# Te Kura o Hau Karetu

Contributing · State · Maoribank, Upper Hutt

https://www.chch.live/school/2902-te-kura-o-hau-karetu

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 527

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

## The record
- 32 Hillside Drive, Maoribank, Upper Hutt, 5018
- Roll: 152 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1969
- Isolation index 0.11, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 92 · Māori 85 · Pacific 32 · Asian 4 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 04-5269552
- Email: office@tehaukaretu.school.nz
- Contact: Karen Wellington
- Website: http://maoribankschool.weebly.com/

## Other schools near here
- [Totara Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/3048-totara-park-school), decile 7 · EQI 441
- [Mangaroa School](https://www.chch.live/school/2899-mangaroa-school), decile 10 · EQI 416
- [Oxford Crescent School](https://www.chch.live/school/2943-oxford-crescent-school), decile 6 · EQI 447
- [Birchville School](https://www.chch.live/school/2810-birchville-school), decile 6 · EQI 461
- [St Joseph's School (Upper Hutt)](https://www.chch.live/school/3011-st-joseph-s-school-upper-hutt), decile 7 · EQI 411
- [Upper Hutt School](https://www.chch.live/school/3053-upper-hutt-school), decile 6 · EQI 436
- [Fraser Crescent School](https://www.chch.live/school/2844-fraser-crescent-school), decile 5 · EQI 463
- [Maidstone Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2893-maidstone-intermediate), decile 6 · EQI 470

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.113502&lon=175.099718

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura o Hau Karetu?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Maoribank.

**How many students does Te Kura o Hau Karetu have?**

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

**What is Te Kura o Hau Karetu's Equity Index?**

EQI 527, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Te Kura o Hau Karetu?**

32 Hillside Drive, Maoribank, Upper Hutt. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=2902 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026