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Manawatū-Whanganui is a region in the North Island of New Zealand. It contains numerous small rural primary schools, some small town primary and secondary schools, and city schools in the Wanganui and Palmerston North areas.

In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 1 at the age of five. Year 13 is the final year of secondary education. Years 14 and 15 refer to adult education facilities. State schools are those fully funded by the government and at which no fees for tuition of domestic students (i.e. New Zealand citizens and permanent residents, and Australian citizens) can be charged, although a donation is commonly requested. A state integrated school is a former private school with a special character based on a religious or philosophical belief that has been integrated into the state system. State integrated schools charge "attendance dues" to cover the building and maintenance of school buildings, which are not owned by the government, but otherwise they like state schools cannot charge fees for tuition of domestic students but may request a donation. Private schools charge fees to its students for tuition, as do state and state integrated schools for tuition of international students.

The socioeconomic decile indicates the socioeconomic status of the school's catchment area. A decile of 1 indicates the school draws from a poor area; a decile of 10 indicates the school draws from a well-off area. The decile ratings used here come from the Ministry of Education Te Kete Ipurangi website and from the decile change spreadsheet listed in the references. The deciles were last revised using information from the 2006 Census. The roll of each school changes frequently as students start school for the first time, move between schools, and graduate. The rolls given here are those provided by the Ministry of Education are based on figures from November 2012. The Ministry of Education institution number links to the Education Counts page for each school.

Ruapehu District

All schools in the Ruapehu district are coeducational.

Closed schools

Kakahi School closed in April 2016 after 106 years.

Kirikau School closed in 2013 after 85 years.

Whanganui District

Closed schools

Aramoho School closed at the end of 2016 after 143 years.

Rangitikei District

Manawatū District

Palmerston North City

Closed schools

• Linton Country School, 1889 to 2023

Tararua District

Closed schools

• Waitahora School 1903–2002
• Motea School 1916–2002
• Awariki School (opened 1904), Ormondville School (opened 1878), and Matamau School (opened 1887) merged into Norsewood School in 2003.
• Kohinui School, Kohinui, closed in January 2008 and merged with Kumeroa-Hopelands School.
• Tiraumea School, closed January 2012.
• Wimbledon School, Wimbledon.
• Ākitio school, closed on 27 Jan 2014. Reunion held on 25–28 March 2016.
• Mangamairei country school, closed in mid 2015. A 130th reunion was held at the school.
• Hillcrest School, closed in April 2019 due to its low roll.
• Papatawa School, 1887–2023.

Horowhenua District

Notes

1. "About School: School basics". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 26 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
2. "School Donations & Fees". New Zealand Ministry of Education. 23 June 1998. Archived from the original on 14 July 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2006.
3. "about NZ education". EduSearch. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
4. "How The Decile Is Calculated". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
5. "Reviews of Deciles - General Information". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
6. "New Zealand Schools - Education Counts". Ministry of Education (New Zealand). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
7. Wilson, Libby (22 March 2016). "Kakahi School to close in April 2016 after 106 years". Waikato Times.
8. Sharpe, Marty (2 April 2014). "Goodbye to little school on river". The Dominion Post.
9. "Kirikau School (2380) Closure Notice". New Zealand Gazette. 13 December 2012.
10. Wylie, Liz (18 December 2016). "A fond farewell to Aramoho School". Wanganui Chronicle.
11. Heagney, George (15 April 2023). "Troubled Linton Country School shuts its doors". Stuff.
12. MacGibbon, E, ed. (1978). Waitahora District and School 75th Jubilee 1903-78.
13. "Dannevirke". Hawke's Bay Herald. 12 October 1903. p. 4.
14. "Merger Notice of Awariki School (2545) and Waitahora School (2729)". New Zealand Gazette. 7 March 2002.
15. Neal, Frances Mary (1966). Motea School 50th Anniversary 1916-1966. Kelprint. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
16. "Motea School (2615) Closure Notice". New Zealand Gazette. 14 February 2002.
17. Bretton, William Hugh (1967). Awariki School jubilee, 1904-1967 : official souvenir brochure. Awariki School Jubilee Committee. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
18. "Hawke's Bay Education Board". Hawke's Bay Herald. 4 June 1878. p. 2.
19. Corbishley, Edna Elizabeth (1962). Matamau School : seventy-fifth jubilee, 1887-1962 : Saturday 21st to Monday 23rd April, 1962. Jubilee Committee. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
20. "Merger of Awariki School (2545), Norsewood School (2622), Ormondville School (2632) and Matamau School (2610)". New Zealand Gazette. 28 August 2003.
21. "School Closures, Mergers and New: December_2008" (XLS). Education Counts.
22. Crombie, Nathan (24 January 2012). "School closure blow for Tiraumea". Wairarapa Times-Age. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
23. "Wimbledon war memorial". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
24. "Akitio School (2800) Closure Notice". The New Zealand Gazette. 5 December 2013.
25. Wilkie, Kelsie (15 July 2015). "Rural school closed because of declining numbers". Manawatu Standard.
26. Heagney, George (24 August 2023). "Final bell rings for rural Tararua school". Stuff.

References

• Te Kete Ipurangi Ministry of Education website
• ERO school and early childhood education reports Education Review Office
• Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools

• Schools in Manawatū-Whanganui
• Lists of schools in New Zealand