Te Pā o Rākaihautū
Composite · State · Linwood, Christchurch
205 students on the roll in Linwood · EQI 517 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 517. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 7 McLean Street, Linwood, Christchurch, 8013 — the street’s record
- Its suburb: Linwood — the suburb’s own record
- Roll: 205 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2015
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.1 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Phone: 03-3810899
- Email: tepa@rakaihautu.com
- Contact: Terina Tahau (Acting)
- Website: rakaihautu.com
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.
Other schools near here
- Whītau School — decile 2 · EQI 513 · 564 m
- Te Huarahi Linwood Avenue School — decile 2 · EQI 499 · 692 m
- Te Aratai College — decile 3 · EQI 507 · 1.1 km
- Te Ahuwai Bromley School — decile 3 · EQI 513 · 1.4 km
- Kingslea School — decile 1 · EQI 569 · 1.6 km
- Kimihia Parents' College — decile 1 · EQI 569 · 1.7 km
- Te Waka Unua School — decile 2 · EQI 509 · 1.8 km
Christchurch East School — decile 3 · EQI 454 · 1.9 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.
- Worcester Reserve · 142 m to its edge
- Worcester Corner Reserve · 348 m to its edge
The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.
- Eastgate Mall (Buckleys Rd) — 357 m · routes 140, 5, 80, Or
The reports nearby
500 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 370 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.
Abandoned Vehicle — 635 Worcester Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 6 October 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 45B Surrey St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 6 October 2026
Abandoned Vehicle — 635 Worcester Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 2 October 2026
Hazard — vehicle — 43 Norwich Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 8 September 2026
Hazard — vehicle — 38 Norwich Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 3 September 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 649 Worcester Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 27 August 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 649 Worcester Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 27 August 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 44 Surrey Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 15 August 2026
Dumped Rubbish — 30 Norwich Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 12 August 2026
Water Leak — 628A Worcester Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 23 July 2026
Abandoned Vehicle — 43 Norwich Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 9 July 2026
Abandoned Vehicle — 40 Norwich Street, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 30 June 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 — Avon River — the managed reach
- 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
Composite · State · Co-Educational — in Linwood.
205 on the roll at September 2026 — the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 517 — its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.
An enrolment scheme on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.