Tauhara College
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| Tauhara College | |
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| Location | |
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Invergarry Road Taupō , 2730 | |
| Coordinates | 38°41′49.92″S 176°6′15.54″E / 38.6972000°S 176.1043167°E |
| Information | |
| School type | State secondary |
| Motto | Committed to Excellence! |
| Established | 1975 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 166 |
| Principal | Ben Hancock[1] |
| Faculty | 43 |
| Years offered | 9–13 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Enrollment | 651[2] (October 2025) |
| Colours | Blue and gold |
| Socio-economic decile | 6N[3] |
| Website | www.tauhara.school.nz |
Tauhara College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Taupō, New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has approximately 600 students.
Tauhara College is one of three high schools in Taupō; the others are Taupo-nui-a-Tia College and Lake Taupo Christian School (state integrated).
As of October 2025, Tauhara College has a roll of 651 students, of which 252 (38.7%) identify as Māori.[2]
As of 2026, the school has an Equity Index of 486,[4] placing it amongst schools whose students have the above average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 4 and 5 under the former socio-economic decile system).[5]
Waka
The students in the school are divided into four waka ("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)
- Mataatua (red)
- Tainui (yellow)
