TKKM o Te Matai
Full Primary · State
- Year levels
- 1–8
- Total roll
- 43
- Enrolment zone
- No
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- 1327a Te Puke Highway, Waitangi, Te Puke
- Territorial authority
- Western Bay of Plenty District
- Phone
- 07-5738470
- tari@tematai.school.nz
- Website
- not reported
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Bay of Plenty
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 2
- Māori
- 43
- Pacific
- 1
- Asian
- 1
- 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 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Year 02 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 03 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Year 04 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Year 05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Year 06 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Year 08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Age 06 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 07 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 08 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Age 09 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Age 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Age 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
0%
| TKKM o Te Matai | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 37.4% |
| 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 | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| TKKM o Te Matai | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 3.8% |
| 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 | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| 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%
| TKKM o Te Matai | 0% |
|---|---|
| Bay of Plenty Region | 1.4% |
| 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 | Not available (source marker: "nd") |
| Total | 0% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 532
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in te reo Māori
- Urban / rural
- Rural other
- Date opened
- 31 March 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
- 8 April 2024
- Latest report
- TKKM o Te Matai April 2024
- 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 43 — 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.
February 2024
38
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 8 April 2024
27 October 2023
42
ERO did not state when this was counted; the date shown is the report’s own date. Education Review Office, report of 27 October 2023
15 October 2018
59
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 10 December 2018
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 8 April 2024 — “TKKM o Te Matai April 2024” — 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, ngā hapū me ngā iwi .
2 Te Horopaki
“ Ko Rangiuru te maunga , Ko Kaituna te awa , Ko Tapuika te iwi .”
E tū ana Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Matai ki Te Puke. E whakarato ana te kura i te mātauranga ki ngā tauira o ngā tau 1 ki te 8. He tino hononga ā-whakapapa ō te whānau ki te iwi o Tapuika. Ko te Tapuikatanga ngā mātāpono matua e ārahi ana i te tirohanga me te aronga mō ngā tauira me te kura .
I te mutunga o te tau 2023, i aromātai Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te kounga o te Mana Whakahaere i roto i ō rātou tūranga kāwana. I pūrongohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, i te ako ngā tauira mā tētahi marau i aro tonu ki ō rātou matea me ō rātou ngākau nuitanga. Tata ki te katoa o ngā tauira i te ahu whakamua, i te whakatutuki pai i roto i te reo matatini me te pāngarau. I tautuhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā tūāhuatanga kāhore i te tutuki e ai ki te ture, arā, i te arotakenga o te tumuaki me ngā kaiako mā ‘Ngā Paerewa mō te Umanga Whakaakoranga.’ I te taenga atu a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ki te kura, i whakatewhatewhatia te ahu whakamua ki te whakawhanake me te whakatinana i te huringa tupu ngaio .
He pēhea rawa te whakapuaki mai a ngā tauira i te Tapuikatanga ?
E whakawhanake ana ngā tauira i ō rātou hononga ki a Tapuika .
4 Ngā Whakaaturanga – Mana Tamariki
E ako ana ngā tauira ki tētahi taiao e poipoi ana i te Tapuikatanga. He ngākau titikaha ō rātou ki te whai wāhi tahi me te ārahi i ngā karakia. Ko te taki pepeha i ia rā e whakamana ana i tō rātou tuakiri hei uri o Tapuika, ā, ka hāpai i a rātou ki te whakamātau i te reo Māori, me te māia haere. He manawa whakahī ō rātou ki te waiata i ngā wai e pā ana ki a rātou anō, ki ō rātou tūrangawaewae, me ngā wāhi whakahirahira o tō rātou hapū me tō rātou iwi whānui .
E poipoia ana ngā tauira ki te ahurea o te kura e pupuri nei i te manaaki me te whakaute. Ka tū ngā kaiako hei tino tauira ki ngā tamariki, ā, he manaakitanga, he whakaute hoki tō ngā taunekeneke. Kua whakatakotohia ngā rautaki e hāpai ai i ngā tauira nohinohi ki te tūhura i tō rātou mana whenua me ō rātou hononga ā-whakapapa. Ka tautoko ngā tuākana i te whai wāhi atu a ngā tēina ki ngā akoranga me ngā wheako tākaro o waho, o roto hoki i ētahi wā i te akomanga. He kaha ngā tuākana ki te tūhonohono i ngā tēina ki te Tapuikatanga mā ngā huarahi ōkawa me ngā huarahi ōpaki .
I te arotake Mana Whakahaere, i tautuhia te papai o ngā whakaritenga mō te tātari i te ahu whakamua o ngā tauira me ngā paetae, ā, i te wā o te arotakenga a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ki te kura tonu, i āta kitea anōtia aua whakaaturanga. Kua whakatakotohia ngā pūnaha e tika ana mō te whakahaere hōtuku. He pai te tātari a ngā kaiako i ngā paetae tauira, ā, ka tautuhi i ngā whakaritenga ka whai ake ki te hāpai i te ahu whakamua o te ako. He ātaahua ngā akomanga, ka whakaongaonga i ngā tauira, ā, he nui hoki ngā rauemi. Kei te mauritau, kei te ngana hoki ngā tauira ki te ako .
Kua tīmatahia te whakatinanatanga o ngā huringa tupu ngaio e arotahi ana ki te whakapai tonutanga, hei hāpai i te tumuaki me ngā kaiako. Kua whakatakotohia, kua kōrerohia hoki ngā whāinga ngaio, ā, e hāngai ana ki ngā paerewa mō te umanga whakaakoranga. E whai hua ana ngā tauira nā te aronga o ngā kaiako ki te whakapakari ake i tō rātou āheinga ngaio, ā, e māramahia ana hoki ngā whakaritenga papai o te wā .
Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake
Me whakapakari ake i te whakaratonga o te reo Māori. Ahakoa te tino tūmanako kia matatau ngā kaiako ki te reo Māori, ko te nuinga o ngā tohutohu i roto i ngā akomanga, kei roto kē i te reo Pākehā. Kua tae ki te wā kia mahi ngātahi ngā kaiārahi, rātou ko ngā kaitiaki, me te whānau o te kura ki te āta whakatakoto i ngā tūmanako e pā ana ki te whakarato me te whakaako i te reo Māori. Me whai wāhi ki tēnā, ko te whakawhanaketanga o tētahi mahere pae tawhiti e meatia ana kia noho mātua, kia whakatōngia, kia whakapūmautia hoki te reo Māori, kia whanake ai te pakari me te mātau o ngā tauira ki te kōrero i te reo Māori .
5 Te Whakatau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga
I te wā o te aromātai, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha mō te whakahaeretanga o ngā wāhanga e whai ake nei :
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 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
ngā kaupapa here o te kura, me te whakatutukitanga o ērā i ngā tikanga e pā ana ki te Children’s Act 2014 .
6 Te Taunakitanga
E taunaki ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te poari kaitiaki o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Matai, kia whakatakotohia e te whānau o te kura tētahi mahere pae tawhiti mō te tupu me te whakawhanaketanga o te reo Māori .
Darcy Te Hau Toka ā Nuku Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services
8 Paengawhāwhā , 2024
7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kura
Te tūwāhi Kei Te Puke
Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 2011
Te tūmomo kura He kura tuatahi ( Tau 1 ki te 8)
Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura 38
Ngā hononga ā-iwi Māori 38
Ngā āhuatanga motuhake He kura motuhake
Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotake Hui-tanguru 2024
Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 8 Paengawhāwhā 2024
Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga – Mana Whakahaere, Whiringa-ā-nuku 2023; Arotake Mātauranga , Hakihea 2018; Arotake Mātauranga , Haratua 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 Rangiuru te maunga , Ko Kaituna te aw a, Ko Tapuika te iwi .”
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Matai is situated in Te Puke . The kura provides education for tauira from Years 1-8. Whānau have strong whakapapa connections to te iwi o Tapuika . Tapuikatanga forms the foundational principles that guide the vision and direction for tauira and the kura .
ERO evaluated the quality of Mana Whakahaere in their governance role at the end of 2023. ERO reported that tauira learnt in a curriculum that generally responded to their needs and interests. Almost all tauira were progressing and achieving well in literacy and numeracy. ERO identified noncompliance related to assessing the tumuaki and kaiako against the ‘Standards for the Teaching Profession.’ ERO investigated the progress made with developing and implementing a professional growth cycle during this onsite evaluation.
How well do tauira express Tapuikatanga ?
Tauira are developing their connections to Tapuika .
4 Findings – Mana Tamariki
Tauira learn in an environment that fosters Tapuikatanga . They confidently participate in and lead karakia. Reciting pepeha daily affirms their identity as uri of Tapuika and allows them to practice and gain confidence in te reo Māori . Tauira proudly sing about who they are, where they come from and places of significance to their local hapū and the wider iwi .
Tauira are nurtured in a kura culture of care and respect. Kaiako are positive role models and interactions are respectful and caring. Strategies are in place to support younger tauira to explore their mana whenua and whakapapa connections. Tuakana support teina engagement in learning and play experiences outdoors, and at times in the classroom. Tuakana are also active in connecting teina to Tapuikatanga through formal and informal practices.
The positive practices for analysing student progress and achievement data identified during the Mana Whakahaere review were further evident during the onsite stage of ERO’s evaluation. Appropriate systems are in place for data management. Kaiako analyse student achievement well to identify next steps to support learning progress. Classrooms are attractive, stimulating and well resourced. Tauira are settled and engaged learners.
Improvement focussed professional growth cycles are in the early stages of implementation for the tumuaki and kaiako . Professional goals have been set, discussed and they align to the standards for the teaching profession. Tauira benefit from kaiako who are focused on strengthening their professional capability and are up to date with current best practice.
Key Next Steps
The provision of Te reo Maori requires strengthening. Although there is a clear expectation that kaiako be fluent in te reo Māori , classroom instruction continues to be predominantly in English. It is timely for kura leaders, trustees and whānau work together to establish clear expectations for the provision and teaching of te reo Māori . This should include developing a long-term plan to ensure te reo Maori is prioritised, embedded and sustained so that tauira develop as confident and competent speakers of te reo .
5 Board Assurance on Legal Requirements
During the evaluation, ERO checked at the following areas:
emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment)
physical safety of students
teacher registration
processes for appointing staff
stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions
attendance
school policies in relation to meeting the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014.
6 Recommendation
ERO and the Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Matai board of trustees recommends the kura whānau create a long term plan for the growth and development of te reo Māori .
Darcy Te Hau Toka-ā-Nuku – Director Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
8 April 2024
7 Information about the kura
Location Kei Te Puke
Ministry of Education profile number 2011
Kura type Full Primary (Years 1-8)
Kura roll 38
Ethnic composition Māori 38
Special features Kura Motuhake
Review team on site February 2024
Date of this report 8 April 2024
Most recent ERO report(s) Education Review - Mana Whakahaere , October 2023; Education Review, December 2018; Education Review, May 2015
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).