Tereora College

Tereora College is a secondary school in Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. It is the oldest secondary school in the Cook Islands and the national college of the Cook Islands for Year 9–13 students.

Coordinates21.2053°S 159.80713°W / -21.2053; -159.80713

MottoCook Islands Māori: Kia Toa
(Be Brave)

Established1895 / 1954

Principal

Sharyn Paio

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Tereora College
Location
PO Box 107 Avarua Rarotonga
Coordinates	21.2053°S 159.80713°W / -21.2053; -159.80713
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Motto	Cook Islands Māori: Kia Toa (Be Brave)
Established	1895 / 1954
Principal	Sharyn Paio
Years offered	9–13
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	760[1]
Website	https://www.tereora.edu.ck/

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The school was first established in 1895 by the London Missionary Society. It closed in 1911 by the New Zealand colonial administration.^[2] It was re-opened in 1954 as a public school.^[3] The junior school offers the Cook Islands National Curriculum, while the senior school offers levels 1 - 3 of the New Zealand National Certificate of Educational Achievement.

The school buildings were built in the 1950s,^[3] but by 2015 were old and damp.^[4] In 2015 during the celebrations of the Cook Islands' 50th anniversary of self-government, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced an $11.7 million gift to redevelop the college.^[4] The redevelopment was to be designed by two former students who had studied architecture in New Zealand, and run in partnership with the Cook Islands investment Corporation.^[5] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern opened stage one of the redevelopment in March 2018.^[6][7]

A book on the early history of the school, Below the Bluff at Nikao, was published in 1995.^[8]