Tauhara College

Tauhara College

Committed to Excellence!
Address
Invergarry Road
Taupo, 2730
New Zealand
Coordinates 38°41′49.92″S 176°6′15.54″E / 38.6972000°S 176.1043167°E / -38.6972000; 176.1043167
Information
School type State Secondary
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 561[1] (November 2015)
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 roll of approximately 600 students.

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

As well as normal school curriculum, Tauhara runs various night-classes for the public, and has a long successful record of hosting international students from all over the world.

Canoes

The students in the school are divided into four "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:

Notable alumni

Notes

  1. "Directory of Schools - as at 01 December 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. "Donovan Bixley". Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. "AMP creates new role of AMP New Zealand Chief Economist". AMP. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

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