Te Kura o Waikaremoana
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 26
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 4764 State Highway 38, Tuai
- Territorial authority
- Wairoa District
- Phone
- 06-8373874
- principal@waikaremoana.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Hawke’s Bay
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 4
- Māori
- 25
- Pacific
- 0
- Asian
- 0
- MELAA
- 0
- 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Year 03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Year 04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Year 05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Year 06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Year 07 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Year 08 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Age 07 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Age 09 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Age 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Age 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Age 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| Te Kura o Waikaremoana | 0% |
|---|---|
| Hawke's Bay Region | 33.6% |
| Full Primary | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| 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%
| Te Kura o Waikaremoana | 0% |
|---|---|
| Hawke's Bay Region | 6.2% |
| Full Primary | 3.9% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| 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%
| Te Kura o Waikaremoana | 0% |
|---|---|
| Hawke's Bay Region | 3% |
| Full Primary | 1.7% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 0% |
| Māori | 0% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| 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)
- 511
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Urban / rural
- Rural settlement
- Date opened
- 27 January 2005
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
- 6 May 2025
- Latest report
- Ngā Kitenga Arotake Report
- Report type
- Evaluation 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 26 — 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.
October 2024
20
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 6 May 2025
November 2020
31
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 18 January 2021
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 6 May 2025 — “Ngā Kitenga Arotake 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. E hāngai ana tēnei pūrongo ki ā rātou pūnaha, ki ā rātou whakaritenga, me ā rātou mahi whakahaere. 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
E tū ana Te Kura o Waikaremoana ki Tuai, e pā tata atu ana i te roto o Waikaremoana. Kei raro te kura i te maru o Ngāi Tūhoe. E whakarato ana te kura i tētahi hōtaka mātauranga reo rua mō ngā tamariki o ngā tau 1 ki te 8. I roto i te roanga o ngā tau, ko tētahi wero nui i te kura, ko te whakatū kaimahi. Mō te whānui tonu, kāhore i te pai te āhua o ā rātou pūrongo, mai i Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga. Kua taunga ake ngā tūranga kaimahi i tēnei wā, ā, koia nei te tau tuatoru o te tumuaki ki tōna tūranga.
He pēhea rawa te whakatinanatanga mai a ngā tamariki i ngā uara o te manaakitanga?
Ka kitea ki ngā tamariki te ngākau titikaha i a rātou e whai ana i ngā tikanga, ā, he pakari ō rātou hononga manaaki ki ō rātou hoa, ki ētahi atu hoki.
4 Ngā Whakaaturanga
E whiwhi ana ngā tamariki i ngā hononga tūturu e whai pūtake ana. E ako ana rātou mā roto mai i te āhurutanga o te taiao reo rua, ā, nā konā kite ai i ngā hononga ā-whakatupuranga, ā-hapori hoki. Ko tō te whānau wawata kia tūmāia ā rātou tamariki hei uri o Tūhoe. Ka kapo atu ngā tamariki i ngā whai wāhitanga ki te kawe atu i ngā tūranga me ngā kawenga o te tangata whenua, ā, ka whakatutuki mā te manawa whakahī. Ka kitea tō rātou ngākau titikaha ki te whakatinana i ngā tikanga me ngā kawa i ngā whakatau. Ka ārahi ngā tamariki i ngā karakia, ngā waiata, me ngā mihimihi. Ka tū ngā tuākana hei tauira mō ō rātou tēina e aro nui atu ai ki a rātou. Kei te mauritau ngā tamariki ki tētahi taiao e whakatairanga ana i te manaakitanga.
E ako ana ngā tamariki mā roto mai i tētahi hōtaka akoranga e aro nui ana ki te ahurea. Kei roto i ngā mahere o te pae tawhiti, ko ngā whai wāhitanga mō ngā tamariki ki te tūhura i ngā kaupapa pērā i a Waikaremoana, i a Matariki, i a Hinepūkohurangi hoki, ā, ka hāpai i tā rātou whai wāhi nui ki tō rātou taiao māoriori. Ka rumakina ngā tēina ki te reo Māori, ā, kei ngā tuākana te whiringa ki te ako mā te ara reo Pākehā. He tini ngā reanga ki ia akomanga, ā, ka ako mā roto mai i ngā rōpū. Mā te whakawhiti haere, e puta mai ana te tangongitanga o ngā wheako ako reo matatini mō ngā tamariki. Ka whakamōhiotia ngā whānau, ā, kei te tino mōhio rātou ki te āhua o te ahu whakamua a ā rātou tamariki i roto i te mātauranga. E whanake ana ngā tamariki hei kaitiaki o tō rātou taiao.
