Te Mātaitihi (Proposed opening date: 2027-01-01)
Full Primary · State · Halswell, Christchurch — proposed
an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Not rated — no decile or EQI on record. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 22 Milns Road, Halswell, Christchurch — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Halswell — the suburb’s own record
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Email: principal@temataitihi.school.nz
- Contact: Janine Devenport
Other schools near here
- Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka — decile 9 · EQI 410 · 714 m
Aidanfield Christian School — decile 8 · EQI 377 · 1.2 km- Te Whānau o Ōtūmatua — decile 2 · EQI 540 · 1.4 km
- Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School — decile 10 · EQI 385 · 1.7 km
- Te Kōmanawa Rowley School — decile 1 · EQI 535 · 1.9 km
- Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka Hillmorton High School — decile 4 · EQI 467 · 2.5 km
- Knights Stream School- Mingimingi Hautoa — EQI 385 · 2.8 km
Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School — decile 3 · EQI 453 · 2.8 km
The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- Old Red Barn Drainage Reserve · 106 m to its edge
- The Oaks Park · 111 m to its edge
- Halswell Domain — Sports ground · 196 m to its edge
- John Olliver Reserve · 235 m to its edge
- Cunningham Reserve · 398 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Halswell Rd near Milns Rd — 230 m · routes 7, 100
The reports nearby
236 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Trees & parks, 186 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet — 278 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 2 October 2026- Hazard — vehicle — 20–26 Old Red Barn Rd, ????, ?????? 8025, ??? · 8 September 2026
- Pothole — 1 Kearns Drive, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 6 September 2026
Damaged Street Sign — 39 Parklea Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 18 August 2026
Trees - General — 19 Parklea Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 14 August 2026
Flooding — William Brittan Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 30 July 2026- Water Leak — 12 William Brittan Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 29 July 2026
- Sewer - Leak / Blockage — 12 William Brittan Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 29 July 2026
Street Gutters / Storm Water — 8 William Brittan Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 29 July 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Halswell Rd near Lillian St, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 19 July 2026
Overgrown Vegetation — 15 Elmslie Gr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 11 July 2026
Overgrown Vegetation — John Olliver Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 2 July 2026
Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” — the 2019 screening study
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational — in Halswell (proposed in the Ministry directory).
An enrolment scheme on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.
Old Red Barn Drainage Reserve, The Oaks Park, Halswell Domain and 2 more — green space within 400 m of the school’s point.
22 Milns Road — Halswell, Christchurch. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.