Last updated October 2026
Iona College is a state-integrated, girls’ secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at 42 Lucknow Road, Havelock North. It opened in 1914 and had 340 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 33 suburbs in full and parts of 5 more, among them Waimārama, Pūkahu, Karamū, Pukehamoamoa, Roys Hill and Tuki Tuki; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a special character founded by the Presbyterian Church but open to all faiths, with morning worship in St Martin’s Chapel and compulsory religious studies up to Year 12, and a boarding house with round-the-clock pastoral care and supervised evening study. It also has a performing arts centre, gives international students English language tuition, and has a careers advisor who helps with university applications.
At a glance
- Principal
- Nicole Billante
- Address
- 42 Lucknow Road, Havelock North
- Phone
- 06 877 8149
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Bridge Pa, St Leonards, Tōmoana, Raureka, Mahora, Roys Hill, Tuki Tuki, Fernhill, Havelock North Hastings, Waipatu, Frimley, Camberley, Pūkahu, Karamū, Flaxmere, Pakipaki, Whakatu, Mayfair Hastings, Ākina, Omahu, Pakowhai, Woolwich, Longlands, Clive, Twyford, Mangateretere, Parkvale, Hastings City Centre, Haumoana, Te Awanga, Clifton, Pukehamoamoa and Waimārama.
Parts of Raukawa, Kahurānaki, Poukawa, Crownthorpe and Maraekākaho: 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 340 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
6 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from October 2023. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well culturally responsive and relational teaching creates an inclusive climate that supports fair and strong outcomes for every student, including Māori students and those with diverse learning needs.
ERO pointed to leadership that promotes the school’s vision and values with a focus on fair opportunities, an inclusive culture of respectful, supportive relationships that reflect the special character, growing staff capability, and well-established school processes that value wellbeing, student agency and academic success.
From here the school plans to focus professional learning on culturally responsive and relational teaching, strengthen relationships with whānau and the community so their aspirations shape a local curriculum, and keep improving the ways it supports students with diverse learning needs.
Read the ERO reports for Iona College
Enrolling
Iona College is a state-integrated school with an enrolment scheme. Day girls need to live in the school’s home zone, and applicants are sorted into preference places, for families with a link to the college’s special character, and a small number of non-preference places, offered only after all preference applicants are placed. Non-preference places go first to girls accepted into the boarding house, then by distance from the college.
Families start by pre-enrolling online and give their preference details in the year before entry, when formal applications are sent out, and boarding enquiries go to the enrolments team. Attendance dues apply under the school’s integration agreement, as set out on its fees page.
Schools nearby
In Havelock North Hastings
Iona College is in Havelock North Hastings. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Questions parents ask
Is Iona College zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Bridge Pa, St Leonards, Tōmoana, Raureka, Mahora, Roys Hill, Tuki Tuki, Fernhill, Havelock North Hastings, Waipatu, Frimley, Camberley, Pūkahu, Karamū, Flaxmere, Pakipaki, Whakatu, Mayfair Hastings, Ākina, Omahu, Pakowhai, Woolwich, Longlands, Clive, Twyford, Mangateretere, Parkvale, Hastings City Centre, Haumoana, Te Awanga, Clifton, Pukehamoamoa and Waimārama and parts of Raukawa, Kahurānaki, Poukawa, Crownthorpe and Maraekākaho.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 13.
How many students go there?
340 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?
396. 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.
Is it a single-sex school?
Yes. It takes girls only.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 100% 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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