Last updated October 2026
Port Ahuriri School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 15 Lever Street, Ahuriri, Napier. It opened in 1866 and had 250 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes all of Pandora and Ahuriri, and parts of Hospital Hill and Marewa; the zone map below shows the full boundary. The school’s site describes three learning hubs, structured literacy, a visual arts focus alongside science and physical education, and outdoor learning such as orienteering, fishing and sailing.
Sport includes cricket, netball, hockey, softball and basketball, there is a school pool with a swimming programme, an outside provider runs after school care on site, and the school accepts international students.
At a glance
- Principal
- Glenn France
- Address
- 15 Lever Street, Ahuriri, Napier
- Phone
- 06 835 7988
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Ahuriri and Pandora.
Parts of Hospital Hill Napier and Marewa: 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 250 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
1 international student
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 March 2024. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here how well its programmes and targeted teaching help students make faster progress in literacy and maths.
ERO noted the school’s Montessori classroom and pointed to an inclusive, caring setting where students feel they belong and are very engaged, leaders and staff who work together to get better at evaluating their own practice, sound systems for tracking each student’s progress, and access to focused professional learning.
Next, the school plans to build a shared understanding of what faster progress looks like and what conditions support it, keep using internal evaluation to guide its planning, share what it learns and the results for students, and keep a close eye on the students it has targeted for extra support.
Read the ERO reports for Port Ahuriri School
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. The school’s site says the board holds ballots for out-of-zone children during the year, with dates available from the school office.
Families can download an enrolment form from the school’s website or collect an enrolment pack from the school, and a birth certificate is needed to confirm the child’s date of birth.
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 Ahuriri
Port Ahuriri School is in Ahuriri. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Ahuriri guide →Questions parents ask
Is Port Ahuriri School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Ahuriri and Pandora and parts of Hospital Hill Napier and Marewa.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
250 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?
425. 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, 26 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).