Tararua College

Tararua College
Tararua College
Address
	Churchill Street, Pahiatua,; New Zealand
Coordinates	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
School roll	380 (August 2024)
Socio-economic decile	3I
Website	www.tararuacollege.school.nz

Tararua College is a secondary school in Pahiatua, New Zealand, with approximately 407 students.

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Tararua 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]

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

[1]
"Senior Leadership Team". Tararua College. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
[2]
"New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
[3]
"Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
[4]
"Tararua TV station widens its coverage". The Dominion Post. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010. ^{[dead link]}
[5]
O'Rourke, Simon (11 March 2006). "Teenage bullies hound 12-year-old to death". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
[6]
Woulfe, Catherine (14 December 2006). "Teacher admits affair with 16-year-old". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
[7]
Smith, Jacqueline (14 April 2009). "High flyer steps up to Diocesan top job". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.

School website

[1] [1]
"Senior Leadership Team". Tararua College. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[NZ_school_roll_data-2] [2]
"New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

[3] [3]
"Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[4] [4]
"Tararua TV station widens its coverage". The Dominion Post. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010. ^{[dead link]}

[5] [5]
O'Rourke, Simon (11 March 2006). "Teenage bullies hound 12-year-old to death". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.

[6] [6]
Woulfe, Catherine (14 December 2006). "Teacher admits affair with 16-year-old". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.

[7] [7]
Smith, Jacqueline (14 April 2009). "High flyer steps up to Diocesan top job". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.

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Tararua College
Address

Churchill Street, Pahiatua, New Zealand
Coordinates	40.4560°S 175.8338°E / -40.4560; 175.8338
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