# Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre

Teen Parent Unit · State · Kawerau

https://www.chch.live/school/2758-te-tari-ako-matua-taiohi-education-centre

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 569

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

## The record
- 44 Ballance Street, Kawerau, 3169
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2003
- Isolation index 0.9, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Phone: 07-3238400
- Email: tpec@tarawera.school.nz
- Contact: Helen Tuhoro

## Other schools near here
- [Kawerau South School](https://www.chch.live/school/1770-kawerau-south-school), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Tarawera High School](https://www.chch.live/school/661-tarawera-high-school), decile 1 · EQI 545
- [Te Whata Tau o Putauaki](https://www.chch.live/school/651-te-whata-tau-o-putauaki), decile 1 · EQI 541
- [Kawerau Putauaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/655-kawerau-putauaki-school), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [Te Mahoe School](https://www.chch.live/school/2009-te-mahoe-school), decile 1 · EQI 556
- [Te Kura O Te Teko](https://www.chch.live/school/2023-te-kura-o-te-teko), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Otakiri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1871-otakiri-school), decile 5 · EQI 466
- [Lake Rotoma School](https://www.chch.live/school/1788-lake-rotoma-school), decile 1 · EQI 541

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-38.095457&lon=176.703193

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre?**

Teen Parent Unit · State · Co-Educational.

**What is Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre's Equity Index?**

EQI 569, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Te Tari Ako Matua Taiohi Education Centre?**

44 Ballance Street, , Kawerau. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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