Last updated November 2026
Muriwai School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 1684 Wharerata Road, Muriwai, Gisborne. It had 58 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s site describes Kura Taiao, its own approach of using the local environment and mātauranga Māori to drive learning in reading, writing and arithmetic, and a local curriculum built around Muriwaitanga and Ngāi Tāmanuhiri. It also runs a school van for morning pick-ups and afternoon drop-offs.
At a glance
- Principal
- Pat Ross (Acting)
- Address
- 1684 Wharerata Road, Muriwai, Gisborne
- Phone
- 06 862 8765
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 58 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 October 2025. ERO judged the school to be working towards strong success for all learners and to be improving its teaching. A small majority of learners meet or exceed the expected level in pānui, tuhituhi and pāngarau, and results are not yet equitable across groups.
The school does well at engagement, wellbeing and inclusion, learners with complex needs are well supported, and weaving Te Papa Tipu o Horouta into the curriculum is growing tamariki knowledge of Ngāi Tāmanuhiri. A small majority attend regularly; attendance is improving and the school is approaching the government target.
ERO’s priorities are to lift results in reading, writing and maths, to use achievement data to speed up progress for those behind, to build kaiako capability to teach through te reo Māori, to plan with local kōhanga reo for Māori medium pathways, to strengthen leadership and governance through professional learning, and to put an attendance plan in place.
ERO also found that the board needed to make sure every teacher it appoints is registered; the board has since taken steps to address this.
Read the ERO reports for Muriwai School
Enrolling
Muriwai School has no enrolment scheme, so any student can apply to enrol. The school’s enrolment page has an online form for enrolling a child.
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 Muriwai
Muriwai School is in Muriwai. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Muriwai guide →Questions parents ask
Is Muriwai 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?
58 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?
521. 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).