# Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery Composite · State · Christchurch, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/683-ao-tawhiti-unlimited-discovery ## Its rating Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 442 *Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.* ## The record - 5 Mollett St, Christchurch, Christchurch, 8140 - Roll: 654 (September 2026) - Co-Educational - Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp - Opened 2014 - Isolation index 0.03 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure - Roll by ethnicity: European 587 · Māori 97 · Pacific 17 · Asian 51 · MELAA 21 · Other 15 - Phone: 03-3777773 - Email: office@aotawhiti.school.nz - Contact: Anita Yarwood - Website: https://aotawhiti.school.nz/ ## Other schools near here - [St Michael's Church School](https://www.chch.live/school/4136-st-michael-s-church-school) — private — not rated - [Catholic Cathedral College](https://www.chch.live/school/531-catholic-cathedral-college) — decile 4 · EQI 448 - [Christ's College](https://www.chch.live/school/330-christ-s-college) — private — not rated - [Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College](https://www.chch.live/school/336-te-puna-wai-o-waipapa-hagley-college) — decile 6 · EQI 468 - [The Cathedral Grammar School](https://www.chch.live/school/368-the-cathedral-grammar-school) — private — not rated - [Christchurch East School](https://www.chch.live/school/3317-christchurch-east-school) — decile 3 · EQI 454 - [St Mary's School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3535-st-mary-s-school-christchurch) — decile 4 · EQI 397 - [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school) — decile 3 · EQI 489 ## 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. - [Friendship Corner](https://www.chch.live/park/1371-friendship-corner) — Botanic · 298 m to its edge - [City Mall](https://www.chch.live/park/1278-city-mall) — 310 m to its edge - [Tiffany Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1486-tiffany-reserve) — 328 m to its edge - [Excelsior Hotel Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1528-excelsior-hotel-reserve) — Botanic · 341 m to its edge - [High Street Triangles](https://www.chch.live/park/1903-high-street-triangles) — 349 m to its edge - [Bridge Of Remembrance](https://www.chch.live/park/1518-bridge-of-remembrance) — Botanic · 358 m to its edge - [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks) ## Facilities nearby Council facilities within 400 m of the point — libraries, pools and centres within walking reach. - [Re:start - Lichfield St](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-31) — Car park · 121 m - [Triangle](https://www.chch.live/facility/car-park-33) — Car park · 363 m ## The bus stop The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate. - St Asaph St near Colombo St — 63 m · routes 3, 5, 7, 60, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86 ## The register nearby Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point — proximity, not a claim of place. - [Colonial Motor Company Garage and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/477) — 201 St Asaph Street - [Former P & D Duncan Ltd Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/227) — 7/204 St Asaph Street - [Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/226) — 2/210 St Asaph Street - [St Michael's School Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/59) — 243 Durham Street South - [Commercial Building and Setting, Lawrie and Wilson Auctioneers](https://www.chch.live/place/232) — 210 Tuam Street - [St Michael's School Stone Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/171) - [Former Tuam Street Hall and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/233) — 214 Tuam Street - [Commercial Building and Setting, Former Sargood Son and Ewen](https://www.chch.live/place/133) — 92 Lichfield Street ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [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=-43.535939&lon=172.635943 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery?** Composite · State · Co-Educational — in Christchurch. **How many students does Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery have?** 654 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery's Equity Index?** EQI 442 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7. **What is near Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery?** Friendship Corner, City Mall, Tiffany Reserve and 3 more — green space within 400 m of the school’s point. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=683 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026