Mararoa School

November 21, 2025

The Mararoa School Board of Trustees is pleased to announce a new transport initiative aimed at providing an option for families in the wider Te Anau Basin area. From the start of the 2026 school year, the Board will operate a dedicated school van service travelling between Te Anau and Mararoa School. This service is specifically for families residing outside the Ministry of Education's Mararoa School designated bus zones. This allows for more families and their tamariki to experience the unique benefits of Mararoa School—our small class sizes, strong community spirit, and rural learning environment. If you live in the Te Anau area and are considering Mararoa School for your child in 2026, please contact the School Office promptly to register your interest and discuss enrolment options. To adhere to our commitment of maintaining small class sizes and ensuring personalised attention for every student, the Board will initially offer a limited number of spaces via this new transport service.

November 21, 2025

What an awesome day today for the 57th Fiordland Districts Pet Day hosted by Mararoa School at the Te Anau Rugby Club. The sun was out, everyone was upbeat, the animals and their owners/minders, and non pet entries impressed the judges and the day went off without at hitch. A huge congratulations to Lexie Slee who won the 2025 Landcorp Cup Trophy with her Pet Lamb Murphy. The Judges: Matt Canton from Pamu and Josh & Nat from ANZ were super impressed with Lexie's knowledge of Murphy. A great day celebrating rural life in Fiordland.

October 21, 2025

Today Nicky - Community Education Officer from Hato Hone St John taught Mararoa students about responding in emergencies. Great hands on learning was had, and everyone learned lots. Thanks Nicky, Hato Hone St John Te Anau.

October 03, 2025

The Mararoa School 32 tamariki and staff are very excited to be the 2025 Environment Southland Environmental Action in Education Award winners! Our school value of Caring for the Environment is thread throughout our every day school life as we build on from what past students and teachers began. We continue our enviro journey to the present day and plan for the future. It was heartwarming and humble to have our journey recognised and acknowledged. The awards evening was a spectacular night where 6 students attended along with Mrs G-W and Miss A to see the videos and hear the inspirational stories of all the nominees. We are lucky to be a part of this amazing part of New Zealand where such a diverse and talented group of people volunteer their time to care for our earth. Congratulations to all involved in the awards. Due to limited numbers of tickets allocated, we were unable to invite all of our staff and tamariki, but while they may not have been with us at the time we would like to acknowledge how our reward is the result of everyone's combined mahi. A special thanks to Josh Sullivan from Environment Southland for his involvement with Mararoa as part of the Enviro School and leading enviro activities around Southland.