Te Puke is in the Bay of Plenty, around 25 minutes southeast of Tauranga, inland from Pāpāmoa. The Tauranga Eastern Link motorway bypasses the town, with orchards surrounding it in every direction.

Why is Te Puke the kiwifruit capital?

The country's kiwifruit industry is concentrated around Te Puke, where the climate and soils suit the vines. The giant kiwifruit slice sculpture beside the highway celebrates the title, and harvest season transforms the town each autumn.

What is there to do in Te Puke?

Kiwifruit orchard tours, the giant kiwifruit sculpture, award-winning bakeries on the main street, and the Pāpāmoa beaches 15 minutes away. The town works best as a genuine slice of rural Bay of Plenty life.

What schools are in Te Puke?

Te Puke High School is the main state secondary school, with Te Puke Primary, Te Puke Intermediate and Fairhaven School among those covering the younger years.

How do I get from Tauranga to Te Puke?

By car, around 25 minutes via the Tauranga Eastern Link or the old State Highway 2 route through Pāpāmoa. Bay of Plenty regional buses connect Te Puke and Tauranga daily.

Which schools are in zone for Te Puke?

Children living in Te Puke are in zone for Te Puke High School, Fairhaven School, Te Puke Intermediate, Te Ranga School. Living in a school's home zone gives a guaranteed right to enrol.

How do I check my school zone in Te Puke?

Use the School Zone Checker on this page. Enter your address to check your school zone and see which schools you have a guaranteed right to enrol at.

Te Puke, Bay of Plenty | Postcode, Population & Property Values

Living in Te Puke

Te Puke is a Bay of Plenty town of around 9,500 people, 25 minutes southeast of Tauranga, and it is the kiwifruit capital of the world. Not a kiwifruit capital. The capital. The orchards run in every direction, the giant kiwifruit slice sculpture beside the highway makes the point for anyone who missed it, and the town's fortunes track the kiwifruit harvest the way other towns track the rugby.

It's a town with genuine economic muscle behind the modest main street. The kiwifruit industry headquartered around here exports billions, the packhouses run around the clock through autumn, and the seasonal harvest pulls in thousands of workers from around the world, briefly making Te Puke one of the more multilingual small towns in the country every March.

The main street does proper rural-town service: bakeries with steak and cheese pies that have won actual awards, farm supply stores, and cafes that fill with hi-vis at smoko. Since the Tauranga Eastern Link motorway opened in 2015 and took State Highway 2 around the town, the main street belongs to the locals again.

Te Puke High School anchors the schools, the beaches at Pāpāmoa are 15 minutes away, and the entire town can tell you tomorrow's export forecast. Buy the gold variety. They're right about it.

Is Te Puke a good place to live?

Te Puke is home to roughly 14,070 people across 117.8 km². On Suburb's overall livability scale, Te Puke scores 61 out of 100, with a safety score of 48/100 and 29% green space.

Schools: Te Puke has 7 schools in or near the suburb, spanning early-childhood through to secondary education. See the Schools tab below for the full list.

Housing: The estimated median value is around $738K, and weekly rent typically sits around $450.

Lifestyle: Te Puke has cafés, shops and things to do nearby. The current temperature is 2.6°C. See the Weather tab for monthly averages.

Whether Te Puke is right for you depends on what you’re looking for. Use the data and community tips below to decide if it suits your lifestyle, family and budget.

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Livability Breakdown

Safety48
Amenities100
Schools49
Housing Affordability51
Green space97
Community44
Transport30

Property & Economics

Est. Median Value: $738K
Median Weekly Rent: $450/wk
Median HH Income: $88K/yr
Pop. Growth (5yr): +5.6%
Data Year: 2023

Key Financial Indicators (NZD)

† Est. Median Value is suburb.co.nz's own estimate, modelled from available public data. We aim for accuracy, but where data is limited, estimates may be imprecise.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Te Puke?: Te Puke is in the Bay of Plenty, around 25 minutes southeast of Tauranga, inland from Pāpāmoa. The Tauranga Eastern Link motorway bypasses the town, with orchards surrounding it in every direction.
Why is Te Puke the kiwifruit capital?: The country's kiwifruit industry is concentrated around Te Puke, where the climate and soils suit the vines. The giant kiwifruit slice sculpture beside the highway celebrates the title, and harvest season transforms the town each autumn.
What is there to do in Te Puke?: Kiwifruit orchard tours, the giant kiwifruit sculpture, award-winning bakeries on the main street, and the Pāpāmoa beaches 15 minutes away. The town works best as a genuine slice of rural Bay of Plenty life.
What schools are in Te Puke?: Te Puke High School is the main state secondary school, with Te Puke Primary, Te Puke Intermediate and Fairhaven School among those covering the younger years.
How do I get from Tauranga to Te Puke?: By car, around 25 minutes via the Tauranga Eastern Link or the old State Highway 2 route through Pāpāmoa. Bay of Plenty regional buses connect Te Puke and Tauranga daily.
Which schools are in zone for Te Puke?: Children living in Te Puke are in zone for Te Puke High School, Fairhaven School, Te Puke Intermediate, Te Ranga School. Living in a school's home zone gives a guaranteed right to enrol.
How do I check my school zone in Te Puke?: Use the School Zone Checker on this page. Enter your address to check your school zone and see which schools you have a guaranteed right to enrol at.

