Hukerenui School Years 1-8
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 166
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 9 Crows Nest Road, Whangarei
- Territorial authority
- Whangarei District
- Phone
- 09-4339895
- office@hukerenui.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Whangārei · schools in Northland
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 ends
- 2.40pm
2.40pm End of day, walk to buses
- 2.40pm
- Uniform
- Required
It is compulsory for all students and can be bought online or in-store at The Warehouse.
- Required
- Getting there
- 3 Ministry-funded bus routes servicing the Riponui, Towai and Tapuhi areas, plus a Puhipuhi bus funded by the school Board
Students who attend Hukerenui School and reside within our Transport Eligibility Zone (TEZ) will be eligible to travel on a Ministry funded school bus service. See map below for eligibility. We have 3 bus routes which service Riponui, Towai & Tapuhi areas. Students are eligible to travel on their own buses only, any requests to use other buses for personal reasons will be turned down. Students who reside outside of our TEZ and choose to attend Hukerenui School must provide their own transport. However, there is a Puhipuhi bus available which is currently funded by the Hukerenui School Board of Trustees. This is reviewed each year.
- 3 Ministry-funded bus routes servicing the Riponui, Towai and Tapuhi areas, plus a Puhipuhi bus funded by the school Board
What does the school say about itself?
Quoted, not summarised. Every school describes itself well, so this is here to be read as the school’s own case rather than as a finding — and a school that states nothing simply has no row.
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.
- In their words
- VISION
- Hukerenui School develop students who are confident, connected, actively engaged, lifelong learners.
- Promoting Excellence in Learning within our Rural Community
- “Kia tautokohia te ako rangatira ki te hapori O Hukerenui”
- The Key is me - "Ko au te ki"
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
- swimming
Sport northland who provides us with swimming, hockey, netball, rugby, cricket, etc. each year
- hockey
Sport northland who provides us with swimming, hockey, netball, rugby, cricket, etc. each year
- rugby
Sport northland who provides us with swimming, hockey, netball, rugby, cricket, etc. each year
- cricket
Sport northland who provides us with swimming, hockey, netball, rugby, cricket, etc. each year
- Hukerenui School Netball teams
as well as our own Hukerenui School Netball teams, coached here at school
- annual swimming sports event
In February we have our annual swimming sports event and zones swimming sports events when we invite surrounding school to compete against our top swimmers.
- Maromaku Winter Sports Day
In June each year we participate at the Maromaku Winter Sports Day where a selection of our children can play Rugby or Netball against surrounding Northland schools.
- Athletics Day
- Cross Country
- swimming
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 148
- Māori
- 59
- Pacific
- 10
- Asian
- 4
- MELAA
- 1
- 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 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 22 |
| Year 02 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 03 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 19 |
| Year 04 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| Year 05 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 22 |
| Year 06 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
| Year 07 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 27 |
| Year 08 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Total | 57 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 0 | 168 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 20 |
| Age 06 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| Age 07 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 08 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 09 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| Age 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| Age 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 21 |
| Age 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| Age 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 57 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 0 | 168 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
28.9%
| Hukerenui School Years 1-8 | 28.9% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 52% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 51.7% |
| Māori | 64% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| European/Pākehā | 36.5% |
| Total | 28.9% |
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%
| Hukerenui School Years 1-8 | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 6.5% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Hukerenui School Years 1-8 | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 2.7% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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)
- 476
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 25 January 1887
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
- 3 May 2024
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (3 May 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 board assurance report of 3 May 2024 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 166 — 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.
August 2017
136
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 3 November 2017
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 3 May 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 13 months of the Education Review Office and Hukerenui School Years 1 – 8 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
Hukerenui School Years 1 – 8 is a rural school located north of Whangārei. The school provides technology education for several local schools. The school motto ‘the key is me’ supports the school’s key values of resilience, problem solving, respect and caring.
Hukerenui School Years 1 to 8’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:
raising achievement in literacy and mathematics
providing barrier free education for all students
providing quality teaching and learning
maintaining a focus on Wellness, Hauora and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Hukerenui School Years 1 – 8 website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how well the school’s authentic local curriculum enhances the delivery of strong literacy and mathematics programmes and provides all learners with equitable opportunities to shine and achieve success over their eight years at the school.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
to provide equitable and excellent learning opportunities for all learners
ensuring students experience success and are able to see that learning has a purpose
the ongoing development of confident, capable lifelong learners.
The school expects to see:
accelerated progress for students working towards curriculum expectations
equitable and excellent outcomes for all learners
learners experiencing success in diverse ways across a range of settings over their time at Hukerenui School
high rates of student attendance and engagement in learning
learning-focussed partnerships where whānau and community expertise enriches learning.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support it in its goal to ensure the authentic local curriculum enhances the delivery of strong literacy and mathematics programmes and provides all students with equitable opportunities to shine and achieve success.
recognised as a school with a well embedded relevant local authentic rural curriculum
indoor and outdoor learning environments that support the delivery of both the local and New Zealand curriculum
leadership that focuses on excellence and equity and ongoing commitment to achieve the school’s strategic direction
effective assessment systems are used to identify, monitor, and report student progress and achievement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
sustaining the collective capacity, capability and practice of staff to deliver the curriculum through ongoing and relevant professional learning and development programmes.
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. 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
3 May 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).