Tauhara College
Secondary school in Taupō, New Zealand
Tauhara College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Taupō, New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has approximately 600 students.
Tauhara College is one of three high schools in Taupō; 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[4]
- Bevan Docherty – Triathlete, Olympic silver medalist
- Te Ururoa Flavell – Minister of Māori Development; leader of the Māori Party; former Head of Māori Studies
- Carly Flynn – journalist, presenter of Sunrise
- Melina Hamilton – pole vaulter, Olympian
- Sammie Maxwell (born 2001) – cross-country cyclist[5]
- Todd McClay – Member of Parliament for Rotorua; former Cook Islands diplomat (Ambassador to European Union)
- Dion Waller – former New Zealand All Black
Notes
- ^ "from disruption to discovery". Furnware. Furnware. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Marshall, Chris (29 July 2019). "Taupō's Sammie Maxwell has a mountain bike dream". Waikato Times. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
External links
- Tauhara College
- TKI School Information: Tauhara College[permanent dead link]
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