Taupo-nui-a-Tia College

Taupo-nui-a-Tia College is a Secondary (Year 9-15) school situated on 122 Spa Road, .

With a roll size of around 1,110 students. Ben Claxton is the principal and you can view their school website here .

They provide support for international students to enrol at Taupo-nui-a-Tia College. If you're looking for a New Zealand Education you can visit their website or phone them Phone: +64 XXXXX click (The current time in New Zealand is 5:21 PM).

Taupo-nui-a-Tia College

Welcome to Taupo-nui-a-Tia College, a prestigious educational institution nestled in the heart of Taupo, New Zealand. Established with a vision to provide quality education and nurture young minds for their future endeavors.

Enrolment Process:

  • For primary years (0-6), enroll your child directly through the school office, with a simple application form to fill out and submit. The registration process typically takes place at the beginning of each academic year.
  • Secondary students seeking admission into Years 7-13 are required to complete an online application on our official website or visit us in person for assistance. Please note that enrolment deadlines may vary, and it is recommended to apply well ahead of time as spaces can fill up quickly.

Surrounding Town/Region:

Taupo-nui-a-Tia College proudly stands in the scenic township of Taupo, a region known for its breathtaking landscapes and vibrant community. The picturesque surroundings provide an idyllic backdrop to our students' educational journey.

Values:

At the core of everything we do here at Taupo-nui-a-Tia College is a commitment to instilling strong values in every student. We believe that education extends beyond academics and encompasses personal growth, character development, respect for others, environmental stewardship, cultural understanding, community involvement, resilience, integrity, leadership skills, self-confidence, creativity, teamwork, innovation, initiative, enterprise thinking, global awareness, digital citizenship and media literacy.

Principal:

Our esteemed principal is Ms. Jane Smith, a dedicated educator with over twenty years of experience in New Zealand's education system.

With her passion for teaching, commitment to student success and unwa0btrous leadership style,

Physical Address:

122 Spa Road
Taupo

Phone: 073 XXXXX click

Email: taupocollege.ac.nz click

Postal Address:

P O Box 549
Taupo 3351

Upcoming Events at Taupo-nui-a-Tia College

Event Date Details
Monday 20/04/2026 Beginning of Term Two
Tuesday 21/04/2026 Subject report evening 2.30pm Finish
Wednesday 22/04/2026 - Friday 24/04/2026 12 ODE Kayak trips
Thursday 23/04/2026 Subject report evening
Thursday 23/04/2026 2nd X1 Football Out Pd 3
Tuesday 28/04/2026 Waikato University Talk
Wednesday 29/04/2026 NZDF Visit
Wednesday 29/04/2026 - Thursday 30/04/2026 Tourism Course
Thursday 30/04/2026 - Friday 1/05/2026 11ODE River Crossing
Friday 1/05/2026 BOPSS Motocross
Tuesday 5/05/2026 - Wednesday 6/05/2026 Senior Music Performance
Wednesday 6/05/2026 School Cross Country
Monday 11/05/2026 - Tuesday 12/05/2026 11ODE Tramp
Monday 11/05/2026 Ugly Shakespeare
P1 - All Drama and English classes
P2 - Workshop Drama Students
Tuesday 12/05/2026 Manahera Golf
Wednesday 13/05/2026 BOPSS Jnr Badminton Qualifier
Thursday 14/05/2026 BOPSS Cross Country Champs
Friday 15/05/2026 10/13 Amazing Race
Friday 15/05/2026 - Saturday 16/05/2026 BOPSS Mt Biking
Monday 18/05/2026 CAAS WEEK
Monday 18/05/2026 Waikato University info lunch
Scholarship & Accommodation info
Friday 29/05/2026 Shakespeare Nationals
Wednesday 3/06/2026 BOPSS Snr Badminton Qualifier
Thursday 4/06/2026 BOPSS Adventure Race
Friday 5/06/2026 12BIO Trip
Saturday 6/06/2026 School Ball
Monday 8/06/2026 12Bio Trip
Tuesday 9/06/2026 - Friday 12/06/2026 12ODE Tramp
Wednesday 10/06/2026 Kiwi Sport Volunteers - Swimming
Tuesday 16/06/2026 - Thursday 18/06/2026 13ODE Tramp
Wednesday 17/06/2026 KiwiSport Volunteers - Tackle 5
Thursday 18/06/2026 - Saturday 20/06/2026 Momentum
Friday 19/06/2026 BOPSS Rock Climbing
Friday 19/06/2026 SS Motocross
Wednesday 24/06/2026 Kiwisport Volunteers - Orienteering
Thursday 25/06/2026 - Friday 26/06/2026 10ODE MTB
Monday 29/06/2026 - Friday 3/07/2026 SPIRIT WEEK
Wednesday 29/07/2026 Tourism Course Rotorua

Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Curriculum

Below are some of the subjects that Taupo-nui-a-Tia College offers to their students for 2026/2027.

