Rāwhiti School
Full Primary · State · North New Brighton, Christchurch
551 students on the roll in North New Brighton · EQI 478 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Rāwhiti School, a vibrant and welcoming Year 0–8 kura in the heart of Brighton. — rawhiti.school.nz
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 478. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 150 Leaver Terrace, North New Brighton, Christchurch, 8083 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: North New Brighton — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 551 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2015
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.28 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Phone: 03-3889519
- Email: admin@rawhiti.school.nz
- Contact: Jody Hohaia-O’Sullivan
- Website: rawhiti.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
- Rawhiti School — in force from 2017-01-01 · 5 km²
It covers: New Brighton, North New Brighton.
Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
Shirley Boys' High School - Ngā Tama o Ōruapaeroa — decile 6 · EQI 464 · 803 m
Avonside Girls' High School — decile 6 · EQI 472 · 860 m- New Brighton Catholic School (Chch) — decile 6 · EQI 445 · 1.2 km
- Nova Montessori School — private — not rated · 1.7 km
- Parkview Pārua — decile 6 · EQI 477 · 2.0 km
- St James School (Aranui) — decile 1 · EQI 501 · 2.0 km
- Haeata Community Campus — decile 1 · EQI 545 · 2.7 km
- Chisnallwood Intermediate — decile 5 · EQI 482 · 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.
- Rawhiti Domain — Sports ground · 297 m to its edge
- Sea Eagles Reserve · 312 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Keyes Rd — 225 m · route 60
The reports nearby
154 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 120 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
- Damaged Street Sign — 96E Marriotts Road, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 20 June 2026
Pavement - General — 152 Leaver Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 19 May 2026
Abandoned Vehicle — 103 Marriotts Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 16 May 2026
Street Gutters / Storm Water — 100 Leaver Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 17 October 2025
Damaged Street Sign — 101 Leaver Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 31 August 2025
Water General — 99 Marriotts Road, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 17 August 2025
Hazard — vehicle — 30 Leverett Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 18 July 2025
Abandoned Vehicle — 30 Leverett Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 18 July 2025
Abandoned Vehicle — 17 Leverett Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 17 July 2025- Accessibility — 7/31 Grantley Street, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 17 July 2025
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — 150B Leaver Terrace, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 5 July 2025
Water Leak — 152 Leaver Terrace, North New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 10 April 2025
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 February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point — mapped ground failure — a footprint, not a finding
- 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 North New Brighton.
551 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 478 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.
1 zone polygon on record — it covers New Brighton, North New Brighton. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.