About Us - Overview

Kerikeri High School is a Year 7 to 13, state secondary school in Northland, New Zealand with approximately 1600 day students and 150 staff. We have a spacious campus with modern facilities and are located close to the centre of Kerikeri, a busy horticultural and tourist town in the Bay of Islands.

Our mission is to provide a learning environment that develops all students to the greatest possible extent, so enabling them as responsible citizens to take full advantage of life's opportunities. We are committed to providing excellence in education, recognising the individual needs of students and fostering pride among our students and the community.

The Education Review Office is a government agency that regularly audits and reports on the quality of education in every New Zealand school. Our school has been reviewed in 2003, 2006, 2011, 2015, and 2019.

Kerikeri High School is a Crown Entity as specified in the Crown Entities Act 2004 and a school as described in The Education Act 1989. The School is considered a Public Benefit Entity (PBE) for financial reporting purposes. Financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Public Finance Act 1989 and generally accepted accounting principals. The Board of Trustees of Kerikeri High School complies fully with the principle of being a good employer (S.77A State Services Act, 1988).
Statements for the Year Ended 31 Dec 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.