Last updated October 2026
Te Aratika Academy is a state, boys’ secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 314 State Highway 51, Mangateretere. It opened in 2019 and had 48 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its site describes a state school with a designated special character, mainly serving Māori and Pasifika young men, with learning built on the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Aho Matua and vocational pathways alongside NZQA qualifications, mainly in infrastructure works. Its Developing Men of Valour programme aims to make students life ready and career ready, through activities such as marae stays, community projects and trips.
At a glance
- Principal
- Pep Bracken (Acting)
- Address
- 314 State Highway 51, Mangateretere
- Phone
- 0800-832728
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.
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 48 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 an iwi evaluation report from November 2024, written in te reo Māori and English as part of Tiro Maroro, a pilot in which ERO and Ngāti Kahungunu evaluate schools using a kaupapa Māori approach.
ERO found that te reo Māori is woven through daily life at the kura, that the curriculum helps taiohi explore te ao Māori and the mātauranga of Ngāti Kahungunu and their own iwi, and that students are growing in confidence to take part in and lead marae protocols.
Learning programmes are shaped around the aspirations of each student and their whānau, engagement is high, and hauora support helps remove barriers to learning.
ERO also reported that attendance, achievement and progress were badly disrupted by Cyclone Gabrielle across 2023 and 2024. Less than half of students gained NCEA Level 1, a small majority gained Level 2 and a large majority gained Level 3, results have moved up and down over time, junior achievement information is not yet collected consistently, and attendance is below Ministry of Education targets.
The agreed priorities are a progression programme for te reo Māori o Ngāti Kahungunu, better use of assessment in reading, writing and mathematics, stronger teacher knowledge of how to teach literacy and mathematics, and regular reporting of attendance and achievement to the board.
Read the ERO reports for Te Aratika Academy
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply. Families begin an application through the school’s online enrolment portal, which emails a link to start the enrolment.
Schools nearby
In Mangateretere
Te Aratika Academy is in Mangateretere. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Mangateretere guide →Questions parents ask
Is Te Aratika Academy zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
48 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?
566. 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 boys only.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 57.1% 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). 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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