Ka whakapakari te ārahitanga i te whakawhirinakitanga me te mahi ngātahi i ngā wāhanga katoa o te hapori o Waikaremoana. Kei ngā kaitiaki o te poari te tangongitanga o ngā mōhiotanga me ngā pūkenga e whai hua ana i roto i ō rātou tūranga mahi. I ngā wā e tika ana, ka toro atu rātou ki ngā tohutohu me te tautoko o Te Whakarōpūtanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa, hei whakapakari i ō rātou pūkenga kāwana. Kei te mahere rautaki te aronga e whakatairanga ana i te ako a ngā tamariki, i tō rātou waiora, me tō rātou tuakiritanga. Ko tētahi aronga nui, ko te whakatairanga i te ngākau titikaha me te māramatanga o ngā tamariki ki tō rātou taiao māoriori. Kua kapo atu ngā whāinga rautaki i ngā wawata o te whānau me te hapori. He aronga nui ki te tūhura mātātoa a ngā tamariki i tētahi taiao e noho haumaru ā-tinana ana, ā-whatumanawa ana hoki mō rātou. E tino tautokona ana ngā tamariki mā te ārahitanga me ngā whakaritenga kāwana hoki e arotahi ana ki tō rātou waiora me tō rātou tuakiri.
I te wā o tēnei arotake, e haere tonu ana te tukanga arotake hei whakapai ake i te whakahaere pūtea o te kura, arā, ngā moni whiwhi me ngā whakapaunga. Kua whakatakoto ngā kaitiaki poari i ngā mahi tika mā te whakarite me te tuku atu i ngā tuhinga katoa e hāngai ana ki te kaitātari kua tohua. Kei te mahi tahi ngā kaihautū me te kaitātari kia ū ai rātou ki ngā herenga pūrongo ā-pūtea, e ai ki ngā whakaritenga ā-ture me ngā paerewa whakahaere.
Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake
I tautuhia ki te pūrongo arotake a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te Kohi-tātea o te tau 2021, ko tētahi whakaritenga matua kia whāia, ko te whakawhanake tonu i te marau. He iti noa te ahunga whakamua i whakatutukihia ai. E ū tonu ana te whānau me ngā kaiārahi o te kura ki tō rātou wawata ki te whakawhanake i tētahi marau ā-kura. He tūāhuatanga tēnei kua whakakoia ki te mahere rautaki. Ko tō rātou wawata, ko te whakawhanake i tētahi marau ā-kura e arotahi ana ki te whakawhitinga o ngā mōhiotanga me ngā tikanga tuku iho o te hapori ki ngā tamariki e kuraina ana ki Te Kura o Waikaremoana. Kua tautuhia ki te aromātai a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga taua tūāhuatanga hei kaupapa matua kia whakawhanakehia.
Ki tā ngā hōtuku ā-kura mō te reo matatini me te pāngarau, me whakapiki ake te ahu whakamua me ngā whakatutukitanga a ētahi o ngā tamariki. Me whakapakari ake i ngā mahi aromatawai me te whakatakoto i ngā taumata. I tēnei wā, kei te ngoikore aua tūāhuatanga, kāhore e tautuhi ana, kāhore rānei e arotahi ana ki ngā matea o ngā tamariki katoa, ki ngā wāhanga rānei o te marau e tohu ana i ngā rerekētanga, ā, kāhore rānei e whakatakoto ana i ngā tūmanako teitei e whakatere ai i te ahu whakamua o ngā tamariki e tika ana kia hāpai ake. Ka whakatairangatia te ahu whakamua a ngā tamariki mā te whakapai ake i ngā mahi aromatawai.
5 Te Whakatau a te Poari ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga
I mua atu i te aromātai i whakatutukihia e te poari me te tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a te Poari mā Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, 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 arotake, 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
te rēhitatanga me te tiwhiketetanga o ngā kaiako
ngā tukanga ki te 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 tikanga e pā ana ki te Children’s Act 2014 .
6 Te Taunakitanga
E taunaki ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te tumuaki kia whakatutukihia ngā wāhanga i tautuhia ai ki tēnei pūrongo kia whakapai ake.
