# Aotea College > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aotea_College > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aotea_College.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotea_College > Source revision: 1355482327 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Aotea College" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) School Aotea College Location Okowai Road, Aotea. Porirua, New Zealand 41°07′31″S 174°51′16″E / 41.125156°S 174.854396°E / -41.125156; 174.854396[1] Information Funding type State Established 1978 Ministry of Education Institution no. 253 Principal Jason White Years offered 9–13 Gender Co-educational Enrollment 1,404[2] (March 2026) Socio-economic decile 5M[3] Website www.aotea.school.nz **Aotea College** is a state co-educational secondary school located in [Porirua](/source/Porirua), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand). Founded in 1978, the school serves students for Year 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18) across the northern suburbs of Porirua. ## Demographics At the September 2013 [Education Review Office](/source/Education_Review_Office) (ERO) review, Aotea College had 936 students enrolled, including seven [international students](/source/International_student). Forty-seven percent of students were male and 53 percent were female. Thirty-seven percent of students identified as [European](/source/European_New_Zealanders) (Pākehā), 28 percent identified as [Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_people), 26 percent as [Pasifika](/source/Pasifika_New_Zealanders), seven percent as [Asian](/source/Asian_New_Zealanders), and two percent as another ethnicity.[4] As of 2026, Aotea College has an [Equity Index](/source/Equity_Index_(New_Zealand)) of 441,[5] placing it amongst schools whose students have below average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 7 under the former [socio-economic decile](/source/Socioeconomic_decile) system).[6] ## Redevelopment In late 2015, it was announced that Aotea College would receive $24 million from the New Zealand Ministry of Education to fund an upgrade of the school's ageing facilities. Work was scheduled to begin in early 2017, which would see the construction of new flexible learning spaces with high standards of heating and lighting. Such an upgrade was warranted after recent storms and decades of deterioration had led to an estimated half of the college's buildings becoming leaky.[7] Furthermore, the Te Manawa building was closed in 2015 due to the presence of black mould. These renovations were completed in late 2019 and the building was occupied from January 2020. ## Sport and cultural activities Sport and cultural activities are a major part of Aotea College. Students are encouraged to take at least one winter sport and summer sport. Aotea College competes in the New Zealand National Secondary Schools Barbershop competition – in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 the girls' chorus won first place in both the regional and the national competition in Wellington. ## Notable alumni Main category: [People educated at Aotea College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_educated_at_Aotea_College) - [Tania Tupu](/source/Tania_Tupu) – basketball player - [Serge Lilo](/source/Serge_Lilo) – rugby union player - [Tayi Tibble](/source/Tayi_Tibble) – poet and writer ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["New Zealand Schools"](https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/directories/list-of-nz-schools). Ministry of Education. 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-NZ_school_roll_data_2-0)** ["New Zealand Schools Directory"](https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/directories/list-of-nz-schools). New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 March 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-decile2015_3-0)** ["Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools"](http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls). Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Aotea College Education Review"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165332/http://www.ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports/Aotea-College-04-11-2013). Education Review Office. 4 November 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports/Aotea-College-04-11-2013) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-NZ_school_equity_index_data_5-0)** ["New Zealand Equity Index"](https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/243372/School-EQI-numbers-2023-2026.xlsx). New Zealand Ministry of Education. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["School Equity Index Bands and Groups"](https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups). *www.educationcounts.govt.nz*. Retrieved 6 February 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Aotea College to undergo $24m redevelopment"](http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/73683659/Aotea-College-to-undergo-24m-redevelopment). Stuff. 10 November 2015. 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