Last updated November 2026
Te Mata School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 7 Nimon Street, Havelock North. It opened in 1958 and had 538 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Havelock North; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site describes structured literacy and maths at the core of its teaching, class buddies across year levels, ESOL support and special programmes for children with identified special abilities. It lists kapa haka, junior, middle and senior choirs, instrumental tuition for senior students, symphonic band and orchestra groups, a dance festival team, chess and a Kaitiaki environmental group working towards Enviroschools, along with sport each term and before school, after school and holiday care.
At a glance
- Principal
- Patrice O'Connor
- Address
- 7 Nimon Street, Havelock North
- Phone
- 06 877 7246
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Havelock North Hastings: 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 538 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 Evaluation Report from January 2025. ERO found that outcomes are increasingly equitable, with most students at or above curriculum expectations in reading, writing and maths and results still improving.
A wellbeing curriculum built around the local area, with explicit teaching of social and emotional skills, has lifted engagement, and students have a strong sense of belonging.
Leadership is purposeful, structured literacy and maths approaches are being built consistently across the school, assessment information is used well, and students with additional learning needs are well supported. Attendance is approaching the Ministry of Education target.
The agreed next steps are to keep using the school’s strategies to lift attendance for all groups, sustain fair and strong outcomes for every learner, weave te ao Māori, tikanga and mātauranga Māori further into the curriculum, and keep strengthening culturally responsive teaching. ERO also noted the board plans to give whānau and iwi a bigger part in decision-making.
Read the ERO reports for Te Mata School (Havelock North)
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, with proof of residence. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and the ballot is held the year before a child starts. The school posts ballot details and its enrolment scheme with the home zone map on its enrolment page.
Families can book a tour of the school during the school day, and out-of-zone families who move to the area can ask the office whether a place has come up during the year.
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 Havelock North Hastings
Te Mata School (Havelock North) is in Havelock North Hastings. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Havelock North Hastings guide →Questions parents ask
Is Te Mata School (Havelock North) zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Havelock North Hastings.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
538 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?
394. 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, 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).