Last updated November 2026
Aorangi School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 3 Gem Street, Pukehangi, Rotorua. It opened in 1976 and had 81 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply.
At a glance
- Principal
- Billie-Lee Browne
- Address
- 3 Gem Street, Pukehangi, Rotorua
- Phone
- 07 347 8448
Home zone
No home zone: any student can apply to enrol. If more students apply than there are places, the school decides how places are offered.
Who goes here
Share of the 81 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from December 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well teaching programmes lift progress and achievement in literacy, with the aim of growing children’s confidence in literacy and making teaching more consistent across the school.
ERO noted the appointment of a new principal, and pointed to leaders, whānau and staff who share a commitment to better outcomes for all tamariki, leadership that puts wellbeing first, professional learning that builds on each teacher’s strengths, and close two-way relationships with whānau and the community.
From here the school plans to build school-wide ways of evaluating, inquiring and sharing knowledge that strengthen its literacy programmes, and to make collective use of evaluation so improvements last.
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol directly with the school.
Schools nearby
Where students go next
Based on home zones around the school’s own address. Families can apply to any school, and your own address decides which zones you are in.
In Pukehangi Rotorua
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Questions parents ask
Is Aorangi School (Rotorua) zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
81 at 1 Oct 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
554. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 11 Nov 2026 (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).