Last updated October 2026
Karamū High School is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at Windsor Avenue, Parkvale-Napier/Hastings, Hastings. It opened in 1962 and had 880 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Parkvale, Mayfair, Karamū, Waipatu, Hastings City Centre and Ākina; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site lists te reo Māori or Japanese as language options, dance and drama as subjects at every level, junior and senior kapa haka groups, Pasifika groups, choirs, an orchestra and bands, and productions and Stage Challenge. Sports range from canoe polo and equestrian to rugby, netball, hockey and water polo.
At a glance
- Principal
- Troy England (Acting)
- Address
- Windsor Avenue, Parkvale-Napier/Hastings, Hastings
- Phone
- 06 878 7139
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Parkvale, Mayfair Hastings, Karamū, Waipatu, Hastings City Centre and Ākina: 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.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 880 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.
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 January 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well the school’s local curriculum strengthens students’ sense of belonging, culture, language and identity to lift outcomes for the students it most needs to support.
The school chose this focus because it wants better attendance, engagement and progress, especially for Māori students. ERO pointed to leaders who develop the school’s vision, goals and targets together, annual targets aimed at students at risk of falling behind, and professional learning for teachers that is tied to building a responsive local curriculum.
Next, the school plans to keep strengthening its connections with the community, whānau, hapū and iwi, and to keep developing a local curriculum that is responsive and inclusive.
Read the ERO reports for Karamū High School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and the school publishes its Year 9 enrolment and ballot dates on its enrolment page each year.
For Year 9, families download the enrolment application form from that page and return it to the school office in person, by email or by post. Enrolment in Years 10 to 13 depends on a meeting with the principal and on whether places are available.
Schools nearby
In Parkvale
Karamū High School is in Parkvale. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Parkvale guide →Questions parents ask
Is Karamū High School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Parkvale, Mayfair Hastings, Karamū, Waipatu, Hastings City Centre and Ākina.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
880 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?
484. 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.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 71.2% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 23 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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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