# Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand

Specialist School · State · Sumner, Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/school/903-ko-taku-reo-deaf-education-new-zealand

## Its rating
Current Equity Index: 516

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

## The record
- 38 Truro Street, Sumner, Christchurch, 8840
- Roll: 102 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 2020
- Isolation index 0.39, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Roll by ethnicity: European 23 · Māori 44 · Pacific 35 · Asian 14 · MELAA 6 · Other 2
- Address record: https://www.chch.live/sumner/38-truro-street
- Phone: 0800-332 369
- Email: info@kotakureo.school.nz
- Contact: Amy Geue
- Website: http://www.kotakureo.school.nz/
- Street record: https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/truro-street
- Suburb record: https://www.chch.live/sumner

## Other schools near here
- [Our Lady Star of the Sea School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3544-our-lady-star-of-the-sea-school-christchurch), decile 10 · EQI 401
- [Sumner School](https://www.chch.live/school/3546-sumner-school), decile 10 · EQI 382
- [Te Raekura Redcliffs School](https://www.chch.live/school/3483-te-raekura-redcliffs-school), decile 10 · EQI 400
- [Lyttelton Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/686-lyttelton-primary-school), decile 9 · EQI 424
- [Mt Pleasant School](https://www.chch.live/school/3443-mt-pleasant-school), decile 10 · EQI 393
- [Heathcote Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3371-heathcote-valley-school), decile 9 · EQI 424
- [Diamond Harbour School](https://www.chch.live/school/3327-diamond-harbour-school), decile 10 · EQI 412
- [South New Brighton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3508-south-new-brighton-school), decile 6 · EQI 454

## 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.
- [Wakefield Reserve No. 1](https://www.chch.live/park/1707-wakefield-reserve-no-1), 220 m to its edge
- [Wakefield Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/1022-wakefield-reserve-no-2), 273 m to its edge
- [St Leonards Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1618-st-leonards-park), Sports ground · 289 m to its edge
- [Greenwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1909-greenwood-park), Regional · 329 m to its edge
- [Finnsarby Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1384-finnsarby-reserve), 331 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.
- Wakefield Ave near Paisley St, 199 m · route 3

## The reports nearby
259 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9094544), 46 Whitfield Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8970820), Sumner, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8957322), 7 Ocean View Terrace, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8931629), 33A Van Asch St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8795399), 99 Heberden Avenue, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8666639), 4 Ocean View Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8609389), 2 Ocean View Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8457380), 4 Ocean View Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8411126), 3 Paisley Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8386559), Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8360780), 29A Truro Street, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand
- [Bus Shelter Issue](https://www.chch.live/report/8341336), Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand

## Under the ground
The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the ground Footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.
- [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Sumner, the managed reach
- [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The rockfall survey counts 671 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 410 came down · 146 wobble easy

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.580312&lon=172.75832

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand?**

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Sumner.

**How many students does Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand have?**

102 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand's Equity Index?**

EQI 516.

**What is near Ko Taku Reo - Deaf Education New Zealand?**

Wakefield Reserve No. 1, Wakefield Reserve No. 2, St Leonards Park and 2 more, green space within 400 m of the school’s point.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=903 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026
