Tauhara College
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| Invergarry Road Taupo, 2730 New Zealand |
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| 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 | 583[1] (March 2016) |
| 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.
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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
