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Investment in improved attendance#
The Government has recently announced an investment of almost $140 million over the next 4 years to improve student attendance. This includes around $123 million for frontline attendance service delivery, and almost $17 million to support and strengthen the frontline services.
Contracts to deliver new comprehensive attendance services will be awarded following an application/tender process, which will open in June 2025.
Attendance service catchment areas#
In preparation for the new contracts, we have reviewed the current provider catchment areas. As a result, we will be making some changes to make sure contracts are large enough to be viable yet small enough to be local.
We have published all provisional catchment areas to give you an opportunity to provide feedback before they are finalised.
The schools currently listed in the catchment areas do not include Māori Medium and Kaupapa Māori kura. New services will be available for ākonga | students in these kura. More information will be provided after discussions with key partners such as peak bodies.
How to provide feedback on provisional catchment areas#
To provide your feedback, find your region below. Here you will find a list of provisional catchments currently identified using a local geography naming convention. You can then download the appropriate provisional catchment area document.
Email your feedback to us.
Email: [email protected]
Feedback closes at 10am, Monday 26 May 2025.
All feedback will be reviewed and considered before the catchments are finalised.
Tai Tokerau#
DargavilleKaikohe, HokiangaKaitaiaKerikeri, Bay of IslandsWhangarei NorthTāmaki Herenga Tangata#
Albany, Long Bay, RangitotoAvondale, Green Bay, KelstonGlenfield, Birkenhead, NorthcoteMahurangi, RodneyMassey, Hobsonville, KaiparaTāmaki Herenga Manawa#
AoteaGrammar Western SpringsHowick, Botany, PakurangaMt Albert, Mt Roskill, LynfieldOnehunga, One Tree HillTāmaki Herenga Waka#
Alfriston, TakaniniMāngereManurewaŌtāhuhu, PapatoetoePapakura, Rosehill, DruryWaikato#
Cambridge, Te AwamutuCoromandel, Hauraki, Thames, Waihi, PaeroaHamilton EastHamilton WestHuntly, Ngāruawāhia, RaglanBay of Plenty | Waiariki#
Otūmoetai, KatikatiRotorua Central, MuruparaRotoruaTaupōTauranga CentralTaranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū#
Hāwera, StratfordPalmerston North, FeildingRuapehuTaranaki North EastTaranaki East including Surf Highway and InglewoodHawke's Bay, Tairāwhiti#
Central Hawke's BayFlaxmereHastingsHavelock NorthNapierWellington#
HorowhenuaHutt ValleyKāpitiPoriruaTararua, WairarapaNelson, Marlborough, West Coast#
Greater West CoastMarlborough Kaikōura areaNelsonTasman Richmond areaCanterbury, Chatham Islands#
AshburtonChatham IslandsChristchurch East and CentralChristchurch South, South West and HalswellChristchurch WestOtago, Southland#
Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes DistrictCluthaDunedin areaInvercargillSouthland Gore