Last updated October 2026
Hunua School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 43 Lockwood Road, Hunua. It opened in 1876 and had 161 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s site describes an annual Ag Day, where students rear calves, lambs, kids, chickens and other small animals, and its learning pages feature the Trees for Survival programme, in which students grow native trees for restoration planting.
Students in the senior classes can bring their own device, with Chromebooks recommended, and the school runs its own after school care in the library.
At a glance
- Principal
- Mark Drummond
- Address
- 43 Lockwood Road, Hunua
- Phone
- 09 292 4889
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 161 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 Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from March 2023. This kind of report sets out what the school and ERO have agreed to evaluate together rather than giving achievement findings.
The agreed focus is lifting writing, so that results catch up with reading and mathematics, through targeted teaching. ERO noted a positive learning culture built around ongoing improvement, and professional learning planned around what students and teachers need.
The school’s next priorities are closer learning partnerships with parents and whānau, so families understand and take part in their children’s learning, and more targeted professional learning to help teachers plan and teach in response to students. ERO’s next public report on the school will be a School Evaluation Report.
Read the ERO reports for Hunua School
Enrolling
Hunua School does not have an enrolment scheme, so any student can apply to enrol. The school’s site has no separate enrolment page, so families should contact the school office to start an enrolment.
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 Hūnua
Hunua School is in Hūnua. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Hūnua guide →Questions parents ask
Is Hunua 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?
161 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?
433. 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). 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).