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Owairoa Primary School

The Owairoa Primary School Family

“Creating a safe and supportive environment for your child”

Welcome to the ‘Owairoa family’

Owairoa Primary School is situated in Howick, an affluent seaside suburb 17km from the Auckland City centre.

The school caters for children aged 5 to 11 in their first six years of schooling.

Alan McIntyrePrincipal of Owairoa Primary School

Kindo Online School Shop

Owairoa Primary School offers you a fast and effective way to view and pay for your child’s school needs online.  Click the link to access our Kindo Online School Shop

Our Latest Blogs

Junior School Blog
March 1, 2024

Splish, Splosh, Splash!

What a fantastic term it has been for swimming in the Junior School. Our learners are excited each week to cool down in the pool…
Middle School Blog
March 1, 2024

Celebrating Chinese New Year

Year 3 have been busy learning all about the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is an annual celebration of new beginnings, happiness, and family reunions.…
Senior School Blog
March 1, 2024

Lunar New Year

The beginning of the 2024 school year coincided with the celebration of the Lunar New Year. As part of the 12 year cycle, this year…

What our Community Says

Please accept my deepest thanks and appreciation for the years my daughter has enjoyed at Owairoa. She has flourished at your school and we have, as a family, so very much enjoyed being part of the Owairoa community.

I visited other schools [to enrol my child] but I feel the Teachers, school facilities, student behaviours are not the same as I felt in Owairoa.

Another reason we trust Owairoa is because it is a “top performing school”. I am working in a college too. So I know how hard the school needs to work, to achieve a “strong” level in an ERO review.

Thank you so much for all that you and Owairoa did during the lock down. It is uncharted territory and I felt like Owairoa's response was fantastic. The genuine thought portrayed was to take care of our children's emotional well-being during this uncertain time and I thought that was the best response a school could have given.

Simply put, I am grateful to call Owairoa my children’s school. The last couple of months have been unique to say the least, and I would be remiss if I didn’t stop and write to you to express my deep gratitude for you and your staff's calm and professional handling of the school’s response.

It’s not often that we take time out to provide feedback on a job well done.

So I would like to take the time to say “Thank you”, to you and your team for the way in which you have handled going back into lockdown and the measures you have again put in place for the return of students on Monday.