina, Hastings. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2588 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026