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New schools opening in New Zealand

Schools the Ministry of Education has recorded as new, based on the current "School closures, mergers and new schools" workbook. This is a snapshot of the Ministry's current workbook — effective dates can be in the past or future — not a rolling "last 30 days" feed.

Official Ministry record, not something we track or infer ourselves. Last checked: 6 September 2026.

38
New school on record
All (104) New (38) Closures (10) Name changes (33) Type changes (17) Other (6)

New school by year

2025 · 9 2026 · 23 2027 · 6

New school by region

Tāmaki Herenga Manawa 10
Canterbury/Chatham Islands 5
Tāmaki Herenga Waka 5
Wellington 5
Hawke's Bay/Tairāwhiti 4
Tai Tokerau 4
Tāmaki Herenga Tāngata 2
Nelson/Marlborough/West Coast 1
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School Effective date Detail
Palmerston North Specialist School 27 Apr 2027
Prebbleton New School 25 Jan 2027
Te Mātaitihi 25 Jan 2027
Chapel Downs Junior College 1 Jan 2027
Te Kākā Kura o Ngāti Toa Rangatira 1 Jan 2027
Te Pae School 1 Jan 2027

Source & methodology

Changes are based on the Ministry of Education's current "School closures, mergers and new schools" workbook. KuraData calculates the summary figures shown on this page (by year and by region) from that source data — they are not published by the Ministry in this form. Effective dates reflect the Ministry's own record and may include changes dated in the past or the future.

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