# Te Pākihi o Maru

Contributing · State · Oamaru

https://www.chch.live/school/3785-te-pakihi-o-maru

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 502

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

## The record
- Torridge Street, Oamaru, 9400
- Roll: 130 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1872
- Isolation index 1.21, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 72 · Māori 28 · Pacific 40 · Asian 15 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 03-434 7512
- Email: office@tpom.school.nz
- Contact: Stacey Honeywill
- Website: http://www.tepakihiomaru.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [St Joseph's School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3825-st-joseph-s-school-oamaru), decile 6 · EQI 437
- [Waitaki Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/366-waitaki-girls-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 478
- [Fenwick School](https://www.chch.live/school/3707-fenwick-school), decile 6 · EQI 465
- [Pembroke School (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/3737-pembroke-school-oamaru), decile 3 · EQI 496
- [Oamaru Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3784-oamaru-intermediate), decile 5 · EQI 477
- [Waitaki Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/365-waitaki-boys-high-school), decile 6 · EQI 477
- [St Kevins College (Oamaru)](https://www.chch.live/school/369-st-kevins-college-oamaru), decile 7 · EQI 447
- [Ardgowan School](https://www.chch.live/school/3704-ardgowan-school), decile 6 · EQI 453

## 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.
- [Oamaru North School](https://www.chch.live/park/752-oamaru-north-school), inside it
- [Thames Street Median Strip](https://www.chch.live/park/818-thames-street-median-strip), 291 m to its edge
- [Glen Warren Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/826-glen-warren-reserve), Reserve · 335 m to its edge
- [Aln Street Terrace](https://www.chch.live/park/794-aln-street-terrace), 337 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-45.091738&lon=170.971467

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Pākihi o Maru?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Pākihi o Maru have?**

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

**What is Te Pākihi o Maru's Equity Index?**

EQI 502, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**What is near Te Pākihi o Maru?**

Oamaru North School, Thames Street Median Strip, Glen Warren Reserve and 1 more, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=3785 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026