# Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whatatutu

Full Primary · State · Whatatutu, Gisborne

https://www.chch.live/school/2739-te-kura-kaupapa-maori-o-whatatutu

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 538

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

## The record
- 24 Te Hau Road, Whatatutu, Gisborne, 4094
- Roll: 22 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1904
- Isolation index 1.65, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 3
- Phone: 06-8621875
- Email: office@whatatutu.school.nz
- Contact: Parehuia Eparaima
- Website: http://www.whatatutu.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Karaka Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/624-te-karaka-area-school), decile 2 · EQI 545
- [Ormond School](https://www.chch.live/school/2631-ormond-school), decile 7 · EQI 460
- [Ngatapa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2621-ngatapa-school), decile 5 · EQI 456
- [Rere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2664-rere-school), decile 8 · EQI 442
- [Matawai School](https://www.chch.live/school/2611-matawai-school), decile 5 · EQI 476
- [Patutahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/2643-patutahi-school), decile 1 · EQI 526
- [Motu School](https://www.chch.live/school/2616-motu-school), decile 6 · EQI 488
- [Makauri School](https://www.chch.live/school/2595-makauri-school), decile 8 · EQI 438

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.378708&lon=177.835718

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whatatutu?**

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

**How many students does Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whatatutu have?**

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

**What is Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whatatutu's Equity Index?**

EQI 538, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whatatutu?**

24 Te Hau Road, Whatatutu, Gisborne. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2739 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026