Primary Schools

Arataki School: Zone, Roll & School Facts

A state, co-ed primary school for Years 1 to 6 on Kaimanawa Street, Mount Maunganui, with its own home zone.

Last updated October 2026

Arataki School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at Kaimanawa Street, Mount Maunganui. It opened in 1963 and had 590 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.

Its home zone includes all of Matapihi, and parts of Kairua, Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa Beach; the zone map below shows the full boundary.

Alongside its mainstream classes, the school offers Rumaki (full te reo Māori immersion) and Reo Rua (bilingual) programmes taught through a te ao Māori lens, and a Montessori programme for children from age six, with entry steps run with the Tauranga Montessori Education Trust. New entrants start school in groups on set dates each term rather than on their fifth birthday.

At a glance

TypePrimaryYears 1 to 6

Roll5901 Sep 2026

AuthorityStateNot integrated

StudentsCo-edBoys and girls

Home zoneYesSince 2022

Equity Index465Scale 344 to 569

Opened1963Boarding: no

TeachingEnglishSome classes in te reo Māori

DonationsIn the donation scheme: the school does not ask families for donations, except for school camps.

Principal: Victoria (Vicki) Hiini
Address: Kaimanawa Street, Mount Maunganui
Phone: 07 575 3497

Visit the school website

Home zone

Suburbs in the zone: all of Matapihi.

Parts of Kairua, Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa Beach: 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 590 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

European69%

Māori41%

Asian7%

Pacific5%

MELAA4%

Roll at 1 July, 2021 to 2025500 in 2021 → 512 in 2025

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.

Stand-downs73.2 per 1,00016 cases · NZ 36.1 per 1,000

Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.

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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from April 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well new approaches to teaching writing lift student achievement, chosen because the school’s own data showed low achievement in writing.

ERO pointed to stronger professional skills and teamwork among staff that are improving outcomes, and leaders who keep refining how teachers build their knowledge.

Next, the school plans to widen the range of strategies teachers use to lift writing achievement, and to run education workshops that bring whānau and the community into stronger learning partnerships.

Read the ERO reports for Arataki School

Enrolling

Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, online or on paper, with proof of address and identity documents.

Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places; the board advertises the number of places available each term in the local newspaper, with a date by which to apply. The Rumaki, Reo Rua and Montessori programmes have their own applications and entry criteria.

Schools nearby

St Thomas More Catholic SchoolPrimary · Years 1 to 6 · roll 105 · 0.5 km

Mount Maunganui Intermediate SchoolIntermediate · Years 7 to 8 · roll 666 · zoned · 2.1 km

Mount Maunganui CollegeSecondary · Years 9 to 13 · roll 1,705 · zoned · 2.5 km

Omanu SchoolPrimary · Years 1 to 6 · roll 560 · zoned · 2.9 km

All Tauranga schools on the map

Where students go next

Local intermediateMount Maunganui Intermediate SchoolIntermediate · Years 7 to 8 · roll 666 · zoned · 2.1 kmIts home zone covers this school’s address

Local collegeMount Maunganui CollegeSecondary · Years 9 to 13 · roll 1,705 · zoned · 2.5 kmIts home zone covers this school’s address

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 Mount Maunganui

Arataki School is in Mount Maunganui. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.

Omanu SchoolPrimary Schools Mount Maunganui CollegeSecondary Schools Mt Maunganui Skate ParksSkate Parks Mount Maunganui Intermediate SchoolIntermediate Schools

Read our Mount Maunganui guide →

Questions parents ask

Is Arataki School zoned?

It has a home zone covering all of Matapihi and parts of Kairua, Mount Maunganui and Pāpāmoa Beach.

What years does it teach?

Years 1 to 6.

How many students go there?

590 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?

465. 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).