Tauhara College

Tauhara College

Infobox School
name = Tauhara College



imagesize = 275px
streetaddress = Invergarry Road
city = Taupo
country = New Zealand flagicon|NZL
postcode = 2730
coordinates = coord|38|41|49.92|S|176|6|15.54|E|type:edu|scale:1000|region:NZ
principal = Peter Gould
faculty = 43
roll = 431
decile = 5 [ [http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl7698_v1/decile-changes-2007-2008-web-state-s-integ.xls Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools] ]
MOE = 166
gender = Co-Ed
schooltype = Secondary
fundingtype = State
Years = 9-13
motto = "Committed to Excellence"
school_colours = Blue and Gold color box|blue color box|gold
established = 1975
homepage = [http://www.tauhara.school.nz 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 three high-schools in Taupo; the others being Taupo-Nui-a-Tia College and Lake Taupo Christian School (private).

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.

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.

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. [ [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10365084 'NZ Idol' lured pupils to rival school, says principal - 24 Jan 2006 - NZ Herald: New Zealand National news ] ]

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)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tauhara.school.nz/ Tauhara College]
* [http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=166/ TKI School Information: Tauhara College]


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