Kia ora, welcome to the Motueka Steiner School & Farm!
We are a community-owned Steiner school and farm in the Nelson-Tasman region of New Zealand.
Over 100 children attend our playgroups, kindergarten and primary school. We invite you to join us. Come as a family or join us as a Friend of Motueka Steiner. Learn about our project to build a new eco-campus on our farm where students will have outdoor classrooms, gardens, orchards, fields, animals and nature areas. Watch our video, read our latest news.

Latest News

Call for skills and volunteers
Building and construction of the new farm-based school campus start on December 2019. A highly skilled construction team from the school community has been assembled.

$1.8 million to build stage-one
This year the world celebrates 100 years of Steiner education and its also the year we start building a unique new school campus. We are

Becoming Citizen Scientists
To celebrate 100 years of Waldorf Education, Motueka Steiner School embarked on a number of community-focused actions to spread good vibes to the wider community.

Tree planting 2019
At the end of each school term, we hold a tree-planting ceremony for families leaving the school. Most of the trees are planted by international

Run to build a new school
We are a Swiss family who decided to spend a year in Motueka (our blog: www.friguli.ch). Enea (12 years old) and Matilde (9 years old)

New road gives access to building site
A major piece of infrastructure has been completed in the project to build the new farm campus. Works included the road entry, driveway, carparks and