Tiwana Hibbs Toka ā Nuku Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
06 Haratua, 2025
7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kura
Te tūwāhi Kei Waikaremoana
Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 1678
Te tūmomo kura He kura motuhake
Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura 20
Ngā hononga ā-iwi Māori 20
Ngā āhuatanga motuhake He mātauranga reo rua
Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotake Whiringa-ā-nuku 2024
Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 6 Haratua 2025
Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga, Kohi-tātea 2021; Arotake Mātauranga, Pipiri 2017; Arotake Mātauranga, Pipiri 2014
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. This report reflects their systems, operations and management practices. The ERO reports provide important information for whānau , hapū and iwi .
2 Context
Te Kura o Waikaremoana is situated in Tuai , near lake Waikaremoana . Ngāi Tūhoe is the iwi that the kura affiliates to. The kura provides a bilingual education programme for tamariki from Years 1 to 8. The kura has faced staffing challenges over many years. Generally, they have had a poor reporting history with ERO. They are experiencing more stability in staffing with the present tumuaki being in her third year of service.
How well do tamariki embody the values of manaakitanga ?
Tamariki demonstrate confidence as they practice tikanga and have close and caring relationships with their peers and others.
4 Findings
Tamariki experience authentic and meaningful relationships. They learn within an intimate bilingual environment where generational affiliation and community connections are evident. Whānau aspire for their children to be confident in their Tūhoe identity. Tamariki embrace opportunities to fulfil tangata whenua roles and responsibilities and carry these out with pride. They demonstrate their confidence to apply tikanga and kawa through the facilitation of whakatau. Tamariki lead karakia , waiata and mihimihi. Tuākana are role models for their tēina who look up to them. Tamariki are settled in an environment that promotes manaakitanga .
Tamariki learn in a culturally responsive learning programme. Long-term planning provides opportunities for tamariki to explore kaupapa such as Waikaremoana, Matariki and Hinepūkohurangi and allows them to engage in their natural environment. Whilst teina are immersed in te reo Māori, their tuākana have the option to learn through an English medium approach. Multilevel classrooms are taught in groups. Rotations provide a variety of learning experiences in literacy for tamariki. Whānau are informed and have a clear understanding about how their tamariki are progressing academically. Tamariki are developing as guardians of their taiao .
Leadership builds relational trust and collaboration at all levels of the Waikaremoana community. Members of the Board of Trustees bring a range of useful knowledge and skills to their roles. They receive advice and support, when necessary, from Te Whakarōpūtanga o Ngā Kaitiaki Kura to build their governance capability. The strategic plan provides direction that promotes tamariki learning, wellbeing and identity. Promoting tamariki confidence and understanding of their natural environment is a focus. Strategic aims encapsulate whānau and community aspirations. There is an emphasis on tamariki actively exploring and experiencing a safe physical and emotional environment. Tamariki are well supported, through leadership and governance practices, that focus on their wellbeing and identity.
At the time of this review, an audit process remains underway to improve the management of kura income and expenditure. Trustees have taken proactive steps by preparing and submitting all relevant documentation to the appointed auditor. Leaders are actively engaged with the auditor to ensure they are meeting their financial reporting obligations.
Key Next Steps
The ERO January 2021 review report identified further curriculum development as a key next step. Limited progress has been made. The whānau and kura leaders continue to espouse their aspiration to develop a localised curriculum. This has been reaffirmed in the strategic plan. The desire is to develop a localised curriculum focused on the transmission of local knowledge and traditions to tamariki who are educated at Te Kura o Waikaremoana . The ERO evaluation recognises this as a priority for development.
Kura data in literacy and numeracy show some tamariki progress and achievement requires improving. Assessment practice and target setting requires strengthening. Currently these lack rigour, they do not identify or focus on all tamariki needs or curriculum areas where disparities occur or set high expectations for accelerating the progress of those tamariki who require this. Tamariki progress will be enhanced through improved assessment practices.
5 Board Assurance on Legal Requirement
Before the evaluation, the board of trustees and principal 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 Children’s Act 2014.
6 Recommendation
ERO and the tumuaki recommend addressing the areas identified in this report for further improvement.
Tiwana Hibbs Toka ā Nuku - Director Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
6 May 2025
7 Information about the kura
Location Waikaremoana
Ministry of Education profile number 1678
Kura type Kura Motuhake
Kura roll 20
Ethnic composition Māori 20
Special features Bilingual Education
Review team on site October 2024
Date of this report 6 May 2025
Most recent ERO report(s) Education Review, January 2021; Education Review, June 2017; Education Review, June 2014.
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).