# Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha

Composite · State · Waitoa

https://www.chch.live/school/3115-te-wharekura-o-te-rau-aroha

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 539

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

## The record
- 5453 State Highway 27, Waitoa, 3440
- Roll: 141 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2002
- Isolation index 0.69, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Pacific 6 · Other 1
- Phone: 07-8873550
- Email: terauaroha@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Mokoro Gillett

## Other schools near here
- [Walton School](https://www.chch.live/school/2074-walton-school), decile 7 · EQI 456
- [Tatuanui School](https://www.chch.live/school/1983-tatuanui-school), decile 7 · EQI 426
- [Manawaru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1800-manawaru-school), decile 6 · EQI 447
- [Wairere School](https://www.chch.live/school/2075-wairere-school), decile 4 · EQI 477
- [Kiwitahi School](https://www.chch.live/school/1780-kiwitahi-school), decile 8 · EQI 439
- [Te Kura o Waharoa](https://www.chch.live/school/2047-te-kura-o-waharoa), decile 1 · EQI 563
- [Morrinsville Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1833-morrinsville-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 478
- [Morrinsville College](https://www.chch.live/school/126-morrinsville-college), decile 6 · EQI 481

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.668709&lon=175.675173

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha have?**

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

**What is Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha's Equity Index?**

EQI 539, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha?**

5453 State Highway 27, , Waitoa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3115 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026