# Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawatea

Full Primary · State · Melville, Hamilton

https://www.chch.live/school/282-te-kura-amorangi-o-whakawatea

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 520

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

## The record
- 132 Saxbys Road, Melville, Hamilton, 3245
- Roll: 125 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1995
- Isolation index 0.14, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 12 · Pacific 10 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8433499
- Email: tumuaki@whakawatea.school.nz
- Contact: Susanne Simmons-Kopa
- Website: http://whakawatea.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Southcity Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/4125-southcity-christian-school), decile 5 · EQI 380
- [Deanwell School](https://www.chch.live/school/1710-deanwell-school), decile 3 · EQI 511
- [Mangakōtukutuku College](https://www.chch.live/school/3612-mangakotukutuku-college), EQI 529
- [Melville Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1824-melville-primary-school), decile 2 · EQI 537
- [St Pius X Catholic School (Melville)](https://www.chch.live/school/1966-st-pius-x-catholic-school-melville), decile 3 · EQI 378
- [Glenview School (Hamilton)](https://www.chch.live/school/1725-glenview-school-hamilton), decile 5 · EQI 469
- [Hamilton West School](https://www.chch.live/school/1733-hamilton-west-school), decile 5 · EQI 433
- [Rhode Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/1924-rhode-street-school), decile 2 · EQI 537

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.82414&lon=175.271398

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawatea?**

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

**How many students does Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawatea have?**

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

**What is Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawatea's Equity Index?**

EQI 520, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Te Kura Amorangi o Whakawatea?**

132 Saxbys Road, Melville, Hamilton. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=282 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026