# Te Kura o Tuahiwi

Full Primary · State · Kaiapoi

https://www.chch.live/school/3563-te-kura-o-tuahiwi

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 6 · Current Equity Index: 498

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

## The record
- 206 Tuahiwi Road, Kaiapoi, 7691
- Roll: 192 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1862
- Isolation index 0.43, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 66 · Māori 158 · Pacific 25 · MELAA 2
- Phone: 03-3138521
- Email: office@tuahiwi.school.nz
- Contact: Dot Singh
- Website: http://tuahiwi.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Woodend School](https://www.chch.live/school/3600-woodend-school), decile 8 · EQI 453
- [Southbrook School](https://www.chch.live/school/3510-southbrook-school), decile 7 · EQI 474
- [Rangiora New Life School](https://www.chch.live/school/418-rangiora-new-life-school), decile 9 · EQI 434
- [Pegasus Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/3570-pegasus-bay-school), decile 10 · EQI 422
- [Kaiapoi North School](https://www.chch.live/school/3389-kaiapoi-north-school), decile 7 · EQI 461
- [St Joseph's School (Rangiora)](https://www.chch.live/school/4132-st-joseph-s-school-rangiora), decile 9 · EQI 420
- [Kaiapoi Borough School](https://www.chch.live/school/3388-kaiapoi-borough-school), decile 5 · EQI 490
- [Te Matauru Primary](https://www.chch.live/school/572-te-matauru-primary), EQI 445

## 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.
- [Tuahiwi Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/144-tuahiwi-reserve), 26 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## Facilities nearby
Council facilities within 400 m of the point, libraries, pools and centres within walking reach.
- [Public toilet, 196 Tuahiwi Road](https://www.chch.live/facility/public-toilet-6), Public toilet · 33 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.334247&lon=172.643796

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura o Tuahiwi?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Kura o Tuahiwi have?**

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

**What is Te Kura o Tuahiwi's Equity Index?**

EQI 498, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 6.

**What is near Te Kura o Tuahiwi?**

Tuahiwi Reserve, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3563 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026