Hoon Hay

Living in Hoon Hay

Hoon Hay sits in southwestern Christchurch around 6 km from the central city, on the flat between Spreydon and Westmorland. It's a settled mid-century suburb, mostly 1960s and 1970s brick-and-tile housing on quarter-acre sections, with a population of around 5,000 and a quiet, family-oriented rhythm.

The Hoon Hay shops on Hoon Hay Road are the local hub: a Four Square, the medical centre, the pharmacy, and one slightly disproportionate local food legend. Hoon Hay Thai Restaurant has been operating for decades and is the suburb's most-searched destination by some distance. The pad thai is genuinely as good as the local reputation suggests, which is the kind of unfussy excellence that small suburbs occasionally produce.

Hoon Hay Park is the local green space, with sports fields, a playground and the Hoon Hay Park Community Centre. The Heathcote River runs along the eastern boundary.

Hoon Hay School (state co-ed primary, years 1 to 6) handles the local primary. Older students typically attend Hillmorton High School or Cashmere High School. Most residents grew up in the suburb or nearby. Not a destination. Reliably its own thing, and the kind of suburb where the school WhatsApp group is the local news service.

Schools & Enrolment Zones in Hoon Hay

Schools in zone for Hoon Hay

Children living in Hoon Hay have a guaranteed right to enrol at these schools, based on Ministry of Education home zones.

• Christchurch Adventist School

  Composite · roll 285 · decile 6

• Villa Maria College

  Secondary (Year 7-15) · roll 835 · decile 9

• St Thomas of Canterbury College

  Secondary (Year 7-15) · roll 708 · decile 8

• Middleton Grange School

  Composite · roll 1387 · decile 9

• Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College

  Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 2123 · decile 3

• Hoon Hay Te Kura Kōaka

  Contributing · roll 428 · decile 10

• Hillmorton High School

  Secondary (Year 7-15) · roll 1441 · decile 4

• Cashmere High School

  Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 2459 · decile 9

• Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)

  Full Primary · roll 324 · decile 10

• Aidanfield Christian School

  Composite · roll 457 · decile 8

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Other nearby schools

Schools close to Hoon Hay that you may be able to enrol at under open enrolment or by application (outside your home zone).

• TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi

  Composite · roll 229 · decile 3 · 0.6 km away

• Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School

  Contributing · roll 264 · decile 4 · 0.6 km away

• Te Kura o Mōkihi Spreydon School

  Contributing · roll 276 · decile 4 · 1.1 km away

• Southern Health School

  Specialist School · roll 20 · decile 4 · 1.6 km away

• Te Kōmanawa Rowley School

  Contributing · roll 235 · decile 1 · 1.6 km away

• Somerfield Te Kura Wairepo

  Contributing · roll 547 · decile 8 · 1.7 km away

• Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School

  Intermediate · roll 485 · decile 4 · 1.9 km away

• Addington Te Kura Taumatua

  Contributing · roll 335 · decile 3 · 2.0 km away

• Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)

  Full Primary · roll 185 · decile 4 · 2.1 km away

• Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington

  Contributing · roll 433 · decile 10 · 2.3 km away

• Cashmere Primary Te Pae Kererū

  Full Primary · roll 476 · decile 9 · 2.4 km away

• St Peter's School Te Kura Haoika

  Full Primary · roll 155 · decile 8 · 2.5 km away

• Beckenham Te Kura o Pūroto

  Full Primary · roll 463 · decile 8 · 3.0 km away

• Te Whānau o Otu Mātua

  Specialist School · roll 13 · decile 2 · 3.1 km away

• Wharenui School

  Full Primary · roll 393 · decile 3 · 3.3 km away

• Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka

  Full Primary · roll 627 · decile 8 · 3.5 km away

• Waltham School

  Full Primary · roll 246 · decile 3 · 3.7 km away

• Hillview Christian School

  Composite · roll 545 · decile 7 · 3.8 km away

• Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery

  Composite · roll 650 · decile 8 · 3.9 km away

• St Martins School

  Full Primary · roll 471 · decile 9 · 3.9 km away

• St Michael's Church School

  Full Primary · roll 124 · decile 8 · 3.9 km away

• Rudolf Steiner School (Chch)

  Composite · roll 280 · decile 8 · 4.1 km away

• Te Kura o te Tauawa Halswell School

  Full Primary · roll 705 · decile 7 · 4.1 km away

• St Teresa's School (Riccarton)

  Full Primary · roll 168 · decile 6 · 4.1 km away

• TKKM o Waitaha

  Composite · roll 221 · decile 1 · 4.1 km away

• Christ's College

  Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 708 · decile 10 · 4.2 km away

• Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate

  Intermediate · roll 284 · decile 8 · 4.2 km away

• Catholic Cathedral College

  Secondary (Year 7-15) · roll 598 · decile 8 · 4.3 km away

• St Mark's School (Christchurch)

  Full Primary · roll 229 · 4.3 km away

• The Cathedral Grammar School

  Full Primary · roll 242 · decile 10 · 4.4 km away

• Christchurch Boys' High School

  Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 1434 · decile 8 · 4.5 km away

• Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora

  Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 1302 · decile 9 · 4.5 km away

• Te Kura o Ōpāwaho – Opawa School

  Full Primary · roll 355 · decile 4 · 4.6 km away

• Riccarton High School

  Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 1116 · decile 6 · 4.7 km away

• Wigram Primary School - Te Piki Kāhu

  Contributing · roll 469 · 4.7 km away

• Ilam School

  Contributing · roll 368 · decile 9 · 4.8 km away

• Te Kāpehu Riccarton School

  Full Primary · roll 353 · decile 3 · 5.0 km away

• Medbury Preparatory School

  Full Primary · roll 372 · decile 10 · 5.0 km away

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