Last updated November 2026
Matua School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 145 Levers Road, Matua, Tauranga. It opened in 1966 and had 544 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Matua; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site lists free lunchtime clubs including kapa haka, choir, marimba and recorder, with guitar, ukulele, keyboard, vocal and drum lessons from visiting tutors, and term sports such as kiwi tag, rippa rugby, tee ball, flippa ball and volleyball. It takes a small number of international students, who must live in New Zealand with a parent.
At a glance
- Principal
- Marcus Norrish
- Address
- 145 Levers Road, Matua, Tauranga
- Phone
- 07 576 9027
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Matua.
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 544 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
15 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau Profile Report from April 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how better student and staff hauora, student agency and culturally responsive teaching lift achievement and progress in maths.
ERO pointed to strong professional relationships and effective teaching centred on each student’s learning and wellbeing, staff commitment to professional learning in maths and in te reo and tikanga Māori, and leadership focused on equity and continuous improvement.
Next, the school planned to carry out its strategic actions and refine its local curriculum in partnership with whānau and iwi, build schoolwide systems that support the hauora of staff and students, and use professional learning to create a consistent approach to maths across the school that helps students take ownership of their learning.
Read the ERO reports for Matua School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and the school checks proof of an in-zone address. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places; the board sets the number of places each year and advertises how to apply in a local newspaper.
Families start with the online Intention to Enrol form on the enrolment page, and the school sends a full enrolment form and arranges transition to school closer to the start date.
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 Matua
Matua School is in Matua. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Matua guide →Questions parents ask
Is Matua School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Matua.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
544 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
401. 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).