# Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School

Composite · State · Te Araroa

https://www.chch.live/school/550-te-waha-o-rerekohu-area-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 555

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

## The record
- 3 Arawhena Street, Te Araroa, 4050
- Roll: 62 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2005
- Isolation index 3.8, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 7 · Pacific 1 · Asian 1
- Phone: 06-8644853
- Email: rerekohu@xtra.co.nz
- Contact: Lynn Burrell
- Website: http://www.tewahaorerekohu.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [TKKM o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti](https://www.chch.live/school/3119-tkkm-o-kawakawa-mai-tawhiti), decile 1 · EQI 523
- [TKKM o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga](https://www.chch.live/school/2659-tkkm-o-tapere-nui-a-whatonga), decile 1 · EQI 532
- [Tikitiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/2703-tikitiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 538
- [Potaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2649-potaka-school), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [TKKM o Te Waiu o Ngati Porou](https://www.chch.live/school/1673-tkkm-o-te-waiu-o-ngati-porou), decile 1 · EQI 516
- [Ngata Memorial College](https://www.chch.live/school/206-ngata-memorial-college), decile 1 · EQI 560
- [Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa](https://www.chch.live/school/2084-te-kura-mana-maori-o-whangaparaoa), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Hiruharama School](https://www.chch.live/school/2578-hiruharama-school), decile 2 · EQI 543

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.633719&lon=178.365549

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School have?**

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

**What is Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School's Equity Index?**

EQI 555, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Te Waha O Rerekohu Area School?**

3 Arawhena Street, , Te Araroa. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=550 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026