# Tairangi School

Full Primary · State · Waitangirua, Porirua

https://www.chch.live/school/3029-tairangi-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 512

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

## The record
- Omapere Street, Waitangirua, Porirua, 5024
- Roll: 151 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1969
- Isolation index 0.14, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 24 · Māori 51 · Pacific 106 · Asian 17 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 04-2359579
- Email: office@tairangi.school.nz
- Contact: Jason Ataera
- Website: http://www.tairangi.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Porirua Montessori Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3641-porirua-montessori-primary-school), private, not rated
- [Te Kura Māori o Porirua](https://www.chch.live/school/1634-te-kura-maori-o-porirua), decile 3 · EQI 506
- [Adventure School](https://www.chch.live/school/1195-adventure-school), decile 10 · EQI 389
- [Rangikura School](https://www.chch.live/school/2970-rangikura-school), decile 2 · EQI 503
- [Natone Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/2923-natone-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 525
- [Postgate School](https://www.chch.live/school/2966-postgate-school), decile 3 · EQI 461
- [Corinna School](https://www.chch.live/school/2828-corinna-school), decile 1 · EQI 522
- [Whitby Collegiate](https://www.chch.live/school/546-whitby-collegiate), private, not rated

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-41.121953&lon=174.881475

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Tairangi School?**

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

**How many students does Tairangi School have?**

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

**What is Tairangi School's Equity Index?**

EQI 512, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Tairangi School?**

Omapere Street, Waitangirua, Porirua. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3029 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026