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:

Aotea (Blue)
Arawa (Green)
Maataatua (Red)
Tainui (Yellow)

Notable alumni

Donovan Bixley - Illustrator, author of Faithfully Mozart^[3]
Bevan Docherty - Athlete, Olympic Silver Medalist
Bevan Graham - Chief Economist, AMP NZ^[4]
Carly Flynn - Journalist, presenter of Sunrise
Melina Hamilton - Pole vaulter, Olympian
Todd McClay - Member of Parliament for Rotorua and former Cook Islands diplomat (Ambassador to European Union)
Dion Waller - former New Zealand All Black
Te Ururoa Flavell - Minister of Maori Development, Leader of The Maori Party, and Former Head of Maori Studies

Notes

↑ "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.
↑ "Donovan Bixley". Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
↑ "AMP creates new role of AMP New Zealand Chief Economist". AMP. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

External links

Schools in Waikato, New Zealand

State secondary & composite	Cambridge High School Coromandel Area School Fairfield College Forest View High School Fraser High School Hamilton Boys' High School Hamilton Girls' High School Hauraki Plains College Hillcrest High School Huntly College Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whakarewa I Te Reo Ki Tuwharetoa Te Kura o Hirangi Mangakino Area School Matamata College Melville High School Mercury Bay Area School Morrinsville College Ngaruawahia High School Onewhero Area School Otorohanga College Paeroa College Piopio College Putaruru College Raglan Area School Reporoa College Rototuna Junior High School Tai Wananga Nga Taiatea Wharekura Tauhara College Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Te Aroha College Te Awamutu College Te Kauwhata College Te Kuiti High School Thames High School Tokoroa High School Tongariro School Tuakau College Waihi College Whangamata Area School Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha

State-integrated	Lake Taupo Christian School Sacred Heart Girls' College St John's College Waikato Diocesan School For Girls

Private	Hamilton Christian School St Paul's Collegiate School St Peter's School

Future	Rototuna Senior High School (2016)

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