# Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki

Full Primary · Charter School · Hillsborough, Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/3680-mastery-schools-new-zealand-arapaki

## Its rating
Current Equity Index: 434

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

## The record
- 8 Kennedy Place, Hillsborough, Christchurch, 8022
- Roll: 124 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Opened 2025
- Isolation index 0.14 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Roll by ethnicity: European 119 · Māori 13 · Pacific 4 · Asian 7 · MELAA 4 · Other 1
- Phone: 03-365 5022
- Email: jo@msnz.school.nz
- Contact: Jo Jessep (Acting)
- Website: https://msnz.school.nz/
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/kennedy-place
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/hillsborough

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-te-kura-o-opawaho-opawa-school) — decile 4 · EQI 463
- [Ngutuawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3288-ngutuawa-school) — decile 3 · EQI 526
- [St Anne's School (Woolston)](https://www.chch.live/school/3520-st-anne-s-school-woolston) — decile 3 · EQI 447
- [Rudolf Steiner School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/419-rudolf-steiner-school-chch) — decile 8 · EQI 410
- [St Mark's School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/4135-st-mark-s-school-christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 398
- [Te Waka Unua School](https://www.chch.live/school/684-te-waka-unua-school) — decile 2 · EQI 509
- [Kimihia Parents' College](https://www.chch.live/school/2761-kimihia-parents-college) — decile 1 · EQI 569
- [St Martins School](https://www.chch.live/school/3534-st-martins-school) — decile 9 · EQI 402

## 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.
- [Curries Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1348-curries-reserve) — 121 m to its edge
- [Hillsborough Park](https://www.chch.live/park/950-hillsborough-park) — Sports ground · 215 m to its edge
- [Heathcote Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1345-heathcote-riverbank-true-right) — 328 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.
- Opawa Rd near Brabourne St — 263 m · route 8

## The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point — proximity, not a claim of place.
- [Dwelling and Setting, Bloomsbury](https://www.chch.live/place/289) — 37 Maunsell Street

## The reports nearby
135 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9036052) — 251 Opawa Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8965699) — 255 Opawa Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8890171) — 48 Curries Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8670560) — 288 Opawa Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8592278) — 288 Opawa Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8434118) — 31 Curries Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8400654) — 288 Opawa Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8141671) — 14 Ribbonwood Place, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8141651) — 14 Ribbonwood Place, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/7923318) — 255 Opawa Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7921457) — 88 Grange Street, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Hazard — vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7746004) — 3 Kennedy Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand

## 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
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Heathcote River — the managed reach
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study
- [The rockfall survey counts 16 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders) — 16 came down

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.559546&lon=172.676349

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki?**

Full Primary · Charter School · Co-Educational — in Hillsborough.

**How many students does Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki have?**

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

**What is Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki's Equity Index?**

EQI 434.

**What is near Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki?**

Curries Reserve, Hillsborough Park, Heathcote Riverbank True Right — green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3680 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026
