Enrolment Scheme
The Board of Trustees has adopted the following scheme governing enrolments at Riwaka School as it is empowered to do by the Education Act 1989.
Home Zone
All students who live within the home zone described below are entitled to enrol at Riwaka School.
The Home Zone takes addresses on both sides of the boundary roads mentioned in the description unless otherwise stated.
- Starting from where Main Road Riwaka (SH 60) crosses the Motueka River, the home zone follows:
West along Main Road Riwaka (SH 60) until Umukuri Road- Including River Road
- West along Umukuri Road until Swamp Road
- North along Swamp Road until Main Road Riwaka (SH 60)
- Including Horizon Way
- North along Main Road Riwaka (SH 60) until its intersection with Riwaka-Kaiteriteri Road and Takaka Hill Highway (SH 60)
- Including Dehra Doon Road
- West along Takaka Hill Highway (Sh 60) up to and including number 1693 Takaka Hill Highway.
- Including Riwaka Valley Road,
- Including Riwaka Valley Left Branch Road,
- And including Canaan Road
- From number 1693 Takaka Hill Highway travels East back along Takaka Hill Highway (SH 60) until Moss Road
- North along Moss Road until Riwaka-Sandy Bay Road
- East along Riwaka-Sandy Bay Road until Sandy Bay-Marahau Road
- East along Sandy Bay-Marahau Road until its intersection with Harvey Road
- Including Marahau Valley Road,
- And including Harvey Road
- South back along Sandy Bay-Marahau Road until its intersection with the Marahau River
- East following the Marahau River until the coastline
- South following the coastline until the Motueka River
- South-west along the western bank of the Motueka River until Main Road Riwaka (SH 60).
Out of Zone Enrolments
Each year the Board determines the number of places which are likely to be available in the following year for the enrolment of students who live outside the home zone.
Applications for enrolment will be processed in the following order of priority:
First priority: will be given to applicants who are siblings of current students
Second priority: will be given to applicants who are siblings of former students
Third priority: will be given to applicants who are children of board employees
Fourth priority: will be given to all other applicants
If there are more applicants in the first, second, third and fourth priority groups than there are places available, selection within the priority group will be by a ballot conducted in accordance with instructions issued by the Secretary under Section 11G(1) of the Education Act 1989. Parents will be informed of the date of any ballot by notice in a daily newspaper circulating in the area served by the school.
For more information on enrolling your child at Riwaka School please visit our Starting School page.