# TKKM o Waitaha Composite · State · Waltham, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/4212-tkkm-o-waitaha ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 519 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 45 Hassals Lane, Waltham, Christchurch, 8023 - Roll: 225 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 1992 - Isolation index 0.13 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori - Roll by ethnicity: European 13 · Māori 221 · Pacific 23 · Asian 1 · MELAA 1 - Phone: 03-3771436 - Email: kura@whakapumau.ac.nz - Contact: Hone Rusk - Website: https://whakapumau.ac.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/waltham/hassals-lane - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/waltham ## Other schools near here - [St Mark's School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/4135-st-mark-s-school-christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 398 - [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) — decile 7 · EQI 418 - [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school) — decile 3 · EQI 489 - [Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-te-kura-o-opawaho-opawa-school) — decile 4 · EQI 463 - [Rudolf Steiner School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/419-rudolf-steiner-school-chch) — decile 8 · EQI 410 - [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 - [Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto](https://www.chch.live/school/3291-beckenham-te-kura-o-puroto) — decile 8 · EQI 412 ## 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. - [Acorn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1231-acorn-reserve) — 95 m to its edge - [Risingholme Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1675-risingholme-park) — Botanic · 375 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. - Ensors Rd — 197 m · route Oa ## The register nearby Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point — proximity, not a claim of place. - [Dwelling and Setting, Cardowan](https://www.chch.live/place/167) — 64 Opawa Road - [Dwelling and Setting, Former Calimo](https://www.chch.live/place/166) — 44 Opawa Road - [Dwelling and Setting, Roxburghe](https://www.chch.live/place/165) — 41D Opawa Road ## The reports nearby 351 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9031981) — 23 Acorn Close, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9020373) — 23 Acorn Close, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8993343) — 33–79 Fifield Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8962461) — 67 Opawa Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8959290) — 55 Opawa Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8907120) — 59 Opawa Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8846066) — 33–79 Fifield Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8836874) — 5 Acorn Close, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8815533) — 71 Fifield Terrace, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8802226) — 51 Fifield Terrace, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8786439) — 55 Opawa Road, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8710936) — 60 Opawa Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, 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 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability) — the 2019 screening study What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.551181&lon=172.656331 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is TKKM o Waitaha?** Composite · State · Co-Educational — in Waltham. **How many students does TKKM o Waitaha have?** 225 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is TKKM o Waitaha's Equity Index?** EQI 519 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1. **What is near TKKM o Waitaha?** Acorn Reserve, Risingholme Park — green space within 400 m of the school’s point. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=4212 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026