Tararua College
| Tararua College | |
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| Address | |
| Churchill Street, Pahiatua, New Zealand |
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| Information | |
| Type | State, Co-educational, Secondary (Year 9-15) |
| Motto | Māori: Tama Tu Tama Ora "those who strive live fully" |
| Established | 1960 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 235 |
| Principal | Glynis De Castro |
| School roll | 340[1] (March 2016) |
| Socio-economic decile | 3I[2] |
| Website | www.tararuacollege.school.nz |
Tararua College is a secondary school in Pahiatua, New Zealand, with a role of approximately 407 students. The college mission statement is Tararua College promotes excellence and personal development inside and outside the classroom. The college celebrated its 50th Jubilee over Easter 2010.
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 two. The regional station Tararua TV was started in 2004, in an egg-carton lined room at the school.[3] In 2006, pupil brawls and abuse of teachers at the school was effectively stopped with the introduction of a ban on student cellphones.[4] Later that year a student teacher was forced to resign after admitting an affair with a pupil of the school.[5]
Visual art
Each year around 160 students from Year 9 to 13 learn visual arts. In senior classes, students specialise in painting, photography or design. The Visual Art Department had a new studio in 2010 with facilities including a darkroom and computer graphics suite.
Music
Over 120 students learn a musical instrument through the in-school tuition programme. The tutors offer tuition in 13 instruments, from drums to piccolo. The College has both concert and stage bands who play at school and community occasions. There are a number of rock bands, some of who enter into national competitions. The school also has vocal tuition and the opportunity to join one of the choirs.
Notable former pupils
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- Heather McRae, principal of Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland.[6]
- Roger Sowry, government cabinet minister, former head boy
- Michael Mason, New Zealand Blackcap cricketer
- Tara Drysdale, New Zealand Blackstick
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