Te Waka Unua School
Full Primary · State · Woolston, Christchurch
501 students on the roll in Woolston · EQI 509 · an enrolment scheme in place.
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Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2. Current Equity Index: 509. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 476 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch, 8023 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Woolston — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 501 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2015
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.12 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori or a Pacific language
- Phone: 03-3899305
- Email: office@tewaka.school.nz
- Contact: Janeane Reid
- Website: tewaka.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Te Waka Unua School — in force from 2017-07-24 · 3 km²
It covers: Phillipstown, Waltham, Woolston.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Kimihia Parents' College — decile 1 · EQI 569 · 120 m
- Te Aratai College — decile 3 · EQI 507 · 933 m
- St Anne's School (Woolston) — decile 3 · EQI 447 · 1.2 km
- Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School — decile 2 · EQI 499 · 1.2 km
Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School — decile 4 · EQI 463 · 1.3 km- St Mark's School (Christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 398 · 1.3 km
- Tamariki School — decile 4 · EQI 464 · 1.3 km
- TKKM o Waitaha — decile 1 · EQI 519 · 1.4 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.
- Woolston Park — Sports ground · 54 m to its edge
- Mary Dixon Park · 59 m to its edge
- Christchurch Quay Reserve · 353 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Ferry Rd near Smith St — 113 m · route 3
The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the school’s point — what stood on the ground around it, or still does.
The reports nearby
1,019 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 843 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Roads - General — 3 Hobson Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 28 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish — Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 25 September 2026
Water General — Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 22 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 24 Smith St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 18 September 2026- Dumped Rubbish — Ferry Rd near Mackworth St, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
Graffiti on a playground or in a park — 490–504 Ferry Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
Damaged Asset – CCC contractor — 9 Silvester Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
Damaged Asset – CCC contractor — 27 Hopkins Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
Damaged Asset – CCC contractor — 14B Hobson Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
Damaged Asset – CCC contractor — 22F Hopkins Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 9 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish — Woolston Park 502 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 8 September 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.
- On the plan’s flood map — Bells Creek, Heathcote River — the managed reach
- Inside a recorded flood footprint — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- 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 Woolston.
501 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 509 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers Phillipstown, Waltham, Woolston. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.