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Tauhara College

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Tauhara College
Address
Map
Invergarry Road

Taupō
,
2730

Coordinates38°41′49.92″S 176°6′15.54″E / 38.6972000°S 176.1043167°E / -38.6972000; 176.1043167
Information
School typeState secondary
MottoCommitted to Excellence!
Established1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Ministry of Education Institution no.166
PrincipalBen Hancock[1]
Faculty43
Years offered9–13
GenderCo-ed
School roll675[2] (August 2024)
Colour(s)Blue and gold    
Socio-economic decile6N[3]
Websitewww.tauhara.school.nz

Tauhara College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Taupō, New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has approximately 600 students.

Tauhara College is one of three high schools in Taupō; the others are Taupo-nui-a-Tia College and Lake Taupo Christian School (state integrated).

Waka

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ "from disruption to discovery". Furnware. Furnware. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Donovan Bixley". Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  5. ^ Marshall, Chris (29 July 2019). "Taupō's Sammie Maxwell has a mountain bike dream". Waikato Times. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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