Last updated October 2026
Kawaha Point School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 72-100 Aquarius Drive, Kawaha Point, Rotorua. It opened in 1979 and had 230 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s site describes the Angitu Hub, a bilingual Māori-medium option for Years 3 to 6 where children are taught in English and te reo Māori, along with a kapa haka group, waiata afternoons and camps for Years 3 to 6. It lists sports such as rippa rugby, golf, cross country, orienteering, hockey, basketball and netball, a Reading Recovery programme, and Little Explorers visits for children about to start school.
At a glance
- Principal
- Maria Gillard
- Address
- 72-100 Aquarius Drive, Kawaha Point, Rotorua
- Phone
- 07 348 5864
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 230 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.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from June 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well learners progress and achieve in reading, writing and mathematics, with the aim of more consistent teaching across the school.
ERO noted a new principal and changes in the senior leadership team, and pointed to a supportive leadership team committed to systems for checking how well teaching is working, and a school-wide focus on improving learning.
From here the school plans to sharpen its priorities around the most urgent needs for learners’ engagement and progress, and to build consistent teaching and learning practice across the school to support fairer outcomes for all students.
Read the ERO reports for Kawaha Point School
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s enrolment page links to an online enrolment form, and children about to start school can join Little Explorers visits beforehand. Enquiries about Years 2 to 6 go to the school office.
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 Kawaha Point Rotorua
Kawaha Point School is in Kawaha Point Rotorua. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Kawaha Point Rotorua guide →Questions parents ask
Is Kawaha Point School 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?
230 at 1 Sep 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?
498. 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, 24 Oct 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).