Taupo-nui-a-Tia College
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| Taupo-nui-a-Tia College | |
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| Address | |
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122 Spa Road Taupō New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 38°40′54″S 176°04′47″E / 38.6816°S 176.0797°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Co-ed state secondary |
| Motto | Kia Kaha |
| Established | 1960 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 167 |
| Principal | Ben Claxton |
| Years offered | 9–13 |
| School roll | 1,249[1] (March 2025) |
| Socio-economic decile | 5M[2] |
| Website | taupocollege |
Taupo-nui-a-Tia College is a co-educational high school in Taupō, New Zealand. The school currently has about 1131 students. Taupo-nui-a-Tia College is a Cornerstone Values school.[3]
Enrolment
[edit]As of March 2025, Taupo-nui-a-Tia College has a roll of 1,249 students, of which 396 (31.7%) identify as Māori.[1]
As of 2025, the school has an Equity Index of 464,[4] placing it amongst schools whose students have average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 5 and 6 under the former socio-economic decile system).[5]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Paula Bennett – 18th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
- David Hamilton – New Zealand Composer
- Louisa Wall – Member of Parliament
- Lee Stensness – All Black
- Hud Rickit – All Black
- Shiloh Gloyn – Black Stick
- Nicole van der Kaay – Triathlete
- Mani Mitchell – Activist
References
[edit]- ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Cornerstone Values
- ^ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
- ^ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.