Last updated October 2026
Tauranga Intermediate is a state, co-educational intermediate school for Years 7 and 8 at 30 18th Avenue, The Avenues, Tauranga. It opened in 1958 and had 1,224 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 9 suburbs in full and parts of 6 more, among them Tauranga City Centre, Tauranga South, Poike, Hairini, Parkvale and Maungatapu; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school runs Te Whānau ō Te Maro, a Māori bilingual unit in Matai House where students are placed by their level of te reo me ōna tikanga, and Totara House, a special character house for academically able students, alongside technology and specialist rotations, extra te reo Māori and Mandarin lessons and a sports academy.
Students go to camp at the school’s own outdoor education lodge near the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park in both years, and international students live in homestays and get English language support.
At a glance
- Principal
- Cameron Mitchell
- Address
- 30 18th Avenue, The Avenues, Tauranga
- Phone
- 07 578 4401
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Greerton, Welcome Bay, Tauranga South, Parkvale, Poike, Hairini, Maungatapu, Gate Pa and Tauranga City Centre.
Parts of Waitao near Tauranga, Ohauiti, Pyes Pa, Judea, Tauriko and Oropi near Tauranga: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,224 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
20 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Report from June 2026. ERO rated the school as excelling for student progress, engagement and belonging, leadership, teaching, curriculum, assessment and support for students with additional needs, noting that a large majority of students arrive below expected levels and almost all make expected or better progress.
Most ākonga in Te Whānau ō Te Maro meet or exceed expectations in pānui, tuhituhi and pāngarau through a strong kaupapa Māori curriculum.
Across year levels, a small majority of students meet or exceed expectations in reading and maths, and ERO says a large majority do so by the end of Year 8, while less than half meet expectations in writing, the one area ERO rated as requiring improvement. A small majority of students attend regularly, below the Government target, though attendance is improving.
ERO’s next steps are to lift regular attendance against clear targets, sustain faster progress so results become more equitable across groups, improve progress and achievement in writing, and build an assessment profile to track progress in pānui and tuhituhi for ākonga in Te Whānau ō Te Maro.
Read the ERO reports for Tauranga Intermediate
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol and can apply online, with proof of address and identity. Out-of-zone places are offered under the enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. The school publishes how and when to register for its out-of-zone ballot on its enrolment page each year.
Schools nearby
Where students go next
Based on home zones around the school’s own address. Families can apply to any school, and your own address decides which zones you are in.
In Tauranga South
Tauranga Intermediate is in Tauranga South. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Tauranga South guide →Questions parents ask
Is Tauranga Intermediate zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Greerton, Welcome Bay, Tauranga South, Parkvale, Poike, Hairini, Maungatapu, Gate Pa and Tauranga City Centre and parts of Waitao near Tauranga, Ohauiti, Pyes Pa, Judea, Tauriko and Oropi near Tauranga.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 8.
How many students go there?
1,224 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
475. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).