Wharenui School

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 457. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• Matipo Street, Riccarton, Christchurch, 8041 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Riccarton — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 441 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
• Opened 1907
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.13 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Cohort entry: Yes
• Phone: 03-3485263
• Email: helen.tuuta@wharenui.school.nz
• Contact: Tracey Young
• Website: wharenui.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

• Wharenui School — in force from 2017-01-01 · 5 km²

It covers: Middleton — and the fringes of Addington, Riccarton, Upper Riccarton.

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

Other schools near here

• St Teresa's School (Riccarton) — decile 4 · EQI 398 · 818 m
• Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate — decile 7 · EQI 430 · 1.1 km
• New Zealand IT College (Proposed) — private — not rated · 1.2 km
• Christchurch Boys' High School — decile 10 · EQI 418 · 1.3 km
• Middleton Grange School — decile 9 · EQI 404 · 1.6 km
• Sacred Heart School (Christchurch) — decile 4 · EQI 404 · 1.7 km
• Medbury Preparatory School — private — not rated · 1.7 km
• Ilam School — decile 6 · EQI 394 · 1.8 km

The bus stop

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

• Matipo St near Rex St — passes the gate · route 140

The reports nearby

1,748 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Rubbish & dumping and Graffiti & vandalism, 1,378 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Dumped Rubbish — 9C Rex Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 1 October 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 39 Wainui Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 30 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 24 Rex Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 30 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 2 Rex Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 30 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 43 Wainui Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 29 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 33 Wainui Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 28 September 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 114 Elizabeth St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 22 September 2026
• Damaged Road — 56 Wainui Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 19 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 49 Wainui Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 19 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 19 Rex Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 17 September 2026
• Pavement - Damaged — 9 Broadbent St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 11 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 12C Broadbent St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 11 September 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