# Ngā Taiātea Wharekura

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Nawton, Hamilton

https://www.chch.live/school/488-nga-taiatea-wharekura

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 504

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

## The record
- 134 Rotokauri Road, Nawton, Hamilton, 3289
- Roll: 288 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2004
- Isolation index 0.16, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Pacific 15 · Asian 2 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 07-8506358
- Email: info@taiatea.school.nz
- Contact: Michelle Treadaway-Ohia
- Website: http://www.taiatea.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Crawshaw School](https://www.chch.live/school/2096-crawshaw-school), decile 1 · EQI 536
- [Te Kōpuku High](https://www.chch.live/school/872-te-kopuku-high), EQI 525
- [Nawton School](https://www.chch.live/school/1841-nawton-school), decile 2 · EQI 535
- [St Peter Chanel Catholic School (Te Rapa)](https://www.chch.live/school/1964-st-peter-chanel-catholic-school-te-rapa), decile 7 · EQI 407
- [He Puaawai Teen Parent Unit](https://www.chch.live/school/2759-he-puaawai-teen-parent-unit), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Fraser High School](https://www.chch.live/school/135-fraser-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 508
- [Rotokauri School](https://www.chch.live/school/1930-rotokauri-school), decile 8 · EQI 423
- [Forest Lake School](https://www.chch.live/school/1720-forest-lake-school), decile 4 · EQI 492

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.768016&lon=175.231112

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ngā Taiātea Wharekura?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational, in Nawton.

**How many students does Ngā Taiātea Wharekura have?**

288 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Ngā Taiātea Wharekura's Equity Index?**

EQI 504, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Ngā Taiātea Wharekura?**

134 Rotokauri Road, Nawton, Hamilton. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=488 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026