# Te Wharekura o Mauao

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Bethlehem, Tauranga

https://www.chch.live/school/6962-te-wharekura-o-mauao

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 522

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 1 Westmorland Rise, Bethlehem, Tauranga, 3147
- Roll: 263 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2008
- Isolation index 0.19, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Roll by ethnicity: European 22 · Pacific 25 · Asian 2
- Phone: 07-5793060
- Email: admin@mauao.school.nz
- Contact: Heywood Kuka
- Website: http://www.mauao.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Bethlehem School](https://www.chch.live/school/1697-bethlehem-school), decile 8 · EQI 423
- [Bethlehem College](https://www.chch.live/school/77-bethlehem-college), decile 9 · EQI 409
- [Te Kura o Manunui](https://www.chch.live/school/1699-te-kura-o-manunui), decile 4 · EQI 508
- [Bellevue School (Tauranga)](https://www.chch.live/school/1694-bellevue-school-tauranga), decile 6 · EQI 445
- [Ōtūmoetai College](https://www.chch.live/school/120-otumoetai-college), decile 7 · EQI 451
- [Tauranga Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/4144-tauranga-adventist-school), decile 6 · EQI 429
- [Ōtūmoetai Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1878-otumoetai-intermediate), decile 7 · EQI 440
- [Ōtūmoetai Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1879-otumoetai-primary-school), decile 6 · EQI 433

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.691216&lon=176.109724

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Wharekura o Mauao?**

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational, in Bethlehem.

**How many students does Te Wharekura o Mauao have?**

263 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Te Wharekura o Mauao's Equity Index?**

EQI 522, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Te Wharekura o Mauao?**

1 Westmorland Rise, Bethlehem, Tauranga. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=6962 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026