Rawhitiroa

Rawhitiroa is a locality in South Taranaki, New Zealand. It is approximately 6.5 km east of Eltham. Rawhitiroa School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a decile rating of 6 and a roll of 49. The school opened on 11 December 1897, and was initially called Andersen Road School. The school was completely destroyed by fire twice, in 1944 and 1976, and rebuilt each time. Mangamingi School, which opened in 1903, was closed and merged with Rawhitiroa School at the end of 1988.