Last updated November 2026
Hukanui School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at Pickering Crescent, Chartwell, Hamilton. It opened in 1971 and had 896 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Chedworth Park, Queenwood and Harrowfield, and parts of Rototuna, Huntington and Chartwell; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes te reo Māori used every day through kōrero, waiata, karakia and marae visits, a programme for English language learners taught in small groups by specialist staff, a learning support team, and music tuition. The school takes international students, who have an orientation programme and pastoral care from an international coordinator.
At a glance
- Principal
- Leo Spaans
- Address
- Pickering Crescent, Chartwell, Hamilton
- Phone
- 07 855 6037
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Chedworth Park, Harrowfield and Queenwood Hamilton.
Parts of Rototuna Hamilton, Huntington and Chartwell Hamilton: 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 896 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
7 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a School Evaluation Report from October 2024. ERO found that most students were achieving at or above the expected curriculum level in reading, writing and mathematics, that some groups of target students were making faster progress, and that outcomes were becoming more equitable.
Students reported feeling safe and respected. ERO described strategic leadership, a broad curriculum, calm, well-equipped classrooms, and a wide range of initiatives to include families and reduce language barriers.
ERO noted that only about two thirds of students attended regularly and the school was still working towards the Ministry of Education’s attendance targets.
The agreed next steps are to strengthen how progress and achievement data are gathered and used across the school, keep growing te reo Māori in students’ learning, and lift regular attendance, with attendance reported to the board.
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places.
Families enrol through the online form linked from the school’s enrolment page, which also has an enrolment checklist and short videos in Mandarin and Hindi that walk families through the process. International students enrol through the school’s international coordinator.
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 Chedworth Park
Hukanui School is in Chedworth Park. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
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Questions parents ask
Is Hukanui School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Chedworth Park, Harrowfield and Queenwood Hamilton and parts of Rototuna Hamilton, Huntington and Chartwell Hamilton.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
896 at 1 Oct 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?
395. 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, 10 Nov 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).