Tararua College


Tararua College is a secondary school in Pahiatua, New Zealand, 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.

Enrolment

As of, Tararua College has a roll of students, of which identify as Māori.
As of, the school has an Equity [Index (New Zealand)|Equity Index] of, placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement.

Notable alumni