Last updated October 2026
Onekawa School is a state, co-educational primary school for Years 1 to 6 at 235 Kennedy Road, Onekawa, Napier. It opened in 1954 and had 345 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes parts of Onekawa, Marewa, Pirimai, Maraenui and Tamatea; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
At a glance
- Principal
- Steve Bloor
- Address
- 235 Kennedy Road, Onekawa, Napier
- Phone
- 06 843 8297
Home zone
Parts of these suburbs: Onekawa Napier, Marewa, Pirimai, Maraenui Napier and Tamatea: 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 345 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 School Report from December 2025. ERO found that teaching is of high quality in reading, writing and maths, structured literacy and maths approaches are embedded across the school, and a broad local curriculum has helped lift engagement and achievement for Māori learners. Students are engaged, feel they belong and are proud of their school, and whānau engagement is high.
ERO noted that writing results are lower and not yet equitable, that the school does not yet break down its data to compare Māori boys and girls, and that assessment practice is still being strengthened. The board assurance check found that police vetting had not always been completed before employment; the board has since fixed this.
The priorities ERO set are to update the school’s curriculum to match national curriculum and assessment changes, to grow teachers’ confidence in te reo Māori, to make better use of data to understand the needs of different groups of learners, and to keep improving regular attendance, which is approaching the Government target.
Read the ERO reports for Onekawa 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 enrolment page says it runs an enrolment scheme to keep the roll at a manageable size. Families are invited to come into the office to enrol and meet senior staff, and new entrants can make familiarisation visits in the weeks before they start.
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 Onekawa Napier
Onekawa School is in Onekawa Napier. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Onekawa Napier guide →Questions parents ask
Is Onekawa School zoned?
It has a home zone covering parts of Onekawa Napier, Marewa, Pirimai, Maraenui Napier and Tamatea.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 6.
How many students go there?
345 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?
487. 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).