# Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ

Specialist School · State · Manurewa, Auckland

https://www.chch.live/school/4156-blind-and-low-vision-education-network-nz

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 480

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

## The record
- 2 McVilly Rd, Manurewa, Auckland, 2243
- Roll: 75 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1965
- Isolation index 0.16, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Roll by ethnicity: European 32 · Māori 21 · Pacific 28 · Asian 15 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 09-2667109
- Email: info@blennz.school.nz
- Contact: Saul Taylor
- Website: http://www.blennz.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Clendon Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1248-clendon-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 525
- [Te Wharekura o Manurewa](https://www.chch.live/school/3113-te-wharekura-o-manurewa), decile 2 · EQI 547
- [TKKM o Manurewa](https://www.chch.live/school/4229-tkkm-o-manurewa), decile 1 · EQI 544
- [Homai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1317-homai-school), decile 1 · EQI 505
- [Manurewa High School](https://www.chch.live/school/99-manurewa-high-school), decile 1 · EQI 508
- [St Anne's Catholic School (Manurewa)](https://www.chch.live/school/1486-st-anne-s-catholic-school-manurewa), decile 2 · EQI 453
- [Rowandale School](https://www.chch.live/school/1474-rowandale-school), decile 1 · EQI 520
- [Manurewa Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1353-manurewa-intermediate), decile 1 · EQI 518

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.014798&lon=174.87331

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Manurewa.

**How many students does Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ have?**

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

**What is Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ's Equity Index?**

EQI 480, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Blind and Low Vision Education Network NZ?**

2 McVilly Rd, Manurewa, Auckland. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=4156 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026