Tauhara College
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 | |
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| Address | |
Invergarry Road Taupo , 2730 | |
| Coordinates | 38°41′49.92″S 176°6′15.54″E |
| Information | |
| 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 colour(s) | Blue and gold |
| School roll | 664[1] (March 2020) |
| Socio-economic decile | 6N[2] |
| Website | www.tauhara.school.nz |
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
- Bevan Graham - 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 26 April 2020.
- "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.
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