Motatau School
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 62
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 18 Henare Road, Motatau
- Territorial authority
- Far North District
- Phone
- 09-4040590
- admin@motatau.school.nz
- Website
- not reported
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Northland
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 6
- Māori
- 60
- Pacific
- 4
- Asian
- 0
- MELAA
- 2
- 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 02 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Year 03 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Year 04 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 05 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 06 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 07 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 08 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 06 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 07 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Age 08 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Age 09 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Age 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Motatau School | 0% |
|---|---|
| Northland Region | 52% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Other | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| European/Pākehā | 0% |
| Total | 0% |
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%
| Motatau School | 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 | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| Motatau School | 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 | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Asian | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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)
- 539
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in te reo Māori
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 24 May 1915
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
- 2
- Last reviewed
- 21 June 2024
- Latest report
- Mana Tamariki Report
- Report type
- Review report
- Board assurance
- not reported
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 62 — 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.
May 2024
63
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 21 June 2024
August 2023
61
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 23 January 2024
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 21 June 2024 — “Mana Tamariki Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.
ERO wrote this report in te reo Māori and in English. Both are here as ERO published them, in ERO’s order, untranslated.
1 He Kupu Arataki
Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaimahi me ngā hapori ki te whakawhanake i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i te kawenga takohanga me te whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā whānau, mā ngā hapū, me ngā iwi.
2 Te Horopaki
Ko Motatau te maunga Ko Tāikirau te awa Ko Ngātokimatawhaorua te waka Ko Ngāpuhi te iwi Ko Ngāti Hine te hapū Ko Motatau te marae
E tū ana Te Kura o Motatau ki Motatau, he āhua 25 kiromita māuru-mā-tonga te tawhiti atu i Kawakawa. E whakarato ana te kura i te mātauranga reo rua o te Taumata 2 (50 – 80%) ki ngā ākonga o ngā tau 1 ki te 8. Nō Ngāti Hine te nuinga o ngā ākonga me ngā whānau. He tokomaha ngā kaitiaki poari me ngā kaimahi kua roa nei e hono atu ana ki te kura.
I te Here-turi-kōkā o te tau 2023, i whakahaerehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga tētahi aromātai o te kounga o ngā whakaritenga Mana Whakahaere ki te hāpai i ngā ākonga, kia rongo ai rātou i te angitu, ā, kia tū māia hoki rātou hei uri o Hineāmaru. I kitea ki te aromātai a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te hāpai ngā pūnaha me ngā tukanga i te angitu o ngā uri. Kua whakatutukihia ngā whakaritenga matua i tautuhia ai i taua wā kia whāia.
3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai
I whakatau tahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me ngā kaiārahi o te kura, ko te aronga o tēnei o ngā aromātai Mana Tamariki, ko te pātai e whai ake nei, arā:
He pēhea rawa ngā ākonga e tautokona ana kia angitu ai rātou hei uri o Ngāti Hine?
E whakawhanakehia ana ngā ākonga kia tūmāia, kia mātau hoki rātou hei rangatira, hei kaitiaki hoki o Ngāti Hine.
4 Ngā Whakaaturanga – Mana Tamariki
E rumakina ana ngā ākonga ki te tangongitanga o ngā wheako ako hōhonu e whai pūtake ana, ā, e whakapakari ana i ō rātou pūkenga ki te tū hei kaiārahi mō te hapū me te iwi ā meāke nei. Ka ako ki te kura, ki tua atu hoki, ā, ka tūhono, ka tino mōhio hoki ngā ākonga ki te hapori whānui, ki ngā take ā-motu, me ngā kaupapa o te ao. Kei te mauritau rātou, ā, ka whai wāhi tākare rātou ki ngā akoranga e whakariterite ana i a rātou ki te tū angitu hei kaitiaki o Ngāti Hine. Kua paiheretia ngā hononga pakari ki te whakapapa, ki te whanaungatanga, ki te aroha hoki, ā, e whai pānga matua ana ki ō rātou wheako ako. Ka whai kawenga ngā ākonga mō rātou anō, ā, e whakawhanake ana te ākonga ki te kōkiri i tāna ake ako.
