# Waimarama School

Contributing · State · Waimarama Beach, Havelock North

https://www.chch.live/school/2718-waimarama-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 504

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

## The record
- 27 Taupunga Road, Waimarama Beach, Havelock North, 4294
- Roll: 17 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1906
- Isolation index 0.71, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Pacific 4
- Phone: 06-8746834
- Email: admin@waimarama.school.nz
- Contact: Charlotte von Pein
- Website: http://www.waimarama.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Woodford House](https://www.chch.live/school/225-woodford-house), decile 9 · EQI 394
- [Iona College](https://www.chch.live/school/224-iona-college), decile 10 · EQI 396
- [Havelock North High School](https://www.chch.live/school/223-havelock-north-high-school), decile 8 · EQI 434
- [Hereworth School](https://www.chch.live/school/4108-hereworth-school), private, not rated
- [Havelock North Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/2573-havelock-north-primary-school), decile 9 · EQI 399
- [Havelock North Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2572-havelock-north-intermediate), decile 8 · EQI 432
- [Lucknow School](https://www.chch.live/school/2590-lucknow-school), decile 5 · EQI 451
- [Te Mata School (Havelock North)](https://www.chch.live/school/2697-te-mata-school-havelock-north), decile 10 · EQI 394

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.803359&lon=176.987166

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Waimarama Beach.

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

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

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

EQI 504, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Waimarama School?**

27 Taupunga Road, Waimarama Beach, Havelock North. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2718 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026