Piopio College is a coeducational secondary school in
Piopio, a town in the
Waitomo District of
New Zealand
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.
History
The College opened in 1975 when Piopio District High School was separated into Piopio Primary School and Piopio College. It won the Goodman Fielder Best School of the Year Award in 1999 jointly with
Patearoa School.
Piopio District High School was formed in 1924. It was the first school in New Zealand to have a
school bus
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service.
A combined schools centenary was held in March 2009.
Notable alumni
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David Fagan
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From Te Kuiti, Fagan has set 10 world records, and won five world, six world team, and 16 national ti ...
– world class shearer
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Jenny-May Coffin
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Clarkson previously played for the Silver Ferns, New Zealand's national netball team, for which she was the ...
– former
Silver Ferns netball player, for which she was the vice-captain in 2001; TVNZ presenter
*
Hannah Osborne
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– Olympic rower
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Farah Palmer – former captain of the
Black Ferns
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Rob Waddell
Robert Norman Waddell (born 7 January 1975) is a New Zealand Olympic Gold Medalist and double World Champion Single sculler rower, and America's Cup yachtsman. He is a triple New Zealand Supreme 'Halberg Awards' Sportsperson of the year winner ...
– world and Olympic champion rower; grinder for Team New Zealand in the Americas Cup
Principals
*Bob Ford (1975–1979)
*Brian Tegg (1980–2001)
*Tim Davies-Colley (2002–2007)
*David Day (2008–2012)
*Julie Radice (2013–2015)
*Johan van Deventer (2017–2021)
*Rakesh Govind (2022-present)
References
{{Waitomo District
Secondary schools in Waikato
Waitomo District
1975 establishments in New Zealand
Educational institutions established in 1975