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Ko whai i te tika kia manaakitia te tangata e te aroha huri noa i toona taiao.

Striving to be the best we can in a caring and safe learning environment.

Kuranui Primary School is a small rural school with big learning opportunities. We have students from Year 0 to Year 6. Our learning programmes are explicitly designed for the needs of our students. We are proud to say that we are teaching our students using evidenced based methods which include structured literacy as best practice. We understand the need to develop the whole person, so we focus not just on academic but on all sorts of amazing opportunities. These opportunities include sports, arts, music and STEAM. We are also an enviro school, so we do a lot of gardening and planting. We have an orchard and other opportunities that we are developing. There are always lots of new and exciting opportunities happening in our school. We are committed to providing our students with opportunities and skills required to be self-managing learners. We welcome enquiries about our wonderful school.

Principal's Message

Welcome to Kuranui Primary School. You will find us beneath the beautiful Kaimai ranges. We are a fantastic learning community, well-resourced in a peaceful country setting.

We are proud to be part of Kuranui Primary School. The children, families and staff make this a great place to be. As a country school we offer a wide range of opportunities for our learners. Our shared vision is:

“Striving to be the best we can in a caring and safe learning environment”

“Ko te whai i te tika kia manaakitia te tangata e te aroha huri noa i toona taiao.”

We provide quality learning in a family setting. We are grateful to our parents who fundraise to help make our school the fantastic place that it is. We have a wonderful BOT who help manage our school in conjunction with the staff.

We offer small class sizes with very capable teachers who help guide our students to become lifelong learners in all areas of our school curriculum. We want our students to leave Kuranui Primary School enabled and empowered to be 21st century learners.

The teaching staff have a wide range of expertise, interests and experience. Supported by the principal to provide a wide range of learning opportunities for our tamariki. They work as a team sharing professional skills and knowledge.

Parents and caregivers are welcome to join us in the classroom during our learning or at varied other times such as sports, trips, camp, agricultural day and at our student led conferences and assemblies.

By choosing Kuranui Primary School for your child/ren you will begin a wonderful journey working together in partnership with us to provide the best quality learning outcomes for your child/ren.

I welcome you and your family to Kuranui Primary School and trust that we will provide you with the best learning outcomes for your child in a supportive environment. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.

Mike Thornley,

Proud Principal of Kuranui Primary School.

What's happening at Kuranui School?

Upcoming Events in December

Wed 10

Reports Home

10 Dec 2025

Thu 11

Prize giving

11 Dec 2025

Latest Notices

Y0-3 trip

2 Dec 2025

Good evening Whānau of Year 0-3 students, the weather for Kaimai area tomorrow is not looking good. They are under an orange weather warning at this stage. With predicted heavy rain and thunderstorms.

We have decided heading over to an outdoor adventure is not going to be enjoyable for anyone. So we are cancelling our trip to Marshall’s Animal Farm. We are very disappointed (I can’t believe it - this is the 3rd time weather has stopped me taking Te Kaakano to Marshall’s over the years!)

Jemma and I have been frantically trying to sort a plan B - and we are excited to share that we are going to take the tamariki to ‘Manawaru Community View’ where there is a indoor climbing wall and other indoor activities, we will also bring colouring and some games to help make it fun and entertaining for us all.

The tamariki have worked so hard we are just so pleased to still be able to give them a day out. We will travel by bus as planned and we will require/appreciate the same parental support and supervision.

Please come to school as planned tomorrow by 8:50am - we will meet in Te Kaakano for the roll and a chat.

Please get in touch with Kim or Jemma if you have any queries.

Board of Trustees

28 Nov 2025

Please see attached a statement from the Kuranui Board of Trustees.

Regards

Kuranui-Primary-School-Board-of-Trustees-Statement-on-Te-Tiriti-o-Waitangi-2026-1.pdf

Interschools Athletics CANCELLED!

18 Nov 2025

Kia ora whānau,

Based on all current weather forecasts, tomorrow is looking terrible. As such, the organisers of the event have decided not to proceed with the interschool athletics day. This is disappointing, as we know the tamariki love this day of fun and competition; however, safety is paramount, and the forecasted conditions would be terrible for this event, not to mention uncomfortable for all involved.

There is no postponement day because of the hectic time of the year.

Thank you for your understanding in this decision. Thank you tamariki for your amazing training and preparation for our athletics - You are all superstars! We are disappointed that you can't shine at Interschools this year.

See you all at school tomorrow, please bring the sports uniforms straight back into school tomorrow.

Nga mihi,
Kim Shannon