Last updated October 2026
Maraenui Bilingual School is a state, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 2A Lister Crescent, Maraenui, Napier. It opened in 1958 and had 126 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
It has no home zone, so any student can apply. The school’s website says students learn in either bilingual (reo rua) or full immersion (rūmaki) classes, with te ao Māori as the lens for all teaching and learning. Its curriculum includes te reo Māori and tikanga Māori alongside reading, writing, maths, science, art, music and physical education.
At a glance
- Principal
- Traci Liddall
- Address
- 2A Lister Crescent, Maraenui, Napier
- Phone
- 06 843 8021
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 126 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 September 2025. ERO found that learners are confident in their culture, identity and language, with a deep grasp of mātauranga Māori, and that the curriculum is built around the local history and story of Maraenui.
Whānau take a genuine part in school life, and leaders and teachers keep a learning environment that grows students’ te reo and tikanga Māori.
ERO also found that improvement is needed: only a small majority of learners were at expected curriculum levels, fewer than half attended school regularly, and the school did not yet have a suitable plan to lift attendance or the rate of progress.
ERO raised concerns about the quality of education during the review and recommended that the Ministry of Education give the school tailored support with using achievement information and lifting achievement.
The priorities ERO set are a plan to improve attendance, targeted teacher development in pānui, tuhituhi and pāngarau, and more reliable achievement information to set goals and guide teaching for priority groups of learners.
Read the ERO reports for Maraenui Bilingual School (Napier)
Enrolling
As the school has no home zone, any student can apply to enrol. Families can start with the enrolment enquiry form on the school’s enrolment page.
The school’s website says new entrants begin in a reception class to settle into routines before moving to their own classroom.
Schools nearby
In Maraenui Napier
Maraenui Bilingual School (Napier) is in Maraenui Napier. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Maraenui Napier guide →Questions parents ask
Is Maraenui Bilingual School (Napier) 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?
126 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?
562. 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). 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).