E ako ana ngā ākonga ki ngā taiao e whakatairanga ana i tō rātou mōhiotanga ā-mātauranga, ā-ahurea hoki. Ko te papai o ngā whakaritenga akomanga a ngā kaiako tautōhito, kaiako matatau hoki, e hāpai ana i te ahu whakamua a ngā ākonga i roto i te reo matatini me te pāngarau. Ka tautuhia ngā matea o ngā ākonga, ā, he tika te whakatutuki i aua matea. Ka toro atu ngā kaiako ki te pakirehua me te rangahau, ā, ka taetae atu ki ngā whai wāhitanga ki te ako ngaio me te whakawhanake ngaio hei whakatairanga ake tonu i ngā putanga ki te whakaako me te ako. Kua whakatakotohia ngā rautaki e whakatere ai i te ako a ngā ākonga e tika ana kia hāpaitia. Ka mahi ngātahi ngā kaiako, ka noho rite, ka whakaaro huritao, ā, ka aromātai hoki rātou i ā rātou whakaritenga e whakawhanake ana i te hōtaka whakaako me te whakapai ake i ngā putanga ki ngā tamariki. Kei te harikoa, kei te ngākau titikaha hoki ngā tamariki hei ākonga.
Ka whakamahia te mōhiohio aromatawai me te aromātaitanga o ngā hōtuku paetae ākonga, hei whakawhanake, hei whakapai ake hoki i ngā putanga whakaako me ngā putanga ako ki ngā ākonga. Ko ngā hōtuku paetae mō te pānui me te tuhituhi, e tohu ana i te whakapaitanga haere i roto i ngā tau tata kua pahure ake nei. Ko ngā hōtuku i te mutunga o te tau 2023 i tohu i te whakatutukitanga o te nuinga o ngā tamariki i ngā tūmanako e pā ana ki te Pānui, te Tuhituhi, me te Pāngarau. Kei te pai te ahu whakamua o te nuinga o ngā ākonga.
Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake
Me tuitui ake i ngā tuhinga ārahi matua. He mārama ngā tūmanako me te huarahi e whakapuakihia ana e te kura ki te mahere rautaki. Me hāngai te marau ā-kura ki aua tūāhuatanga, ā, me whakapuaki i ngā tikanga ako whakapū me ngā ariā mātauranga mātuatua e hiahiatia ana. Ko te whakawhanake tonu i te marau ā-kura ka whakatairanga i te hāngaitanga o ngā tūāhuatanga, puta noa i ngā pūnaha, ngā tukanga, me ngā whakahaeretanga o te kura whānui.
5 Te Whakatau a te Poari ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga
I mua i te aromātai, i whakatutukihia e te poari me te tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a te Poari me tētahi Rārangi Arowhai Tātari Whaiaro. I roto i aua tuhinga i oati rātou i whāia e rātou ngā huarahi whai take hei whakatutuki i ā rātou herenga ā-ture e pā ana ki:
ngā whakahaere a te poari
te marautanga
ngā whakahaere mō te hauora, te haumaru, me te oranga tinana
ngā whakahaere o ngā kaimahi
ngā whakahaere o te pūtea
ngā whakahaere o ngā rawa.
I te wā o te aromātai, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei, i te mea he nui te pānga o ēnei ki te haumaru me te waiora o ngā ākonga:
te haumaru aronganui o ngā ākonga (tāpiri atu ki te ārai i ngā mahi whakawetiweti me ngā mahi whakaaito)
te haumaru ā-tinana o ngā ākonga
ngā rēhita me ngā tiwhikete a ngā kaiako
te tukanga whakatū kaimahi
te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga
te tae ā-tinana atu a ngā ākonga ki te kura
te whakatutukitanga i ngā herenga ā-ture o te Children's Act 2014.
6 Te Taunakitanga
E whakatau tahi ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te whānau o Te Kura o Motatau kia whakatutukihia e ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako te whakaritenga matua i whakaraupapahia ai ki tēnei pūrongo kia whāia.
