# Te Waka Unua School Full Primary · State · Woolston, Christchurch https://www.chch.live/school/684-te-waka-unua-school ## 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 - 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 - Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori or a Pacific language - Roll by ethnicity: European 194 · Māori 225 · Pacific 108 · Asian 83 · MELAA 16 · Other 3 - Address record: https://www.chch.live/woolston/476-ferry-road - Phone: 03-3899305 - Email: office@tewaka.school.nz - Contact: Janeane Reid - Website: http://www.tewaka.school.nz - Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/ferry-road - Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/woolston ## Enrolment zone - Te Waka Unua School — in force from 2017-07-24 · 3 km² - Covers: Phillipstown, Waltham, Woolston *Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.* ## Other schools near here - [Kimihia Parents' College](https://www.chch.live/school/2761-kimihia-parents-college) — decile 1 · EQI 569 - [Te Aratai College](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college) — decile 3 · EQI 507 - [St Anne's School (Woolston)](https://www.chch.live/school/3520-st-anne-s-school-woolston) — decile 3 · EQI 447 - [Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School](https://www.chch.live/school/3413-te-huarahi-linwood-avenue-school) — decile 2 · EQI 499 - [Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3455-te-kura-o-opawaho-opawa-school) — decile 4 · EQI 463 - [St Mark's School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/4135-st-mark-s-school-christchurch) — decile 10 · EQI 398 - [Tamariki School](https://www.chch.live/school/4143-tamariki-school) — decile 4 · EQI 464 - [TKKM o Waitaha](https://www.chch.live/school/4212-tkkm-o-waitaha) — decile 1 · EQI 519 ## 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. - [Woolston Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1099-woolston-park) — Sports ground · 54 m to its edge - [Mary Dixon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1202-mary-dixon-park) — 59 m to its edge - [Christchurch Quay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/908-christchurch-quay-reserve) — 353 m to its edge - [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks) ## The bus stop The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the pin, not the gate. - Ferry Rd near Smith St — 113 m · route 3 ## The register nearby Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point — proximity, not a claim of place. - [MED substation and setting](https://www.chch.live/place/73) ## The reports nearby 1,019 reports pinned within 250 m of the point — a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8992877) — 3 Hobson Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8982524) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8962498) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8943123) — 24 Smith St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8927875) — Ferry Rd near Mackworth St, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8925695) — 490–504 Ferry Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/8925612) — 9 Silvester Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/8925482) — 27 Hopkins Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/8925295) — 14B Hobson Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Damaged Asset – CCC contractor](https://www.chch.live/report/8924875) — 22F Hopkins Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8891092) — Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8884079) — Woolston Park 502 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand ## Under the ground The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings. - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard) — Bells Creek, Heathcote River — the managed reach - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods) — 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - [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=-43.545671&lon=172.672639 ## Questions, answered briefly **What kind of school is Te Waka Unua School?** Full Primary · State · Co-Educational — in Woolston. **How many students does Te Waka Unua School have?** 501 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count. **What is Te Waka Unua School's Equity Index?** EQI 509 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2. **Does Te Waka Unua School have an enrolment zone?** 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. Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=684 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026