Last updated November 2026
Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai is a state, co-educational kura for Years 1 to 13 at 25 Middleton Road, Hannahs Bay, Rotorua, where students learn in te reo Māori. It opened in 2019 and had 106 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
It has no home zone, so any whānau can apply.
At a glance
- Principal
- Renata Curtis
- Address
- 25 Middleton Road, Hannahs Bay, Rotorua
- Phone
- 07-345 9732
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 106 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 kura is a report from September 2022 by ERO’s Māori review services, its first on the wharekura.
ERO described a kura built around Ngāti Rongomai identity, where uri are at the front of efforts to revive te reo Māori o Te Arawa and hapū tikanga on the marae, and where the school year and curriculum follow the Maramataka Māori, the Māori lunar calendar, after the Ministry of Education approved the change. It found that almost all younger students were achieving at the kura’s expectations in literacy and mathematics, that senior students were doing well in NCEA, including endorsements, and that leaders had built a reflective culture of internal evaluation.
ERO’s main concern was the kura’s temporary site at the time of the review, which it said was not a suitable long-term learning space.
Senior students were leaving earlier than expected because of the lack of room, and ERO asked the kura, Ngā Kura ā Iwi and the Ministry of Education to work together to secure a permanent site and buildings. It also recommended building the board’s governance capability, as members were new to the role, and carrying on with the kura’s internal evaluation.
Enrolling
The kura has no home zone. ERO’s report describes it as a designated character kura where whakapapa to Ngāti Rongomai is central for those who join, so whānau should contact the kura directly to ask about enrolling.
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Questions parents ask
Is Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 13.
How many students go there?
106 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?
500. 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).