Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Orini ki Ngati Awa

Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Orini ki Ngati Awa is a co-educational composite school in Whakatane, within the Bay of Plenty Region, operating in the state sector, with 96 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 517. The school has been open since 2015.

With 96 students on roll, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Orini ki Ngati Awa is a small school — larger than about 25% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 517, which is above the national average of 463. A higher Equity Index signals greater socio-economic need in the school's community — schools in this band receive more targeted government funding and support. The gap of 54 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 50% and Pasifika at 25%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 1.18 (high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.