Schools & Enrolment Zones in Te Puke

Schools in zone for Te Puke

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

Te Puke High School
Secondary (Year 9-15) · roll 1122 · decile 3
Fairhaven School
Contributing · roll 468 · decile 3
Te Puke Intermediate
Intermediate · roll 512 · decile 3
Te Ranga School
Full Primary · roll 176 · decile 5

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Enter your address to check your school zone in Te Puke. School enrolment zones (home zones) decide which schools your child has a guaranteed right to enrol at.

Address matching is approximate and based on OpenStreetMap geocoding — confirm an exact result near a zone boundary directly with the school.

Other nearby schools

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

Te Puke Primary School
Contributing · roll 301 · decile 2 · 3.1 km away
TKKM o Te Matai
Full Primary · roll 41 · decile 1 · 4.4 km away
Rangiuru School
Full Primary · roll 94 · decile 4 · 4.8 km away

Explore Te Puke

Things to do(24)

Kevs Museum

Raparapahoe Waterfall

Donovan Park

Kartsport Bay of Plenty

Sub10 Training and Recovery

Te Puke Sports and Recreation Club

Te Puke Club Incorporated

Te Puke United FC

Te Puke Small Bore Rifle Club

Te Puke BJJ

Jubilee Park

Te Puke Bridge Club

Papamoa Hills Regional Park

Fairhaven Park

Wake Field Equestrian Estate

Te Puke Gymsport & Parkour

Rangiuru Sports Club

Te puke Holiday park

Te Puke Squash Club Inc

Te Puke Fitness

Sagake NZ

Te Puke Box Gym

Stride Fitness NZ

Results Personal Training

Parks & green spaces(5)

Donovan Park

Jubilee Park

Papamoa Hills Regional Park

Fairhaven Park

Te puke Holiday park

Healthcare(5)

Life Pharmacy Te Puke

Waitaha Health Centre

My Pharmacy

Te Puke Physiotherapy

Month	High (°C)	Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm/day)	Sunshine (hrs/day)
☀️ Jan	22.25	15.49	10.04	9.63
☀️ Feb	22.55	14.77	7.49	10.02
🍂 Mar	20.63	11.77	2.87	10.31
🍂 Apr	18.86	11.71	4.78	8.36
🍂 May	15.95	9.14	6.57	7.69
❄️ Jun	14.59	8.29	6.79	7.02
❄️ Jul	13.76	6.62	3.85	7.43
❄️ Aug	13.95	5.14	2.61	8.54
🌸 Sep	16.16	8.23	4.95	9.55
🌸 Oct	17.53	9.36	4.62	10.42
🌸 Nov	19.31	11.11	4.13	11
☀️ Dec	22.2	14.09	5.03	11.06

Living in Te Puke

Is Te Puke a good place to live?

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Livability Breakdown

Property & Economics

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Frequently Asked Questions

Schools & Enrolment Zones in Te Puke

Schools in zone for Te Puke

Te Puke High School

Fairhaven School

Te Puke Intermediate

Te Ranga School

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Other nearby schools

Te Puke Primary School

TKKM o Te Matai

Rangiuru School

Explore Te Puke

🎯Things to do(24)

Kevs Museum

Raparapahoe Waterfall

Donovan Park

Kartsport Bay of Plenty

Sub10 Training and Recovery

Te Puke Sports and Recreation Club

Te Puke Club Incorporated

Te Puke United FC

Te Puke Small Bore Rifle Club

Te Puke BJJ

Jubilee Park

Te Puke Bridge Club

Papamoa Hills Regional Park

Fairhaven Park

Wake Field Equestrian Estate

Te Puke Gymsport & Parkour

Rangiuru Sports Club

Te puke Holiday park

Te Puke Squash Club Inc

Te Puke Fitness

Sagake NZ

Te Puke Box Gym

Stride Fitness NZ

Results Personal Training

🌳Parks & green spaces(5)

Donovan Park

Jubilee Park

Papamoa Hills Regional Park

Fairhaven Park

Te puke Holiday park

🏥Healthcare(5)

Life Pharmacy Te Puke

Waitaha Health Centre

My Pharmacy

Te Puke Physiotherapy

Unichem

Eat & Drink in Te Puke

🍽️Places to eat & drink(39)

Te Puke Senior Citizens Club Restaurant

A4 Bakery and Cafe

Chinese Smorgasbord

The Orchard Thieves

Ella 's Cafe

One Step Beyond Cafe

Bar

Indian Roots

Jellicoe Street restaurant and Bar

Stadium Sports Bar

Pizza Hut

Fresh fish market

Dms Pukepack

Pizza Bros Te Puke

KFC Te Puke

Momo Ghar

Smart India Restaurant

Bake House and Cafe

Tony's Cafe & Kebabs Authentic Turkish Food

Jellicoe St Bar & Eatery

Things to do(24)

Parks & green spaces(5)

Healthcare(5)

Places to eat & drink(39)

Tradies & services(34)

Shops(27)