Tauhara College
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Committed to Excellence
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| Invergarry Road Taupo, 2730, New Zealand  |
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| Principal | Peter Gould |
| Faculty | 43 |
| School roll | 431 |
| Socio-economic decile | 5[1] |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 166 |
| Gender | Co-Ed |
| School type | State Secondary |
| Years Offered | 9-13 |
| School Colour(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Established | 1975 |
| Homepage | www.tauhara.school.nz |
Tauhara College is a medium-sized, decile five school in Taupo, New Zealand. The co-educational high-school currently has about 450 students.
Tauhara College is one of two high-schools in Taupo; the other being Taupo-Nui-a-Tia College.
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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[edit] 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)
In 2007, the top canoe in the Canoe Competition was Aotea.
[edit] Controversies
Tauhara College was featured in the New Zealand Herald in 2006 when the principal at the time, Peter Grant, attributed the college's falling roll to the fact that New Zealand Idol contestant Michael Murphy had attended rival school Taupo-Nui-a-Tia College. The theory was not supported by the Tauhara College School Board, nor Murphy himself. At the same time the school board announced it would be replaced by an independent commissioner as it felt it was "battering its head" against Mr Grant without making any headway or much needed changes to the school's management.[2]
[edit] Notable Former Students
- Donovan Bixley - Illustrator, author of Faithfully Mozart
- Bevan Docherty - Athlete, Olympic Silver Medalist
- Carly Flynn - Journalist, presenter of Sunrise
- Melina Hamilton - Pole vaulter, Olympian
- Todd McClay - National Party Candidate for Rotorua (2008) and former Cook Islands diplomat (Ambassador to European Union)
