Last updated October 2026
Ngā Taiātea Wharekura is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 134 Rotokauri Road, Nawton, Hamilton. It opened in 2004 and had 291 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. Its website describes it as a Māori-medium iwi school under the mana of the Kīngitanga, Waikato and the Tainui waka, with Ngāti Māhanga as mana whenua, and a member of Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa, with a junior school for Years 9 and 10, a senior school for Years 11 to 13 and a learning support team.
Life at the kura includes kapa haka and inter-house kapa haka, speech competitions, weekly after-school Tū Taua classes in taiaha, mentored work placements for Year 12 and 13 students, and school buses on set routes where they can be run.
At a glance
- Principal
- Michelle Treadaway-Ohia
- Address
- 134 Rotokauri Road, Nawton, Hamilton
- Phone
- 07 850 6358
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 291 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.
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.
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 kura is a Mana Uri Report from June 2024. ERO found that learning is grounded in tukuihotanga, te reo Māori and tikanga, and that uri take an active part in kura life, in the wider community and at iwi occasions such as Poukai and Koroneihana.
Each student has a Rautaki Ako, an individual learning plan reviewed with whānau during the year, and kaiako help uri lead their own learning and understand the standards they are working towards.
Gateway work experience supports senior pathways, and ERO reported strong NCEA Level 2 and Level 3 results in 2023, with many endorsements, while just over half of students achieved Level 1. Leaders and kaiako were also making steady progress on the priorities set in an earlier review: assessment for the changed NCEA and the Year 9 and 10 programme.
ERO’s key next step is to give whānau a bigger part in decision-making. It asks kura leaders to keep creating ways for whānau to be involved in the life of the kura and to draw on their views when setting its strategic direction, in line with whānau hopes for a curriculum grounded in mātauranga Māori.
Read the ERO reports for Ngā Taiātea Wharekura
Enrolling
Ngā Taiātea Wharekura has no home zone. Whānau enrol online through the kura website, choosing a year level from Year 9 to Year 13 and uploading documents such as the student’s birth certificate or passport and most recent school report.
The kura’s transport page explains how it supports travel, through buses on designated routes or a travel allowance for eligible students.
Schools nearby
In Baverstock
Ngā Taiātea Wharekura is in Baverstock. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Baverstock guide →Questions parents ask
Is Ngā Taiātea Wharekura 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?
291 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?
504. 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.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 72.2% 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, 22 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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