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Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa

11555 State Highway 35, Cape Runaway · Bay of Plenty

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Total roll 94
EQI 519
Founded 1858
59

Composite score

Developing

C+

Below median

Rank #1,653 of scored NZ schools

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Active MoE intervention — limited statutory manager

A limited statutory manager has been appointed to Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa as of 2023-11-01. NZ Gazette notice

Top 25% in University Entrance Top 25% in Fewer stand-downs
State school Co-educational Composite (Years 1-13) Kura kaupapa Māori (name-based indicator) EQI 519

Best suited for

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

Is Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa a good school?

Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa is currently under MoE intervention — a limited statutory manager has been appointed. The school's day-to-day teaching continues; the intervention addresses governance or operational concerns identified by the Ministry. Read the NZ Gazette notice for details.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • Some examples of good teaching practice where kaiako used purposeful teaching strategies and uri were engaged
  • Uri in Years 9 and 10 have opportunity to sit NCEA in te reo Māori and Māori performing arts
  • Kura is located on marae, Kauaetangohia, adjacent to the community

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%
L1 89% · L2 89% · UE 78% · top 10% of band (n=142) · why?
Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=142).
87
Outcomes
25%
Uni 0% · Te Pūkenga 0% · Industry 1% · 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%
89% 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: 2024. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=166).
89
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%
-25.2% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · bottom 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: bottom quartile of band (n=524).
18
ERO review
5%
27/100 from ERO review 2023-12 · bottom 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: 2023. Peer comparison: bottom 10% of band (n=544).
27

⚠ 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): 27/100.

Latest ERO review

2023-12-18 · Darcy Te Hau, ERO

ERO report
  • Governance is inadequate. Critical health and safety policies are not signed or dated and do not reflect current legislation.
  • Leadership and management are ineffective due to significant staffing changes and lack of systems and processes.
  • The quality of teaching and learning is variable with inconsistent good practice across the kura.
  • Significant relational issues including internal and external concerns from staff, parents and community are ongoing and unresolved.
  • Uri health and safety is seriously at risk due to ununderstood or unfollowed day-to-day safety procedures.
"Governance is inadequate. The poumarumaru have failed to regularly evaluate areas of operation including processes that monitor the health, safety and wellbeing needs of uri."
— ERO, 2023-12-18 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

3 ERO reviews on file, 2013–2023. Click a point to read that review.

latest 27
0 25 50 75 100 201320182023 2013-01-01 · 81/100 2018-01-12 · 78/100 2023-12-18 · 27/100

NCEA achievement

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

Education Counts

NCEA Level 1 · 2024

88.9%

8 of 9 leavers

NCEA Level 2 · 2024

88.9%

8 of 9 leavers

University Entrance · 2024

77.8%

7 of 9 leavers

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

88.9%

2024 cohort · 9 students

+8.9pt 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

$3.43M

Per-student funding · 2022

$36,460

2018

$1.5M

2019

$1.6M

2020

$2.2M

2021

$2.2M

2022

$3.4M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    3
  • Year 02
    7
  • Year 03
    11
  • Year 04
    7
  • Year 05
    9
  • Year 06
    5
  • Year 07
    7
  • Year 08
    7
  • Year 09
    3
  • Year 10
    7
  • Year 11
    7
  • Year 12
    7
  • Year 13+
    6

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts
  • Māori
    97.9%
  • Pacific
    7.4%
  • European/Pākehā
    5.3%
  • Other / MELAA
    1.1%

Location

11555 State Highway 35, Cape Runaway. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa a good school?

Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa is currently under MoE intervention — a limited statutory manager has been appointed. The school's day-to-day teaching continues; the intervention addresses governance or operational concerns identified by the Ministry. Read the NZ Gazette notice for details.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2023-12 review identified 6 key findings. Governance is inadequate. Critical health and safety policies are not signed or dated and do not reflect current legislation.

How do I enrol my child at Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa?

Contact the school directly on 07-3253686, email tihirau2@xtra.co.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 Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa has 94 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 Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa in 2023-12, signed by Darcy Te Hau. 3 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

18 Dec 2023

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  • ero.govt.nz
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  • schoolsdata.co.nz
  • crimestats.co.nz