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Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi

11-27 Victoria Street, Alicetown · Wellington

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Total roll 400
EQI 517
Founded 1996
47

Composite score

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Below median

Rank #2,018 of scored NZ schools

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State school Co-educational Composite (Years 1-13) Kura kaupapa Māori (name-based indicator) EQI 517

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Students all year levels (Year 1-13) in Alicetown looking for a state-funded setting.

Is Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi a good school?

Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi scores 47/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Below median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • Learners enjoy a positive and nurturing environment with values of whanaungatanga, awhi, kaitiakitanga and aroha underpinning activities
  • Tuakana teina relationships are evident and well-established
  • Strategies and initiatives for additional learner support have resulted in accelerated achievement

Summary derived from ERO reports + audited financials + MoE records. Every claim links to its source — see data transparency at the bottom of this page.

Score breakdown

6 axes, each scored 0–100 on a national absolute scale. As at 2025.

How this is computed
Academic
35%
no NCEA data
no NCEA data · why?
Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts.
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Outcomes
25%
Uni 1% · Te Pūkenga 0% · Industry 0% · bottom 10% of band (n=123) · why?
Share of leavers going to a New Zealand university + Te Pūkenga + Industry Training (capped at 100%). Counts are normalised when EC publishes raw cohort sizes instead of percentages. Source: Education Counts post-school destinations. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: bottom 10% of band (n=123).
1
Retention
15%
46% to Y13 · bottom quartile of band (n=166) · why?
Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table. Year: 2023. Peer comparison: bottom quartile of band (n=166).
46
Wellbeing
12%
standdowns 0.0/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · top 10% of band (n=539) · why?
Composite of stand-downs, suspensions, and exclusions per 1,000 students (lower is better). Formula: standdowns/1k + 2× suspensions/1k + 5× exclusions/1k. Small primary schools with no rows score top of band ("no incidents reported"). Source: Education Counts student engagement. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=539).
100
Trajectory
8%
+34.3% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top quartile of band (n=524) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=524).
93
ERO review
5%
74/100 from ERO review 2021-08 · near band median (n=544) · why?
Composite score from the most recent Education Review Office report (Haiku-extracted 0–100 from the published review text). For primary schools this is the heaviest axis (40%) because NCEA-style outcomes data isn't applicable. Source: ERO via Wayback archive. Year: 2021. Peer comparison: near band median (n=544).
74

⚠ Insufficient EQI-band peers (n<10) to compute per-axis percentile context. The score above is absolute; treat it as a single-school read rather than a peer comparison.

Real ERO composite (from the latest review): 74/100.

Latest ERO review

2021-08-09 · Darcy Te Hau, ERO

ERO report
  • Learners are confident in their identity and comfortable in their environment
  • Most learners in years 1-8 are at or above expected levels in core curriculum areas
  • The kura has a distributive model of leadership with high expectations for staff performance and student achievement
  • Strategic goals are monitored and reported on regularly with a culture of reflective practice
  • 100% pass rate in NCEA Levels 1-3 for current senior students
"Learners enjoy a positive and nurturing environment. The kura values of whanaungatanga, awhi, kaitiakitanga and aroha underpin all activities."
— ERO, 2021-08-09 (wellbeing)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2018–2021. Click a point to read that review.

latest 74
0 25 50 75 100 20182021 2018-06-27 · 75/100 2021-08-09 · 74/100

NCEA achievement

School leavers with NCEA at each level. National average is ~85% (Level 1).

Education Counts

Data: Ministry of Education / Education Counts, CC-BY-4.0

Stay-on rate

Percentage of students who stay at school until at least their 17th birthday — the standard NZ proxy for Year-9-to-Year-13 retention.

Education Counts

45.5%

2023 cohort · 11 students

-21.2pt vs 2022

Discipline (age-standardised, per 1,000 students)

Stand-down = sent home temporarily. Suspension = formal investigation. Exclusion = removed from school. National averages shown for comparison.

Education Counts

Stand-downs · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~1.5

Government funding

Crown funding only (school operations + teacher salaries + property). Excludes locally-raised funds, international fees and trading income — those are in the audited financial report above.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$6.42M

Per-student funding · 2022

$16,059

2018

$2.9M

2019

$3.4M

2020

$3.7M

2021

$3.9M

2022

$6.4M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    49
  • Year 02
    42
  • Year 03
    46
  • Year 04
    54
  • Year 05
    38
  • Year 06
    37
  • Year 07
    28
  • Year 08
    24
  • Year 09
    22
  • Year 10
    13
  • Year 11
    12
  • Year 12
    10
  • Year 13+
    5

Roll by ethnicity

Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.

Education Counts
  • Māori
    99.5%
  • Pacific
    4.5%
  • European/Pākehā
    2.3%
  • Other / MELAA
    0.8%
  • Asian
    0.5%

Location

11-27 Victoria Street, Alicetown. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi a good school?

Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi scores 47/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Below median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2021-08 review identified 6 key findings. Learners are confident in their identity and comfortable in their environment

How do I enrol my child at Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi?

Contact the school directly on 04-5899012, email tari@tawkkm.school.nz, or visit www.tawkkm.school.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi has 400 students, with an EQI of 517 (higher socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Te Ara Whanui Kura Kaupapa Māori o ngā Kōhanga Reo o Te Awa Kairangi in 2021-08, signed by Darcy Te Hau. 2 ERO reports are on file in our archive.

Data transparency

Every fact on this page links to its source. We never publish a claim without provenance — read our methodology for the full rules.

Last updated

9 Aug 2021

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