Katikati College is a co-educational Year 7 to 13 school. It is located in the town of
Katikati
Katikati is a town in New Zealand (North Island) located on the Uretara Stream near a tidal inlet towards the northern end of Tauranga Harbour, 28 kilometres south of Waihi and 40 kilometres northwest of Tauranga. State Highway 2 passes through ...
which is approximately northwest of the city of
Tauranga
Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...
in the Western
Bay of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty ( mi, Te Moana-a-Toi) is a region of New Zealand, situated around a bight of the same name in the northern coast of the North Island. The bight stretches 260 km from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runawa ...
region of New Zealand.
Principals
* 1935: Mr S. M. Kemp
* 1966–1976: Mr R. Greaves
* 1977–1981: Mr Lind
* 1982–1999: Mr B Blackstock
* 2000–2009: Mr P Leggat
* 2010–2017: Mr N Harray
* 2017–2021: Mrs Carolyn Pentecost
* 2021: Mrs Louise Buckley (Acting)
Houses
Katikati College has four houses. The houses are all named after prominent Katikati families. They are:
* Mulgan (red) Named after William Edward Mulgan
* Stewart (blue) Named after George Vesey Stewart
* Macmillan (green) Named after Donald Theodore Macmillan
* Gledstanes (purple) Named after Edward Gledstanes
Notable alumni
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Mabel Wharekawa-Burt
Mabel Wharekawa-Burt is a New Zealand Māori film and television actress and community leader.
Biography
Wharekawa-Burt was raised in Katikati, in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, by her aunt and uncle as a whāngai adoption. Her home marae is Te ...
, television and film actress
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Toby Hendy
Toby Hendy (born 11 July 1995) is a science communicator and YouTuber who focuses on educational content relating to physics, mathematics and astronomy.
Early life and education School
Hendy attended Katikati College in the Bay of Plenty, ...
, science communicator and YouTuber
References
External links
Katikati College
Secondary schools in the Bay of Plenty Region
Western Bay of Plenty District
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