Tauhara College

Tauhara College
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
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 626[1] (August 2018)
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 a roll of approximately 600 students.

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).

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 - 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

  1. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 13 September 2018". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  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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