Tamatea High School


Tamatea High School is a state secondary co-educational school located in Napier, New Zealand.
WWW tamatea.school.nz

History

The school was opened in 1975.

Academics

Typical student pathways include university, further training through the programmes at the Eastern Institute of Technology, or direct entry to employment. Student learning programmes are informed by their school leaver goals.

Enrolment

The school roll has approximately 310 boys and girls. The classes are typically around 20-25 students and smaller in the senior school. The school population is approximately 55% Māori, 38% Pākehā with the rest of the students being Pasifika and Asian.

Activities

In 2022, students transformed an unused football field into a native forest by planting 2,600 trees as part of the school's Matariki Ngahere Legacy Project. Supported by a grant, the project served as a living memorial to Heitia and Marg Hiha. Students raised more than $26,000 toward the cost.

Sports

The school competes in numerous sports, including:
  • Basketball
  • Crew
  • Rugby

News

The school was in the news in 2016, when it was one of a number of schools to receive a hoax bomb threat. The school was temporarily closed in 2020 when flooding affected a number of schools in the area. The school was in the news in 2024, when an incident outside the school led to a temporary lockdown and again in 2025, when the Ministry of Education cut a rural school bus route forcing students to hitchhike to school from 45km away.

Principals