Hora Hora School (Te Mai)
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 314
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 22 Te Mai Road, Woodhill, Whangarei
- Territorial authority
- Whangarei District
- Phone
- 09-4383080
- office@horahora.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Whangārei · schools in Northland
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.
- How to enrol
- https://bit.ly/HHS-Enrol
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- https://bit.ly/HHS-Enrol
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 80
- Māori
- 257
- Pacific
- 43
- Asian
- 23
- MELAA
- 1
- Other
- 0
- 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 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 59 |
| Year 02 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 55 |
| Year 03 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 41 |
| Year 04 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 45 |
| Year 05 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 56 |
| Year 06 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 55 |
| Year 07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 250 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 313 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 50 |
| Age 06 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 50 |
| Age 07 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 49 |
| Age 08 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 43 |
| Age 09 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 57 |
| Age 10 | 46 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 59 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 250 | 39 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 313 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
108.7%
| Hora Hora School (Te Mai) | 108.7% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 52% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 108.6% |
|---|---|
| Male | 108.7% |
| Māori | 134.8% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 50.7% |
| Total | 108.7% |
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%
| Hora Hora School (Te Mai) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 6.5% |
| 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%
| Hora Hora School (Te Mai) | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 2.7% |
| 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)
- 534
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Urban / rural
- Large urban area
- Date opened
- 13 August 1893
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
- 4
- Last reviewed
- 1 June 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (1 June 2023)
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 board assurance report of 1 June 2023 carries no actions-for-compliance section — the section ERO uses when it names non-compliance it identified. That is what this report contains; it is not ERO saying it found none. Other reports ERO holds for this school may say something different.
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 314 — 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 2016
414
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 28 September 2016
October 2012
309
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 21 January 2013
We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 1 June 2023 — “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 25 months of the Education Review Office and Hora Hora School ( Te Mai ) 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
Hora Hora School is a contributing school catering for students in Years 1 to 6 in Whangārei , Northland. A special feature of the school is Te Ahurutanga , three Year 1 to 6 classes that work as a whānau and have te reo Māori, tikanga , and a Māori world view at the heart of learning. This immersion setting provides bilingual education for whānau who want this opportunity for their tamariki .
Hora Hora School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
we look after each other
wellbeing, hauora and belonging
delivering a curriculum that provides tamariki with every opportunity to make choices about their life’s pathways.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Hora Hora School ( Te Mai )’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate firstly, how effectively the school is partnering with whānau and responding to their aspirations for their tamariki within Te Ahurutanga and secondly, how effectively is the school capturing, recording and sharing tamariki learning in a learning through play environment.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
to honour and respond to whānau aspirations for their tamariki
strengthen learning partnerships with whānau to ensure they can actively support their tamariki in their learning journey
use professional learning and development and collaborative teaching approaches to build teacher capability in a learning through play pedagogy
ensure the capturing of learning through play assessments are valid, manageable and sustainable.
The school expects to see:
learning through play assessment processes document the progress, growth, and development of tamariki at the foundation level of the New Zealand Curriculum
equitable outcomes for all tamariki
tamariki supported to confidently speak te reo Māori and extend their reo
evidence of strengthened whānau learning partnerships and whānau actively contributing to their tamariki’s learning journey
learning outcomes shared with tamariki, whānau and with teachers as they progress through the school.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goals to respond to whānau aspirations for tamariki and to effectively capture, record and share play-based learning outcomes:
wellbeing , hauroa and the school’s underlying value “we look after each other” are well enacted for everyone in the Hora Hora community
a strong sense of belonging and connection where tamariki are proud to be Māori and experience learning programmes that promote success for Māori as Māori
leaders’ and teachers’ skills and strengths are acknowledged and used to provide leadership opportunities.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
continuing to develop learner focussed relationships with whānau
enacting a local curriculum that interests and excites tamariki to support equity and excellence
embedding and sustaining collaborative teaching practice across the school
further embedding our collective philosophy and shared responsibility for all tamariki .
Shelley Booysen Director of Schools
1 June 2023
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 4 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).