# Waikirikiri School

Full Primary · State · Kaiti, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2715-waikirikiri-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 559

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

## The record
- 7 Pickering Street, Kaiti, Gisborne, 4041
- Roll: 217 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1967
- Isolation index 0.88, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 2 · Pacific 14
- Phone: 06-8688297
- Email: office@waikirikiri.school.nz
- Contact: Yolanda Julies

## Other schools near here
- [Kaiti School](https://www.chch.live/school/2584-kaiti-school), decile 1 · EQI 535
- [Ilminster Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2581-ilminster-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 508
- [Te Wharau School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2701-te-wharau-school-gisborne), decile 2 · EQI 514
- [Wainui Beach School](https://www.chch.live/school/2721-wainui-beach-school), decile 7 · EQI 401
- [Tūranga Tangata Rite](https://www.chch.live/school/881-turanga-tangata-rite), EQI 569
- [Gisborne Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2564-gisborne-central-school), decile 6 · EQI 430
- [Turanganui-A-Kiwa Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6125-turanganui-a-kiwa-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Awapuni School (Gisborne)](https://www.chch.live/school/2544-awapuni-school-gisborne), decile 3 · EQI 499

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.674494&lon=178.056839

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 559, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Waikirikiri School?**

7 Pickering Street, Kaiti, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2715 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026