# Te Whai Hiringa

Full Primary · State · Flaxmere, Hastings

https://www.chch.live/school/2644-te-whai-hiringa

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 533

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

## The record
- Peterhead Avenue, Flaxmere, Hastings, 4120
- Roll: 428 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1973
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.2, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 53 · Pacific 167 · Asian 8 · MELAA 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 06-8798570
- Email: admin@tewhaihiringa.school.nz
- Contact: Tineka Tuala-Fata
- Website: http://www.tewhaihiringa.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Peterhead School, in force from 2019-06-26 · 1 km²

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

## Other schools near here
- [Flaxmere College](https://www.chch.live/school/134-flaxmere-college), decile 1 · EQI 558
- [Irongate School](https://www.chch.live/school/2582-irongate-school), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [Flaxmere Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2560-flaxmere-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 539
- [Te Tipu Whenua o Pa Harakeke](https://www.chch.live/school/705-te-tipu-whenua-o-pa-harakeke), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [TKKM o Ngati Kahungunu Ki Heretaunga](https://www.chch.live/school/2445-tkkm-o-ngati-kahungunu-ki-heretaunga), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Camberley School](https://www.chch.live/school/2548-camberley-school), decile 1 · EQI 556
- [Te Kura o Kimi Ora](https://www.chch.live/school/2746-te-kura-o-kimi-ora), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Heretaunga Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2575-heretaunga-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 492

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.629812&lon=176.791461

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Whai Hiringa?**

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

**How many students does Te Whai Hiringa have?**

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

**What is Te Whai Hiringa's Equity Index?**

EQI 533, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Does Te Whai Hiringa 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=2644 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026