It closed in 2016, and Haeata Community Campus, a school taking year 1–13 pupils, opened on the campus from a merger of Aranui High School with Aranui, Wainoni, and Avondale primary schools.

The school became a key community hub and helped to educate not only local Māori and Pasifika students, but also Pākehā (New Zealand European) and other ethnicities well beyond the Aranui community limits.

During the magnitude 6.3 earthquake on 22 February, the school suffered only moderate damage but was forced to close for nearly a month.

As a result of the earthquake the school experienced a significant decline in enrollment.

In 2013, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced that Aranui High School would be merged with local primary schools, including Wainoni, Aranui and Avondale Primary, to form a year 1–13 community campus.