Last updated November 2026
Havelock North Primary School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 9 Campbell Street, Havelock North. It opened in 1863 and had 549 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Karamū, Tuki Tuki, Kahurānaki, Havelock North, Mangateretere, Waimārama and Poukawa; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s information booklet lists music and visual art with specialist teachers, a digital curriculum, te ao Māori, Enviroschools and Garden to Table, and education outside the classroom, and before and after school care is run on site by an outside provider.
Team sports change by term and include netball, basketball, futsal, hockey, cricket, touch, volleyball, water polo, canoe polo and orienteering, and the school takes international students through an appointed agent that also arranges homestays.
At a glance
- Principal
- Nick Reed
- Address
- 9 Campbell Street, Havelock North
- Phone
- 06 877 8788
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Karamū, Tuki Tuki, Kahurānaki, Havelock North Hastings, Mangateretere, Waimārama and Poukawa: 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 549 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
4 international students
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 June 2026. ERO found students succeed at high levels and make strong progress, with similar results across groups.
Most students meet or exceed the expected curriculum level in reading, writing and maths; maths results are equitable, and reading and writing results are becoming more so. Most students attend regularly, above the government’s 80 percent target.
ERO rated the quality of teaching highly and pointed to a positive, inclusive culture, a wide range of cultural, sporting and leadership opportunities, clear leadership, and regular use of community feedback in planning. Since its previous review the school has worked on equity in literacy, particularly writing for Māori boys, and ERO found its pastoral care of international students effective.
Its priorities are to keep sharpening deliberate, evidence-based teaching to speed up progress and reach equitable literacy results for Māori learners who need it, to embed relationship-based teaching with close checks on its effect, and to set up consistent structured maths teaching with resources that match the refreshed curriculum. ERO also noted that meeting the government’s 2030 reading, writing and maths targets needs to stay a key priority.
Read the ERO reports for Havelock North Primary School
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and the school asks for proof of address. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, with priority for siblings of current and former students, children of former students, and children of board members and staff.
The scheme says the board announces the number of out-of-zone places, how to apply and the closing date by public notice in a local newspaper.
International students apply through the agent the school has appointed, which also handles homestays and pastoral support.
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
Havelock North Primary School 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 Havelock North Primary School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Karamū, Tuki Tuki, Kahurānaki, Havelock North Hastings, Mangateretere, Waimārama and Poukawa.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
549 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?
399. 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).