About the programme

We have a target of all schools providing quality learning environments by 2030 to enable ākonga | students and teachers to thrive in environments that support their success. 

Te Haratau programme measures and assesses the quality of our school’s learning environments by collecting data across 3 pillars, or pou:

1. Condition.
2. Fitness for purpose, including
   • Internal Environmental Monitors, and
   • School Evaluation of Physical Environment.
3. Operational efficiency.

This data informs robust, consistent decision-making so school property is always (at a minimum) warm, safe and dry for all schools across the motu.  

Condition assessments

Condition assessors visit schools and kura to assess site-wide and building elements. They make their assessment against an established condition assessment framework. Using this framework means consistent, repeatable, and comparable data is recorded across the school and portfolio. 

We are currently refining the way we collect condition data.

Internal Environment Monitoring (IEM) devices

IEM devices help to assess:

• acoustics
• lighting
• thermal comfort, and
• indoor air quality. 

These all support better indoor environments. 

Like CO2 monitors, IEM devices can help schools understand ventilation requirements. They are part of a longer-term solution to support the quality of schools’ learning environments. IEMs are fixed and permanent, allowing schools to monitor CO2 levels in real time and move the monitors between classrooms.

Operational efficiency

We get authorisation from school boards to collect schools’ current and future energy consumption data directly from their retailer. This energy survey helps us get a better understanding of usage and costs to measure the operational efficiency.