# Mahinawa Specialist School and Resource Centre

Specialist School · State · Porirua

https://www.chch.live/school/2872-mahinawa-specialist-school-and-resource-centre

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 5 · Current Equity Index: 510

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

## The record
- 1b Takapuwahia Drive, Porirua, 5240
- Roll: 154 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1968
- Isolation index 0.04, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 74 · Māori 52 · Pacific 60 · Asian 19 · MELAA 2 · Other 4
- Phone: 04-2384314
- Email: reception@mahinawa.school.nz
- Contact: Sue McLean
- Website: http://www.schoolground.co.nz/kapimana

## Other schools near here
- [Mana College](https://www.chch.live/school/254-mana-college), decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Porirua School](https://www.chch.live/school/2964-porirua-school), decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Kura Toa (Proposed opening date: 2027-02-01)](https://www.chch.live/school/4569-kura-toa-proposed-opening-date-2027-02-01), not rated
- [Ngati Toa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2928-ngati-toa-school), decile 3 · EQI 495
- [Bishop Viard College](https://www.chch.live/school/256-bishop-viard-college), decile 1 · EQI 505
- [Titahi Bay Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3043-titahi-bay-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 504
- [St Pius X School (Titahi Bay)](https://www.chch.live/school/3022-st-pius-x-school-titahi-bay), decile 4 · EQI 477
- [Titahi Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3045-titahi-bay-school), decile 4 · EQI 459

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.12722&lon=174.830023

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Mahinawa Specialist School and Resource Centre?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Mahinawa Specialist School and Resource Centre have?**

154 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Mahinawa Specialist School and Resource Centre's Equity Index?**

EQI 510, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 5.

**Where is Mahinawa Specialist School and Resource Centre?**

1b Takapuwahia Drive, , Porirua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


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