Key facts
- School number2560
- School typeFull Primary · Years 1–8
- AuthorityState
- GenderCo-Educational
- BoardingNo
- Language of instructionSome students taught in te reo Māori or a Pacific language
- Established26 January 1970
About Flaxmere Primary School
Te Kura o Pāharakeke, Flaxmere Primary School is a full primary school located west of Hastings, serving students in Years 1 to 8 with a roll of 450 children. It was the first primary school to open in Flaxmere, established in 1971.
The school has a strongly bicultural and multicultural character. Over two thirds of students identify as Māori, and 23 percent are of Pacific heritage, including Sāmoan, Cook Island Māori, Tongan, Kiribati, and Tuvalu communities, alongside children from the Philippines, Nigeria, Korea, Australia, and European backgrounds.
Families and whānau can choose from four learning pathways:
- Rumaki — Māori immersion
- Reorua — Māori bilingual
- Auraki — English medium
- Vasega ole Gagana Sāmoa — Sāmoan language pathway, opened in 2022
The Reorua bilingual pathway was established before 1994, the Rumaki immersion class began in 2004 and expanded to Years 7 and 8 in 2018 with three classes.
The school frames its student outcomes around a TOA Matrix — three expectations expressed as Kia Toa (Be Your Best), Kia Ora (Be Well), and Kia Ako (Be a Learner) — which are linked to graduate profiles for each learning pathway.
School donations
The Ministry of Education profile states that: "Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp".
With an Equity Index of 539, Flaxmere Primary School is in the range eligible to opt into the Ministry's donations scheme — receiving additional government funding per student in exchange for not seeking donations (except for overnight camps).
Check directly with the school for current charges, contributions or other costs. Learn more on the donations scheme or fees and charges at school, both on education.govt.nz.
Equity Index
The Ministry publishes this figure as a bare number — KuraData shows it against the directory-wide average, so you can see where Flaxmere Primary School actually sits, not just the number on its own.
The Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers students face, on average, and is used to inform government funding and support. It is not a measure of school quality or academic performance.
Higher values indicate a higher level of estimated socio-economic barriers; lower values indicate fewer. Learn how the Equity Index is calculated →
Student ethnicity
The Ministry publishes this as a raw table — here it's visualised directly against Flaxmere Primary School's own roll, so the shape of it is clear at a glance.
- European — 44 students (10.5%)
- Asian — 12 students (2.9%)
- Pacific — 148 students (35.2%)
- Māori — 294 students (69.8%)
- MELAA — 1 students (0.2%)
Percentages may sum to more than 100% because students can identify with more than one ethnic group.
Education pathway
Nearby schools serving the next or previous year levels are shown as potential pathway options. They do not indicate formal enrolment pathways or actual student transfers.
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Heretaunga Intermediate Intermediate · Years 7–8 · 2.8 km
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Hastings Intermediate Intermediate · Years 7–8 · 5.1 km
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Havelock North Intermediate Intermediate · Years 7–8 · 9.8 km
Location
- Street address20 Henderson Road
- SuburbFlaxmere
- CityHastings
- Local authorityHastings District
Official contact details
- ContactRobyn Isaacson
- Phone+64 6 879 8210
- Emailflaxmere.school@flaxmere.school.nz
- Websitewww.flaxmere.school.nz
Nearby schools
Schools physically closest to Flaxmere Primary School, regardless of year level.
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Irongate School Full Primary · Years 1–8 · 997 m
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Heretaunga Intermediate Intermediate · Years 7–8 · 2.8 km
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Raureka School Contributing · Years 1–6 · 3.3 km
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Ebbett Park School Contributing · Years 1–6 · 3.8 km
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Bridge Pa School Full Primary · Years 1–8 · 4.3 km
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Enrolment
Flaxmere Primary School asks families to collect an enrolment pack from the school office. Required documents are a birth certificate and, where available, immunisation records. Enquiries can be made by contacting the school directly or visiting the office in person.
Student Support and Pastoral Care
The following named support roles and services are described in relation to attendance and pastoral care at Flaxmere Primary School.
- Tūmuaki Tuarua / Attendance Home Liaison – Whaea Linda Tyrrell: Works with whānau to develop support plans that address barriers to regular attendance. For students with moderate absence (11–15 days), she organises meetings to discuss barriers and arranges internal and external supports. For chronic absence (15 or more days), she meets in person with the student and their whānau to discuss challenges.
- Hīkoi te Aka service: An external provider that supports students and their families who have not attended school for a period of time, with the aim of returning those students to regular attendance.
Frequently asked
These aren't generic answers — each one is built directly from Flaxmere Primary School's own official Ministry of Education data already shown on this page, so what you read here always matches the figures above.
Sources & methodology
Every fact on this page traces back to one of the rows below — official Ministry of Education data, or Flaxmere Primary School's own published information, reviewed before publication. Nothing here is inferred or estimated beyond what its source actually states.
| Data | Source | Data period | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| School characteristics | Ministry of Education | — | 15 October 2026 |
| Student roll | Ministry of Education / Education Counts | September 2026 | 15 October 2026 |
| Equity Index | Education Counts | — | 15 October 2026 |
| Address & coordinates | Ministry of Education | — | 15 October 2026 |
| Contact details | NZ Schools Directory | Current | 15 October 2026 |
| Māori-medium immersion data | Māori Schools Directory, Ministry of Education | — | 6 September 2026 |
| Pacific language-medium data | Pacific Schools Directory, Ministry of Education | — | 6 September 2026 |
| School information (AI-curated, human-reviewed) | Flaxmere Primary School's official website | Current | 9 October 2026 |