Tararua College is a secondary school in Pahiatua, New Zealand, with approximately 407 students.
| Tararua College | |
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| Address | |
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Churchill Street, Pahiatua, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 40°27′22″S 175°50′02″E / 40.4560°S 175.8338°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State, Co-educational, Secondary (Year 9–15) |
| Motto | Māori: Tama Tu Tama Ora "those who strive live fully" |
| Established | 1960 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 235 |
| Principal | Iain Anderson[1] |
| School roll | 380[2] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 3I[3] |
| Website | www.tararuacollege.school.nz |
History
editTararua College opened in 1960. Like most New Zealand state secondary school opened in the 1960s, the school was built to the Nelson common design plan, characterised by two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks, of which the school has one. The regional station Tararua TV was started in 2004, in an egg-carton lined room at the school.[4] In 2006, pupil brawls and abuse of teachers at the school was effectively stopped with the introduction of a ban on student cellphones.[5] Later that year a student teacher was forced to resign after admitting an affair with a pupil of the school.[6]
Notable alumni
edit- Heather McRae, principal of Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland.[7]
- Roger Sowry, government cabinet minister, former head boy
- Michael Mason, New Zealand Blackcap cricketer
- Tara Drysdale, New Zealand Blackstick
- Dame Diane Robertson, community leader
References
edit- ^ "Senior Leadership Team". Tararua College. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Tararua TV station widens its coverage". The Dominion Post. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010. [dead link]
- ^ O'Rourke, Simon (11 March 2006). "Teenage bullies hound 12-year-old to death". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ Woulfe, Catherine (14 December 2006). "Teacher admits affair with 16-year-old". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ Smith, Jacqueline (14 April 2009). "High flyer steps up to Diocesan top job". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.