"those who strive live fully"
, type = State, Co-educational,
Secondary (Year 9-15)
, established = 1960
, address = Churchill Street, Pahiatua,
New Zealand
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, principal = Iain Anderson
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, decile = 3I
, MOE = 235
, homepage
www.tararuacollege.school.nz
Tararua College is a secondary school in
Pahiatua
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New Zealand
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, with approximately 407 students.
History
Tararua College opened in 1960. Like most New Zealand state secondary school opened in the 1960s, the school was built to the Nelson common design plan, characterised by two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks, of which the school has one. The regional station Tararua TV was started in 2004, in an egg-carton lined room at the school. In 2006, pupil brawls and abuse of teachers at the school was effectively stopped with the introduction of a ban on student cellphones. Later that year a student teacher was forced to resign after admitting an affair with a pupil of the school.
Notable former pupils
* Heather McRae, principal of
Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland.
*
Roger Sowry
Roger Morrison Sowry (born 2 December 1958) is a former Politics of New Zealand, New Zealand politician. He is a member of the New Zealand National Party, National Party, and was the deputy leader from 2001 to 2003.
Early life
Sowry was born in ...
, government cabinet minister, former head boy
*
Michael Mason, New Zealand Blackcap cricketer
*
Tara Drysdale
Tara Drysdale (born 30 January 1979) is a New Zealand field hockey
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, New Zealand Blackstick
* Dame
Diane Robertson
Dame Diane Elizabeth Robertson (née Coburn; born 11 May 1953) is a New Zealand community leader. She was the Auckland City Missioner from 1998 until 2015, and was the first woman to serve in the role.
Biography
Robertson was born in Waipuku ...
, community leader
*
References
External links
School website
{{Schools in Manawatu-Wanganui
Secondary schools in Manawatū-Whanganui
Tararua District
New Zealand secondary schools of Nelson plan construction