Tuahiwi is a small New Zealand settlement located between Woodend and Rangiora.

With European settlement, the site was reserved for Māori in 1848 by Walter Mantell following the signing of Kemp's Deed.

[5] In 1831, prior to European settlement, the pa had been attacked by Te Rauparaha.

[8] In 1900 the Tuahiwi hall was used as a base by D Company of the 1st North Canterbury Mounted Rifle Battalion, a volunteer unit.

[9] The Mounted Rifles included Tuahiwi Maori who on being refused permission to fight in the Second Boer War protested to the Premier Richard Seddon in 1901.

[14][15] The school is bilingual, offering students a choice of tuition in Māori-language or English education.