# TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga

Full Primary · State · Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2659-tkkm-o-tapere-nui-a-whatonga

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 532

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

## The record
- 524 Rangitukia Road, Gisborne, 4087
- Roll: 26 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1937
- Isolation index 3.61, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Pacific 1
- Phone: 06-8643850
- Email: office@whatonga.school.nz
- Contact: Patrick Tangaere
- Website: http://www.whatonga.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Tikitiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2703-tikitiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/550-te-waha-o-rerekohu-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 555
- [Ngata Memorial College](https://www.chch.live/school/206-ngata-memorial-college), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [TKKM o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou](https://www.chch.live/school/1673-tkkm-o-te-waiu-o-ngati-porou), decile 1 · EQI 516
- [Hiruharama School](https://www.chch.live/school/2578-hiruharama-school), decile 2 · EQI 543
- [TKKM o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti](https://www.chch.live/school/3119-tkkm-o-kawakawa-mai-tawhiti), decile 1 · EQI 523
- [Makarika School](https://www.chch.live/school/2594-makarika-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [Potaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2649-potaka-school), decile 2 · EQI 523

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.772241&lon=178.459778

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga have?**

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

**What is TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga's Equity Index?**

EQI 532, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga?**

524 Rangitukia Road, , Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2659 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026