Last updated October 2026
St Joseph’s Maori Girls’ College is a state-integrated, girls’ secondary school for Years 7 to 13 at 25 Osier Road, Taradale, Napier. It opened in 1867 and had 172 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 20 suburbs in full and parts of 2 more, among them Waiohiki, Jervoistown, Awatoto, Pandora, Te Awa and Taradale; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site describes a day and boarding school, principally but not only for Māori girls, where tikanga Māori and Catholic tikanga are part of everyday life, with a chapel decorated in tukutuku and kōwhaiwhai.
Boarders live in the school hostel, where Year 13 students have their own rooms and kitchen, and the site lists netball and hockey teams and shares recordings of the students’ waiata.
At a glance
- Principal
- Ngahina Transom
- Address
- 25 Osier Road, Taradale, Napier
- Phone
- 06 844 8461
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Waiohiki near Napier, Tamatea, Onekawa Napier, Jervoistown, Pirimai, Marewa, Pandora, Taradale, Poraiti, Greenmeadows Napier, Maraenui Napier, Hospital Hill Napier, Meeanee Napier, Ahuriri, Westshore Napier, Awatoto, Te Awa Napier, Bay View Napier, Napier South and Bluff Hill.
Parts of Puketapu near Napier and Eskdale near Napier: 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.
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 172 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.
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 February 2025. ERO found consistently strong senior results, with almost all students gaining NCEA Levels 1 and 2, and an orderly school where students feel they belong, respect its heritage and are supported to succeed as Māori through practices shaped by te ao Māori and the Catholic faith.
In Years 7 to 10, a large majority of students were at the expected level in maths but only a small majority in literacy, and achievement data was not yet used well to guide teaching.
Wellbeing data was not yet collected regularly, the school was not meeting the government’s regular attendance target, and the board was still building its understanding of its role.
The agreed next steps are to find and use strategies that lift attendance, give all staff professional learning in effective teaching, make assessment and moderation more consistent in Years 7 to 10 and use data to respond to each student, especially those at risk of falling behind, build a coherent schoolwide curriculum shaped by the community’s hopes, and train the board in its governance role.
Read the ERO reports for St Joseph’s Maori Girls’ College
Enrolling
The school’s main intake is at Year 9, with places at other year levels in the school and hostel as they come up. Families complete an enrolment application pack, which asks for documents including a baptismal certificate, and students are then invited to an interview and tour, with the hostel team joining for boarding enrolments.
Successful applicants receive a written offer of a place. The Ministry of Education lists a home zone for the college, but its own enrolment pages do not explain how the zone is applied, so families should check with the school office.
Enrolments open in Term 3 each year, and applications can be sent in up to three years ahead. Attendance dues are charged as a state-integrated Catholic school and are paid to the Diocese of Palmerston North, separate from school and hostel fees. The school publishes its current fees and enrolment pack on its enrolment pages.
Schools nearby
In Greenmeadows Napier
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Read our Greenmeadows Napier guide →Questions parents ask
Is St Joseph's Maori Girls' College zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Waiohiki near Napier, Tamatea, Onekawa Napier, Jervoistown, Pirimai, Marewa, Pandora, Taradale, Poraiti, Greenmeadows Napier, Maraenui Napier, Hospital Hill Napier, Meeanee Napier, Ahuriri, Westshore Napier, Awatoto, Te Awa Napier, Bay View Napier, Napier South and Bluff Hill and parts of Puketapu near Napier and Eskdale near Napier.
What years does it teach?
Years 7 to 13.
How many students go there?
172 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?
515. 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.
Is it a single-sex school?
Yes. It takes girls only.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 92.3% 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). 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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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