About Us

Paparoa Range School was established in 2005 following on from a District Network Review by the Ministry of Education. Brunnerton, Kaiata, and Stillwater schools merged into the Brunnerton site at Dobson, and the Blackball School became a satellite school of Paparoa Range. The two schools are 18 kms apart. Paparoa Range is a U2 and has a decile five rating. We cater to students from Year 1 to Year 8.  We have four classrooms at the Dobson site, and one classroom at Blackball. Paparoa Range School is located 10kms inland from Greymouth. 

The buildings at the Dobson site consist of six permanent teaching spaces, library, a multi-purpose room, new administration block, covered swimming pool and a community hall across the road. The school grounds have been upgraded. The Blackball site consists of two classroom spaces and an administration area.

The Dobson site students come from Dobson, Kaiata, Taylorville, Stillwater, and Ngahere. Blackball site students come mainly from Blackball and Atarau. The school owns and operates a bus and has a minivan. A Ministry school bus also operates from Atarau to Blackball.

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