# Te Kura o Mata

Full Primary · State · Tokomaru Bay

https://www.chch.live/school/2609-te-kura-o-mata

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 489

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

## The record
- Huiarua Station, Tokomaru Bay, 4079
- Roll: 4 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1990
- Isolation index 3.21, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Phone: 06-8645455
- Email: principal@mata.school.nz
- Contact: Jamie Kururangi (Acting)

## Other schools near here
- [Makarika School](https://www.chch.live/school/2594-makarika-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [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
- [Hiruharama School](https://www.chch.live/school/2578-hiruharama-school), decile 2 · EQI 543
- [Te Kura o Māngātuna](https://www.chch.live/school/2600-te-kura-o-mangatuna), decile 1 · EQI 517
- [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
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whatatutu](https://www.chch.live/school/2739-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-whatatutu), decile 1 · EQI 538

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.099202&lon=178.05331

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 489, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Te Kura o Mata?**

Huiarua Station, , Tokomaru Bay. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2609 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026