Hokitika Primary School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 165
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 230 Park Street, Hokitika
- Territorial authority
- Westland District
- Phone
- 03-7557400
- principal@hokitika.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in West Coast
Can my child go here?
This school has an enrolment scheme, so a place is not open to every address. How enrolment zones work
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Zone boundaries shown here are approximate. Ministry of Education data warns these boundaries do not have high spatial precision and can place neighbouring addresses on different sides of a line. This is not a confirmation of enrolment eligibility — always confirm directly with the school. Zone geometry also does not reflect enrolment priority rules (siblings, special character categories, ballots) — it shows the mapped boundary only.
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Source: Ministry of Education, CC BY 3.0 NZ
What would the day look like?
The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- School day starts
- 9:00 am
9:00 am School begins
- 9:00 am
- School day ends
- 2.45 pm
2.45 pm School ends
- 2.45 pm
- Uniform
- Required
Red polo shirt - short-sleeved or long-sleeved (most students wear short-sleeved) - with school logo or without. Red fleece jersey - with school logo or without. Usually with a short zip. No hoodies please. Navy blue shorts, skorts, culottes or track pants.
- Required
What is on offer beyond the classroom?
The sports, arts, clubs and groups this school names on its own website. Not a complete list of what any school offers, and not a count — a school that names more here has written more down, which is not the same as doing more.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- On offer
- te Kura o Hokitika Kapa Haka rōpu
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 110
- Māori
- 60
- Pacific
- 2
- Asian
- 5
- MELAA
- 4
- Other
- 1
- International
- 0
Roll by year level and age
Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 01 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Year 02 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 28 |
| Year 03 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 35 |
| Year 04 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 31 |
| Year 05 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 39 |
| Year 06 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 37 |
| Year 07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| Year 08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 80 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 141 | 0 | 199 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| Age 06 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 26 |
| Age 07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 37 |
| Age 08 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 30 |
| Age 09 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 43 |
| Age 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 35 |
| Age 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 80 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 141 | 0 | 199 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
86.3%
| Hokitika Primary School | 86.3% |
|---|---|
| West Coast Region | 76.2% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 159% |
| Māori | 59.8% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 122% |
| Total | 86.3% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Hokitika Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| West Coast Region | 4.5% |
| Contributing | 3.5% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)
Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Hokitika Primary School | 0% |
|---|---|
| West Coast Region | 2% |
| Contributing | 1.5% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 479
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Urban / rural
- Small urban area
- Date opened
- 31 December 1962
The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works
What did ERO find?
The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools
- Reports ERO holds
- 3
- Last reviewed
- 13 August 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (13 August 2024)
A board assurance statement is the board’s own account of whether it took all reasonable steps to meet its legal obligations, on the date shown. It is not ERO’s finding. ERO reports separately, in the same report, on any non-compliance it identified during that process.
The same report — the board assurance report of 13 August 2024 — also sets out actions for compliance: the non-compliance ERO identified during that process. This is that section of the report in full, in ERO’s words.
Following an incident on an excursion in 2023 the school commissioned an independent investigation into its Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) policies and their implementation in practice. A WorkSafe investigation into the incident is ongoing.
The school board has provided information that it is working to meet best practice in EOTC as recommended by Education Outdoors NZ and assurance to ERO that it is taking steps to address the report’s recommendations.
The roll ERO recorded, and when
ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 165 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.
June 2019
143
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 13 August 2019
This is one count taken for one report. It says what the roll was on that day, and nothing about how the roll has moved.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 13 August 2024 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.
Background
This Profile Report was written within 24 months of the Education Review Office and Hokitika Primary School working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz
Context
Hokitika Primary School provides education for students in Years 1 to 6. The school has both Māori medium and English medium classes. The school’s vision is for all students is: Whāia te iti kahurangi , Seek the finest treasure. The school had a Limited Statutory Manager from term 3 2023 until January 2024, and an acting principal from term 4, 2023. A new principal started in term 2 2024.
Hokitika Primary School ’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for students are:
Communication, community and whanau : connecting with whānau to empower and encourage partnership with education.
Akoranga | learning: high expectations of learning and achievement supporting students to meet their greatest potential.
Culture and opportunity: an established vision for education and embedded values that are inclusive and representative of all.
Hauora | health and wellbeing: hauora of students and staff is supported across the school.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Hokitika Primary School ’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s assessment schedule and use of assessment to inform teaching and learning programmes.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is that the school:
has identified the need for consistency of teaching practice and the use of assessment to inform teaching and learning programmes
wants to be assured that all students are making expected progress
needs to strengthen its reporting and communication processes to the board and whānau .
The school expects to see:
teaching informed by consistent assessment practices (gathering, analysing and effective use of assessment data)
improved student progress, achievement and equity for all
timely and specific reporting and communication to the board and whānau .
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s assessment schedule and use of assessment to inform teaching and learning programmes.
The board, leadership and staff are committed to improved progress and achievement outcomes for students.
A focus on building leadership capability and sustainability.
A natural honouring of Te Tiriti o Waitangi through spoken Te Reo and embedded tikanga through the school.
There is strong community support for the school.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
embedding consistency of schoolwide real time assessment practices
updating reporting frameworks to the board and whānau
evaluating the impact of improved assessment informed teacher and learning on student progress and achievement.
Recommendation
ERO recommends that the Ministry of Education provides support for planning and assessment.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all students. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Shelley Booysen Director of Schools
13 August 2024
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 3 reports ERO holds for this school
ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.
Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.
Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).