# Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui

Composite · State · Opotiki

https://www.chch.live/school/742-te-kura-o-te-whanau-a-apanui

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 1 · Current Equity Index: 542

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

## The record
- 6870 SHW 35 Te Kaha RD3, Opotiki, 3199
- Roll: 189 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2016
- Isolation index 4.06, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Instruction: All students taught in te reo Māori
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Roll by ethnicity: European 16 · Pacific 14 · Asian 1 · MELAA 1 · Other 2
- Phone: 07-3252040
- Email: admin@tkotwaa.school.nz
- Contact: Teia Herewini
- Website: http://www.tekuraotewhanauaapanui.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kura Mana Māori o Maraenui](https://www.chch.live/school/1806-te-kura-mana-maori-o-maraenui), decile 1 · EQI 523
- [Te Kura o Tōrere](https://www.chch.live/school/1645-te-kura-o-torere), decile 2 · EQI 543
- [Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa](https://www.chch.live/school/2084-te-kura-mana-maori-o-whangaparaoa), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Te Kura o Ōmarumutu](https://www.chch.live/school/1861-te-kura-o-omarumutu), decile 1 · EQI 519
- [Potaka School](https://www.chch.live/school/2649-potaka-school), decile 2 · EQI 523
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Opotiki)](https://www.chch.live/school/1950-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-opotiki), decile 3 · EQI 467
- [Ashbrook School](https://www.chch.live/school/1689-ashbrook-school), decile 1 · EQI 563
- [Opotiki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1866-opotiki-school), decile 1 · EQI 555

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-37.728925&lon=177.695838

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui?**

Composite · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui have?**

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

**What is Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui's Equity Index?**

EQI 542, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 1.

**Where is Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui?**

6870 SHW 35 Te Kaha RD3, , Opotiki. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=742 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026