Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 410. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• Cunningham Place, Halswell, Christchurch, 8025 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Halswell — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 646 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations may be requested
• Opened 1963
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.29 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Phone: 03-3228735
• Email: admin@oaklands.school.nz
• Contact: Graeme Norman
• Website: oaklands.school.nz

Who the roll is

Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Enrolment zone

• Oaklands Te Kura o Owaka — in force from 2025-10-06 · 7 km²

It covers: Aidanfield — and the fringes of Hillmorton.

Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

• Te Mātaitihi (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01) — not rated · 714 m
• Aidanfield Christian School — decile 8 · EQI 377 · 1.0 km
• Te Whānau o Ōtūmatua — decile 2 · EQI 540 · 1.1 km
• Te Kōmanawa Rowley School — decile 1 · EQI 535 · 2.1 km
• Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School — decile 10 · EQI 385 · 2.2 km
• Knights Stream School- Mingimingi Hautoa — EQI 385 · 2.2 km
• Wigram Primary School - Te Piki Kāhu — decile 4 · EQI 392 · 2.2 km
• Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka Hillmorton High School — decile 4 · EQI 467 · 2.7 km

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

• Cobra Reserve · 147 m to its edge
• Dunbars Landscape Reserve · 220 m to its edge
• Balcairn Reserve · 230 m to its edge
• Lancewood Reserve · 263 m to its edge
• Cunningham Reserve · 284 m to its edge
• Scott Park Wigram · 363 m to its edge

The bus stop

The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.

• Dunbars Rd near Balkwell St — 225 m · route 100

The reports nearby

180 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 130 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Dumped Rubbish — 61 Dunbars Rd, ????, ?????? 8025, ??? · 21 September 2026
• Water Leak — 17 Cunningham Place, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 12 September 2026
• Street Gutters / Storm Water — 45 Dunbars Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 7 Jarrow Pl, ????, ?????? 8025, ??? · 5 September 2026
• Flooding — 65 Dunbars Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 28 August 2026
• Pavement - General — 51 Balcairn Street, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 10 August 2026
• Pavement - General — 17 Cunningham Place, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 28 July 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 82 Balcairn St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 1 July 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 22 June 2026
• Pavement - General — 38 Balcairn Street, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 20 June 2026
• Roads - General — 3 Brenda Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 14 June 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 54 Balcairn St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 2 June 2026

Under the ground

The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.

• The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study