Horowhenua College

Horowhenua College
Address
Weraroa Road Levin 5510 New Zealand
Coordinates	40°37′17″S 175°16′47″E / 40.62142°S 175.27972°E / -40.62142; 175.27972Coordinates: 40°37′17″S 175°16′47″E / 40.62142°S 175.27972°E / -40.62142; 175.27972
Information
Type	State co-ed Secondary (Year 9-13)
Motto	Essayez
Established	1940
Ministry of Education Institution no.	236
Principal	Grant Congdon
School roll	629^[1] (November 2015)
Socio-economic decile	3H^[2]
Website	www.horowhenua.school.nz

Horowhenua College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Levin, New Zealand. Opened in 1940, the school has 629 students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18) as of November 2015. The main Building (A Block) is registered under the Historic places trust,^[3] opened prior to the outbreak of World War II, Horowhenua College was the only New Zealand School established in 1940.^[1]

Notable alumni

Bob Bell (1929–2011), former National Party MP^[4]
Fraser Colman (1925–2008), former Labour Party MP (1967–1987)^[5]
Darren Hughes (born 1978), former Labour Party MP (2002–2011)

Notable staff

Christopher Small (1927–2011), musician and author of influential books and articles on musicology, sociomusicology, and ethnomusicology.

References

1 2 "Directory of Schools - as at 01 December 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
↑ http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-register/details/4078
↑ Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 299. ISBN 0-474-00177-6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Colman the ideal politician". The Hutt News. 22 April 2008. p. 66. Retrieved 17 August 2012.

External links

Schools in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand

State secondary & composite	Awatapu College Dannevirke High School Feilding High School Freyberg High School Horowhenua College Manawatu College Palmerston North Boys' High School Palmerston North Girls' High School Queen Elizabeth College Rangitikei College Ruapehu College Taihape Area School Tararua College Taumarunui High School TKKM o Tupoho Waiopehu College Wanganui City College Wanganui Girls' College Wanganui High School

State-integrated	Cullinane College Hato Paora College Longburn Adventist College Nga Tawa Diocesan School St Peter's College Turakina Maori Girls' College Wanganui Collegiate School

Private	St Dominic's College

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