# Muriwai School

Full Primary · State · Muriwai, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2617-muriwai-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 521

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

## The record
- 1684 Wharerata Road, Muriwai, Gisborne, 4072
- Roll: 58 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 1.08, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 6 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-8628765
- Email: office@muriwai.school.nz
- Contact: Pat Ross (Acting)
- Website: https://www.muriwai.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Manutuke School](https://www.chch.live/school/2602-manutuke-school), decile 3 · EQI 522
- [Makaraka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2593-makaraka-school), decile 5 · EQI 444
- [Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hawaiki Hou](https://www.chch.live/school/4535-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-hawaiki-hou), EQI 555
- [Awapuni School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2544-awapuni-school-gisborne), decile 3 · EQI 499
- [Elgin School](https://www.chch.live/school/2555-elgin-school), decile 1 · EQI 562
- [Gisborne Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2566-gisborne-intermediate), decile 4 · 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

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.756132&lon=177.920637

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 521, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Muriwai School?**

1684 Wharerata Road, Muriwai, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2617 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026