Last updated November 2026
Hatea-A-Rangi is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 6 School Road, Tokomaru Bay. It opened in 1873 and had 16 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply.
At a glance
- Principal
- Rebecca Trafford
- Address
- 6 School Road, Tokomaru Bay
- Phone
- 06 864 5818
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.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Report from October 2025. ERO judged teaching to be of good quality and found learners with complex needs well supported.
Strengths include leadership opportunities for staff and students, close ties with whānau and community groups, a curriculum built around the local history, stories and natural features of Tokomaru Bay, and a firm grounding in te ao Māori through kapa haka, karakia and waiata.
ERO notes the school has been affected by severe weather in recent years. Achievement is low: less than a third of learners are at or above the expected level in reading and in writing, and less than half in maths.
Less than half attend regularly, well behind the Government’s attendance target, and results for learners most at risk of not achieving have not improved since the previous review.
ERO’s key priorities are to carry out the school’s attendance plan, raise achievement in reading, writing and maths, gather whānau feedback on the strategic plan, and build the board’s governance capability. ERO said it would talk with the Ministry of Education about support or intervention to strengthen governance and speed up learners’ progress.
Read the ERO reports for Hatea-A-Rangi
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol. Contact the school office to start an enrolment.
All students are taught in te reo Māori, so whānau may want to talk with the school about what learning in te reo means for their child.
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Read our Tokomaru Bay Gisborne guide →Questions parents ask
Is Hatea-A-Rangi 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?
16 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?
544. 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, 29 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).