Matamata College is a

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secondary school located in

Matamata Matamata () is a town in Waikato, New Zealand. It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred horse breeding and training pursuits. It is part of the Matamata-Piako District, which tak ...

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History

The college was declared open on 11 February 1924 by the Minister for Education, James Parr. In July 2012, a student was killed by a train after he ran out from several trees alongside the tracks outside the school; He was killed instantly.

Notable alumni

* Anne Taylor – netball player *

Brendon Leonard Brendon Leonard (born 16 April 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Leonard plays half-back and made his provincial debut for Waikato in the 2005 National Provincial Championship. He was in the Chiefs wider training group for the 2 ...

– rugby union player * Casey Williams – netball player *

Catherine Tizard Dame Catherine Anne Tizard (née Maclean; 4 April 1931 – 31 October 2021) was a New Zealand politician who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th governor-general of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996. She was the first ...

– Governor-General * Craig Innes – rugby union and rugby league player *

Judith Collins Judith Anne Collins (born 24 February 1959) is a New Zealand politician who served as the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the New Zealand National Party from 14 July 2020 to 25 November 2021. She was the second female Leader of the Natio ...

– politician; former

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Julie Hawkes Julie Hawkes (née Lamb; born 1948 in New Zealand) is a squash player who represented Hong Kong through the majority of her career. She completed her secondary education at Matamata College in 1966, where she won awards in tennis and netball and ...

– squash player * Lyn Grime – Olympic hurdler *

Murray Taylor Murray Barton Taylor (born 25 August 1956) is a retired rugby union player from New Zealand. He played thirty matches for the New Zealand national rugby union team, All Blacks in the late 1970s and early 1980s; seven of these were Test match (rug ...

– rugby union player *

Nicola Browne Nicola Jane Browne (born 14 September 1983) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 2 Test matches, 125 One Day Internationals and 54 Twenty20 Internat ...

– cricketer *

Richard Nunns Richard Anthony Nunns (7 December 1945 – 7 June 2021) was a Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā heritage. He was particularly known for playing taonga pūoro and his collaboration with fellow Māori instrumentalist Hirini Melbourn ...

– Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā heritage *

Shane Dye Raymond Shane Dye (born 26 September 1966, in the township of Matamata New Zealand), is a former jockey. He was an apprentice jockey to Dave O’Sullivan at Matamata, before moving to Sydney, Australia initially working with Vic Thompson at Wa ...

– jockey * Warwick Taylor – rugby union player

Historic imagery

File:Matamata College in 1978..jpg, Aerial and front view of Matamata College in 1978. File:Matamata College (Matamata New Zealand) aerial photo (probably 1940s).tif, Aerial view of Matamata College in the 1940s File:Matamata College (Matamata, New Zealand) in 1950s postcard.tif, Front of Matamata College in the 1950s

References

External links

Matamata College
Educational institutions established in 1918 Secondary schools in Waikato Matamata 1918 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-school-stub