Darcy Te Hau Toka ā Nuku Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services
21 Pipiri 2024
7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kura
Te tūwāhi Kei Motatau
Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 1053
Te tūmomo kura He kura tuatahi (Tau 1 ki te 8)
Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura 63
Ngā hononga ā-iwi Māori 63
Ngā āhuatanga motuhake Taumata 2 (50-80%) Reo Rua
Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotake Haratua 2024
Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 21 Pipiri 2024
Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga – Mana Whakahaere, Kohi-tātea 2024; Arotake Mātauranga, Haratua 2019; Arotake Mātauranga, Hōngongoi 2015
1 Introduction
The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with whānau , leaders, kaimahi and their communities develop evaluation insights that foster accountability and improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability. ERO’s reports provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi .
2 Context
Ko Motatau te maunga Ko Taikirau te awa Ko Ngatokimatawhauorua te waka Ko Nga Puhi te iwi Ko Ngāti Hine te hapū Ko Motatau te marae
Motatau School is in Motatau , approximately 25 kilometres southwest of Kawakawa . The kura provides Level 2 (50 – 80%) reo rua education for ākonga in Years 1-8. Most ākonga and whānau are uri of Ngāti Hine . Many of the trustees and staff have a long association with the kura .
In August 2023 ERO undertook an evaluation of the quality of Mana Whakahaere practices in supporting their ākonga to enjoy success and to stand confidently as uri of Hineamaru . The ERO evaluation found systems and processes were supporting uri success. The key next steps identified at that time have been addressed.
3 Evaluation Focus
ERO and kura leaders agreed to the following as the focus for this Mana Tamariki evaluation:
How well are students supported to succeed as uri of Ngāti Hine ?
Students are developing as confident and competent rangatira and kaitiaki of Ngāti Hine.
4 Findings - Mana Tamariki
Students are immersed in a variety of rich and meaningful learning experiences that build their capability to be future leaders for the hapū and iwi . Learning takes place in the kura and beyond, students are connected and have good awareness of wider community and national issues and worldwide events. They are settled and participate enthusiastically in learning that prepares them to be successful kaitiaki of Ngāti Hine . Strong relationships characterised by whakapapa , whanaungatanga , and aroha are an integral part of their learning experiences. Students take personal responsibility and are developing as independent learners.
Students learn in environments that enhance their academic and cultural knowledge. Efficient classroom practices by skilled and knowledgeable kaiako , support student progress in literacy and numeracy. Students’ needs are identified and responded to appropriately. Kaiako engage in inquiry and research and attend professional learning and development opportunities that further enhance teaching and learning outcomes. Strategies are in place to accelerate the learning of students who require this. Kaiako are collaborative, well prepared, reflective and they evaluate their practice to develop the teaching programme and improve outcomes for tamariki . Students are happy and confident learners.
Assessment information and evaluation of student achievement data is used to develop and improve teaching and learning outcomes for students. Achievement data in reading and writing shows a trajectory of improvement in recent years. At the end of 2023 data showed that most tamariki were achieving at kura expectations in Reading, Writing and Mathematics. Most students are progressing well.
Key Next Steps
More coherence is needed across key guiding documents. There are clear expectations and direction for the kura expressed in the strategic plan. The marau ā-kura should align to these and express the important fundamental pedagogies and educational theories desired. Further development of a marau ā-kura should promote alignment across school wide systems, processes and operations.
5 Whānau Assurance on Legal Requirement
Before the evaluation, the board of trustees and tumuaki completed the Board Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklists. In these documents they attested that they had taken all reasonable steps to meet their legislative obligations related to:
board administration
curriculum
management of health, safety and welfare
personnel management
financial management
asset management.
During the evaluation, ERO checked the following items because they have a potentially high impact on student safety and wellbeing:
emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment)
physical safety of students
teacher registration and certification
processes for appointing staff
stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions
attendance
compliance with the Vulnerable Children Act 2014.
6 Recommendation
ERO and Motatau School whānau agree that the leaders and kaiako address the key next step outlined in this report.
Darcy Te Hau Toka-ā-Nuku – Director Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
21 June 2024
7 Information about the kura
Location Motatau
Ministry of Education profile number 1053
Kura type Full Primary (Years 1-8)
Kura roll 63
Ethnic composition Māori 63
Special features Level 2 (50-80%) Bilingual
Review team on site May 2024
Date of this report 21 June 2024
Most recent ERO report(s) Education Review - Mana Whakahaere , January 2024; Education Review, May 2019; Education Review, July 2015
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 2 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).