Last updated October 2026
Waiau Pa School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 571 Waiau Pa Road, Waiau Pa, Pukekohe. It opened in 1890 and had 359 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Waiau Pā and Clarks Beach, and parts of Kingseat; the zone map below shows the full boundary. Its website describes a semi-rural school with a strong focus on literacy and numeracy, alongside kapa haka, art, science projects and sports teams. Students also take part in a calf club, and there is a student leadership team.
At a glance
- Principal
- Lori Mravicich
- Address
- 571 Waiau Pa Road, Waiau Pa, Pukekohe
- Phone
- 09 232 1753
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Clarks Beach and Waiau Pā.
Parts of Kingseat: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
Who goes here
Share of the 359 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 October 2023.
ERO described leadership of learning as reflective, open to change and focused on steady improvement. It found thorough systems for spotting and supporting the progress of students with additional needs, and learning programmes that are adapted to each child and inclusive.
The school and ERO agreed to look at how well its actions are lifting writing, with a particular focus on fairer results for boys.
Attendance is also a priority: the school plans targeted steps to raise attendance and speed up progress. Its other next steps are helping students take more ownership of their learning and building stronger evaluation to guide planning and teaching.
Read the ERO reports for Waiau Pa School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and families are asked for proof of address. Out-of-zone places are offered under the enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. The school’s site says it only takes out-of-zone enrolments while a ballot is open, and its enrolment page shows whether one is.
The zone page sets out the ballot priority order, with siblings of current students ahead of other applicants. New entrants complete a new entrant survey as well as the enrolment form, while new families with children in Years 2 to 8 only need the enrolment form.
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 Waiau Pā
Waiau Pa School is in Waiau Pā. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Waiau Pā guide →Questions parents ask
Is Waiau Pa School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Clarks Beach and Waiau Pā and parts of Kingseat.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
359 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
It may. It is not in the donation scheme, so it can ask families for donations.
What is its Equity Index?
428. 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, 26 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (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).