# Mairehau Primary School

Full Primary · State · Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/3425-mairehau-primary-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 466

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

## The record
- 43 Mahars Road, Christchurch, 8640
- Roll: 386 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1953
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.13 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 273 · Māori 112 · Pacific 40 · Asian 48 · MELAA 19 · Other 5
- Phone: 03-3853796
- Email: office@mairehau.net
- Contact: Pauline Jansen
- Website: http://www.mps.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Mairehau School — in force from 2018-01-17 · 4 km²
- Covers: Mairehau, Saint Albans, Shirley

*Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school) — decile 8 · EQI 408
- [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) — decile 4 · EQI 510
- [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
- [Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3504-te-hiwa-shirley-primary-school) — decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Paparoa Street School](https://www.chch.live/school/3467-paparoa-street-school) — decile 10 · EQI 398
- [Te Oraka](https://www.chch.live/school/3503-te-oraka) — decile 4 · EQI 505
- [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.
- [Mahars Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1688-mahars-playground) — 326 m to its edge
- [Edgeware Tennis Club](https://www.chch.live/park/1504-edgeware-tennis-club) — 328 m to its edge
- [Wanaka Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1403-wanaka-reserve) — 376 m to its edge
- [Dudley Creek Waterway](https://www.chch.live/park/1109-dudley-creek-waterway) — 386 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 Mahars Rd — 65 m · routes 44, Oc

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [Graded TC2 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories) — Green Zone, Technical Category 2, Yellow
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Dudley Creek — the managed reach
- [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=-43.49871&lon=172.641415

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Mairehau Primary School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Mairehau Primary School have?**

386 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Mairehau Primary School's Equity Index?**

EQI 466 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**Does Mairehau Primary School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record — it covers Mairehau, Saint Albans, Shirley. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3425 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026