Last updated November 2026
Te Kura o Kimi Ora is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 1 Boston Crescent, Flaxmere, Hastings. It opened in 1988 and had 151 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s site describes Tōku Reo Whakaheke, its heritage language programme covering te reo Māori, Gagana Samoa and Tongan, with songs, dance, stories and rituals of welcome used to build each child’s identity.
Students are placed in waka groups on enrolment, learn about Polynesian navigators and compete in school-wide events across the curriculum through the year.
At a glance
- Principal
- Maurice Rehu (Acting)
- Address
- 1 Boston Crescent, Flaxmere, Hastings
- Phone
- 06 879 9633
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.
Who goes here
Share of the 151 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 report from November 2024, an iwi evaluation carried out with Ngāti Kahungunu as part of the Tiro Maroro pilot, which judges the school against the iwi’s own measures of success.
ERO found that te reo Māori, tikanga and Ngāti Kahungunu knowledge are woven through school life, that students are keen learners with a strong sense of belonging, and that Samoan and Tongan students learn in their heritage languages as well as English.
Hauora is well resourced, with wrap-around support for students and whānau. In reading, writing and maths, less than half of students were at the expected level after Cyclone Gabrielle disrupted attendance and learning, though phonics and structured literacy were speeding up progress, especially in reading. Attendance had improved a lot but was still below Ministry of Education targets.
The agreed priorities are to help students understand their own learning needs and next steps, support whānau to take part in planning their children’s learning and help at home, build teachers’ skill in using assessment and evaluation to lift reading, writing and maths, report attendance to the board regularly, and grow staff ability to teach te reo o Ngāti Kahungunu so students have more chances for immersion learning.
Read the ERO reports for Te Kura o Kimi Ora
Enrolling
The school has no home zone, so any student can apply. Families apply through the online enrolment application linked from the school’s enrolments page.
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 Flaxmere
Te Kura o Kimi Ora is in Flaxmere. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Flaxmere guide →Questions parents ask
Is Te Kura o Kimi Ora zoned?
No. It has no home zone, so any student can apply to enrol.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
151 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?
532. 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). 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).