# Mairehau High School Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 4 · 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 - Hills Road, Christchurch, 8052 - Roll: 407 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 1961 - An enrolment scheme is in place. - Isolation index 0.15 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Roll by ethnicity: European 282 · Māori 106 · Pacific 36 · Asian 69 · MELAA 11 · Other 1 · International 2 - Phone: 03-3853145 - Email: admin@mairehau.school.nz - Contact: Siobhan Murphy (Acting) - Website: http://www.mairehau.school.nz ## Enrolment zone - Mairehau High School — in force from 2020-01-01 · 75 km² - Covers: Bottle Lake, Brooklands, Burwood, Dallington, Edgeware, Mairehau, Marshland, Ouruhia, Parklands, Richmond, Shirley, Spencerville, Waimairi Beach — and the fringes of Avondale, Belfast, Christchurch Central, Kainga, North New Brighton *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Mairehau Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3425-mairehau-primary-school) — decile 6 · EQI 466 - [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school) — decile 8 · EQI 408 - [Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3504-te-hiwa-shirley-primary-school) — decile 3 · EQI 494 - [Te Oraka](https://www.chch.live/school/3503-te-oraka) — decile 4 · EQI 505 - [St Albans School](https://www.chch.live/school/3518-st-albans-school) — decile 8 · EQI 414 - [St Albans Catholic School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3517-st-albans-catholic-school-christchurch) — decile 9 · EQI 394 - [Pareawa Banks Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/3289-pareawa-banks-avenue-school) — decile 4 · EQI 466 - [Papanui Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3466-papanui-primary-school) — decile 6 · EQI 452 ## The green nearby Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts. - [Walter Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1724-walter-park) — Sports ground · 76 m to its edge - [Havana Gardens Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1376-havana-gardens-reserve) — 279 m to its edge - [Teagarden Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1606-teagarden-reserve) — 359 m to its edge - [Edgeware Tennis Club](https://www.chch.live/park/1504-edgeware-tennis-club) — 362 m to its edge - [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks) ## The bus stop The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate. - Innes Rd near Hills Rd — 163 m · routes 44, Oa ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.494021&lon=172.648484 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Mairehau High School?** Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational. **How many students does Mairehau High School have?** 407 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Mairehau High School's Equity Index?** EQI 510 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4. **Does Mairehau High School have an enrolment zone?** 1 zone polygon on record — it covers 13 suburbs, mostly Bottle Lake, Brooklands, Burwood, Dallington. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=320 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026