Last updated October 2026
Southland Adventist Christian School is a state-integrated, co-educational full primary school for Years 1 to 8 at 21 Durham Street, Waikiwi, Invercargill. It had 129 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 48 suburbs, among them Dacre, Kapuka, Omaui, Tussock Creek, Kennington and Sandy Point; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school is owned and run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and its website describes Bible, values and pastoral care programmes, with a chaplain on the staff. It also runs a school bus with a door-to-door service.
At a glance
- Principal
- Joshua Taylor
- Address
- 21 Durham Street, Waikiwi, Invercargill
- Phone
- 03-215 7904
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Tiwai Point, West Invercargill, Otatara, Omaui, Awarua, Seaward Bush, Lorneville, Waverley, Avenal, Tussock Creek near Invercargill, Mill Road, Motu Rimu, Ocean Beach, Richmond, Kew, Makarewa, Windsor, Dacre near Invercargill, Grasmere, Strathern, Clifton, Hawthorndale, Georgetown Invercargill, Myross Bush Invercargill, Kapuka near Invercargill, Waihopai, Waikiwi, Woodlands near Invercargill, Heidelberg, Kingswell, West Plains, Gladstone, Appleby, Newfield, Tisbury, Rockdale Invercargill, Invercargill Central, Wallacetown near Invercargill, Ascot, Rosedale, Hargest, Glengarry, Kennington, Sandy Point, Greenhills, Prestonville Invercargill, Bluff and Woodend.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
Who goes here
Share of the 129 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from June 2023. It sets out an improvement evaluation that ERO and the school agreed to carry out on how well teachers use assessment information to guide their teaching, speed up progress in literacy and numeracy and narrow gaps between groups of learners.
The school had recently adopted a new assessment plan after working with outside professional learning providers. ERO noted that teachers have been trained in the new assessment tools, that the revised plan has made assessment more consistent across the school and is starting to shape learning programmes, and that teachers know their students well and keep a close watch on the progress of priority groups.
The school’s priorities from the report are to keep building staff skill in gathering, analysing and using good-quality assessment information, and to evaluate its student support programmes and interventions to learn which ones are working and which are not.
Read the ERO reports for Southland Adventist Christian School
Enrolling
Southland Adventist Christian School is state-integrated and runs an enrolment scheme. Its website says preference goes to families with a connection to the school’s special character, either active Seventh-day Adventist families or other committed Christian families who want a Christian education, and that preference is decided by the local church pastor, the school chaplain or their delegate.
A small number of non-preference places exist, and families taking one must accept the school’s special character and take part in its programme.
Compulsory attendance dues set by the Proprietor apply. Non-preference applicants who cannot be offered a place straight away can join a waiting list, and the school invites families to book a tour.
Schools nearby
Where students go next
Based on home zones around the school’s own address. Families can apply to any school, and your own address decides which zones you are in.
In Waikiwi
Southland Adventist Christian School is in Waikiwi. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Waikiwi guide →Questions parents ask
Is Southland Adventist Christian School zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Tiwai Point, West Invercargill, Otatara, Omaui, Awarua, Seaward Bush, Lorneville, Waverley, Avenal, Tussock Creek near Invercargill, Mill Road, Motu Rimu, Ocean Beach, Richmond, Kew, Makarewa, Windsor, Dacre near Invercargill, Grasmere, Strathern, Clifton, Hawthorndale, Georgetown Invercargill, Myross Bush Invercargill, Kapuka near Invercargill, Waihopai, Waikiwi, Woodlands near Invercargill, Heidelberg, Kingswell, West Plains, Gladstone, Appleby, Newfield, Tisbury, Rockdale Invercargill, Invercargill Central, Wallacetown near Invercargill, Ascot, Rosedale, Hargest, Glengarry, Kennington, Sandy Point, Greenhills, Prestonville Invercargill, Bluff and Woodend.
What years does it teach?
Years 1 to 8.
How many students go there?
129 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
439. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).