Tauhara College
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Invergarry Road Taupo , 2730 | |
| Coordinates | 38°41′49.92″S 176°6′15.54″E / 38.6972000°S 176.1043167°E |
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| School type | State secondary |
| Motto | Committed to Excellence! |
| Established | 1975 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 166 |
| Principal | Keith Buntting |
| Faculty | 43 |
| Years offered | 9-13 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| School roll | 700[1] (March 2021) |
| Colour(s) | Blue and gold |
| Socio-economic decile | 6N[2] |
| Website | www.tauhara.school.nz |
Tauhara College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Taupo, New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has a roll of approximately 600 students.
Tauhara College is one of three high schools in Taupo; the others are Taupo-nui-a-Tia College and Lake Taupo Christian School (state integrated).
Waka[]
The students in the school are divided into four waka ("canoes") which compete in numerous events, mostly sporting, throughout the year in order to gain the most points in the Tauhara College Canoe Competition. The houses, and the colours they are represented by, are:
- Aotea (blue)
- Arawa (green)
- Mataatua (red)
- Tainui (yellow)
Notable alumni[]
- Donovan Bixley - illustrator, author of Faithfully Mozart[3]
- Bevan Docherty - Triathlete, Olympic silver medalist
- Te Ururoa Flavell - Minister of Maori Development; leader of the Maori Party; former Head of Maori Studies
- Carly Flynn - journalist, presenter of Sunrise
- - Chief Economist, AMP NZ[4]
- Melina Hamilton - pole vaulter, Olympian
- Todd McClay - Member of Parliament for Rotorua; former Cook Islands diplomat (Ambassador to European Union)
- Dion Waller - former New Zealand All Black
Notes[]
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Donovan Bixley". Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "AMP creates new role of AMP New Zealand Chief Economist". AMP. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
External links[]
- Tauhara College
- TKI School Information: Tauhara College[permanent dead link]
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Categories:
- Educational institutions established in 1975
- Secondary schools in Waikato
- Taupō
- Schools in the Taupo District