Last updated October 2026
Kaharoa School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 296 Kaharoa Road, Rotorua. It opened in 1907 and had 179 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s site describes a rural school with playing fields, astroturf courts, a heated swimming pool, a library, the Kokako Centre and a small native reserve that supports its environmental focus, along with opportunities in sport, the arts, science and leadership. It runs a school bus service, uses Maths No Problem as its school-wide maths approach, and holds an Ag Day each year.
At a glance
- Principal
- Lynden Cook
- Address
- 296 Kaharoa Road, Rotorua
- Phone
- 07 332 3444
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 179 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 School Report from May 2025. ERO found that the school promotes students’ engagement, wellbeing and inclusion well, supports learners with complex needs, and reports usefully to parents.
Students are confident and proud of their school, leaders are working more deliberately on reading, writing and mathematics, and structured literacy and mathematics are now used in every class, with daily time set aside for each.
ERO also said the school is still working towards high levels of success for all learners: a small majority meet expected curriculum levels in reading, writing and mathematics, results are not yet equitable across groups, and while regular attendance is improving towards the Government target, chronic absence is not yet falling.
The agreed next steps are to speed up progress in reading, writing and mathematics for all learners, make expected teaching practice consistent across the school, strengthen school-wide evaluation of what is working, and lift regular attendance to meet the Government target.
Read the ERO reports for Kaharoa School
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s enrolment page offers an online enrolment form or a printable form, and families who are still deciding can fill in an expression of interest form linked from the home page.
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 Hamurana
Kaharoa School is in Hamurana. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Hamurana guide →Questions parents ask
Is Kaharoa School zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
179 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?
445. 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).