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Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga

30 Desmond Road, Te Hapara · Hawke's Bay & Gisborne

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Total roll 170
EQI 519
Founded 2016
83

Composite score

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Top 10% in NZ

Rank #239 of scored NZ schools

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State school Co-educational Composite (Years 1-13) Kura kaupapa Māori (name-based indicator) EQI 519

In summary

Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga received a regular ERO review in January 2025 with a composite score of 85. The school is noted for developing students' confidence, self-discipline and leadership qualities, with kaiako providing strong te reo Māori language role models. Key strengths include positive behaviour nurtured through daily wānanga practices, the tuākana-taina peer support model, and strong integration of marae protocols with support from kaumātua and kuia.

Best suited for

Students all year levels (Year 1-13) in Te Hapara looking for a state-funded setting with a strong recent ERO trajectory.

Is Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga a good school?

Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga scores 83/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 10% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • High levels of positive behaviour nurtured through Te Maru-a-Rongo wānanga at the beginning of each day
  • Tuākana model appropriate behaviours and provide assistance/supervision of taina across contexts
  • Strong connection to marae protocols and cultural practices; integral support from kaumātua and kuia

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%
no positive destinations reported
no positive destinations reported · 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.
—
Retention
15%
88% to Y13 · top quartile of band (n=166) · why?
Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table. Year: 2022. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=166).
88
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%
-0.6% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · near band median (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: near band median (n=524).
49
ERO review
5%
85/100 from ERO review 2025-01 · top 10% of band (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: 2025. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=544).
85

⚠ 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): 85/100.

Latest ERO review

2025-01-23 · Tiwana Hibbs, ERO

ERO report
  • Students are highly confident and display positive self-esteem and self-discipline while developing qualities of strong and effective leadership.
  • Kaiako are highly competent te reo Māori speakers and ideal language role models; students develop as highly capable communicators of te reo Māori.
  • Te tuākiri o te tamaiti is a core value of Te Aho Matua with strong whanaungatanga, knowledge of ngā tikanga and kawa resulting in children being humble and strong in their Māori identity.
  • Students are very well supported to achieve academic and cultural excellence; Years 9 and 10 students gain NCEA credits towards Te Reo Māori to level 3.
  • Leadership workload concerns: leaders are undertaking governance roles which impact on their wellbeing; board committed to identifying solutions as a matter of urgency.
"Leaders are highly effective in transferring tikanga and te reo Māori. Leaders exemplify humility, manaaki and aroha for students, kaimahi and whānau."
— ERO, 2025-01-23 (leadership)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2018–2025. Click a point to read that review.

latest 85
0 25 50 75 100 20182025 2018-10-10 · 85/100 2025-01-23 · 85/100

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

87.5%

2022 cohort · 8 students

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

$2.92M

Per-student funding · 2022

$17,165

2018

$2.7M

2019

$3.4M

2020

$3.4M

2021

$3.6M

2022

$2.9M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    18
  • Year 02
    21
  • Year 03
    17
  • Year 04
    12
  • Year 05
    9
  • Year 06
    14
  • Year 07
    12
  • Year 08
    15
  • Year 09
    16
  • Year 10
    8
  • Year 11
    11
  • Year 12
    7
  • Year 13+
    5

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • Māori
    100.0%
  • European/Pākehā
    5.3%
  • Pacific
    1.2%

Location

30 Desmond Road, Te Hapara. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga a good school?

Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga scores 83/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 10% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2025-01 review identified 6 key findings. Students are highly confident and display positive self-esteem and self-discipline while developing qualities of strong and effective leadership.

How do I enrol my child at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga?

Contact the school directly on 06-8672029, email accounts@horoutawananga.school.nz, or visit horoutawananga.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 Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga has 170 students, with an EQI of 519 (higher socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wananga in 2025-01, signed by Tiwana Hibbs. 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

23 Jan 2025

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