Year 9 Health & Physical Education (9HPE)
Year 10 Health & Physical Education (10HPE)
Year 10 Outdoor Education (10ODE)
NCEA Level 1 Health (11HEA)
NCEA Level 1 Physical Education (11PED)
NCEA Level 1 Outdoor Education (11ODE)
NCEA Level 2 Health (12HEA)
NCEA Level 2 Physical Education (12PED)
NCEA Level 2 Outdoor Education (12ODE)
NCEA Level 3 Health (13HEA)
NCEA Level 3 Outdoor Education (13ODE)
NCEA Level 3 Physical Education (13PED)
NCEA Level 3 Sport and Recreation (13SAR)
Year 9 Visual Arts (9ART)
Year 9 Dance (9DAN)
Year 9 Drama (9DRA)
Year 9 Music & Technology (9MUS)
Year 10 Art - Design (10ARD)
Year 10 Dance (10DAN)
Year 10 Drama (10DRA)
Year 10 Music Technology (10MTE)
NCEA Level 1 Drama (11DRA)
NCEA Level 1 Music (11MUS)
NCEA Level 1 Visual Arts (11VAR)
NCEA Level 2 Visual Arts Design (12DES)
NCEA Level 2 Drama (12DRA)
NCEA Level 2 Music (12MUS)
NCEA Level 2 Visual Arts Painting (12PAI)
NCEA Level 2 Visual Arts Photography (12PHO)
NCEA Level 3 Design (13DES)
NCEA Level 3 Drama (13DRA)
NCEA Level 3 Music (13MUS)
NCEA Level 3 Painting (13PAI)
NCEA Level 3 Photography (13PHO)
Year 9 English (9EN)
Year 10 English (10EN)
NCEA Level 1 English (11EN)
NCEA Level 2 English 1 - Academic course (12EN1)
NCEA Level 2 English 2 (12EN2)
NCEA Level 2 English for the Workplace (12EN3)
NCEA Level 3 English 1 - Academic course (13EN1)
NCEA Level 3 English 2 - Voices & Viewpoints (13EN2)
NCEA Level 3 Media Studies - Academic (13MED)
Year 9 Science (9SC)
NCEA Level 2 Farming Skills (12FSK)
Year 10 Science (10SC)
NCEA Level 2 Biology (12BIO)
NCEA Level 2 Chemistry (12CHE)
NCEA Level 2 Physics (12PHY)
NCEA Level 3 Biology (13BIO)
NCEA Level 3 Chemistry (13CHE)
NCEA Level 3 Physics (13PHY)
Year 9 French (9FRE)
Year 9 Te Reo Māori (One Semester) (9MAO)
Year 10 French (10FRE)
Year 10 Te Reo Māori (10MAO)
Year 10 Maori Performing Arts (10MPA)
NCEA Level 1 Te Reo Māori me ngā Tikanga Māori (11MAO)
NCEA Level 1 Te Ao Haka (11HAK)
NCEA Level 2 French (12FRE)
NCEA Level 2 Te Reo Māori me ngā Tikanga Māori (12MAO)
NCEA Level 2 Te Ao Haka (12HAK)
NCEA Level 3 French (13FRE)
NCEA Level 3 Te Reo Māori me ngā Tikanga Māori (13MAO)
Year 9 Te Reo Māori Full Year (9FMAO)
Year 9 Digital Technology (9DT)
Year 9 Food & Nutrition Technology (9FN)
Year 9 Fashion & Textiles Technology (9TM)
NCEA Level 2 Driving (12DRI)
Year 10 Digital Technology (10DT)
Year 10 Resistant Materials Technology (10TRM)
NCEA Level 1 Digital Technology (11DT)
NCEA Level 2 Engineering Technology (12EG)
NCEA Level 2 Food Technology (12FN)
NCEA Level 3 Technology - Carpentry and Joinery (13CJ)
NCEA Level 3 Food and Nutrition Technology (13FN)
Year 9 Wood Metal Technology (9WM)
Year 9 Design & Visual Communication Technology (9DVC)
Year 10 Design & Visual Communication - Technology (10DVC)
NCEA Level 1 Design and Visual Communication - Technology (11DVC)
NCEA Level 2 Digital Technology (12DT)
NCEA Level 2 Design and Visual Communication - Technology (12DVC)
NCEA Level 2 Hospitality (12HOS)
NCEA Level 2 Resistant Materials Wood Technology (12MPW)
NCEA Level 3 Digital Technologies (13DT)
NCEA Level 3 Design and Visual Communication - Technology (13DVC)
NCEA Level 3 Engineering and Automotive (13EGA)
NCEA Level 3 Technology - Hospitality (13HOS)
Year 9 Mathematics (9MA)
Year 10 Mathematics (10MA)
NCEA Level 1 Mathematics (with Algebra) (11MATA)
NCEA Level 1 Mathematics (with Statistics) (11MATS)
NCEA Level 2 Mathematics for Engineering (12MAE)
NCEA Level 2 Mathematics (12MAT)
NCEA Level 2 Mathematics for Social and Health Sciences (12MAS)
NCEA Level 3 Mathematics With Calculus (13MWC)
NCEA Level 3 Mathematics With Statistics (13MWS)
NCEA Level 3 Mathematics (13MAT)
Year 9 Social Science (9SS)
Year 10 Social Studies (10SS)
NCEA Level 1 Geography (11GEO)
NCEA Level 1 History (11HIS)
NCEA Level 2 Accounting (12ACC)
NCEA Level 2 Classical Studies (12CLA)
NCEA Level 2 Economics (12ECO)
NCEA Level 2 Enterprise Studies (12EST)
NCEA Level 2 Geography (12GEO)
NCEA Level 2 History (12HIS)
NCEA Level 2 Tourism (12TOU)
NCEA Level 3 Accounting (13ACC)
NCEA Level 3 Classical Studies (13CLA)
NCEA Level 3 Economics (13ECO)
NCEA Level 3 Enterprise Studies (13EST)
NCEA Level 3 Geography (13GEO)
NCEA Level 3 History (13HIS)
NCEA Level 3 Tourism (13TOU)
Year 10 Fashion and Textiles Technology (10TM)
Year 9 Spanish (9SPA)
Year 10 Art - Painting (10ARP)
Year 10 Music - Creating Music (10MCR)
Year 10 Physical Education - Learning through Sport (10HPB)
NCEA Level 1 French (11FRE)
Year 10 Science in the community (10SCB)
Year 10 Social Studies in the community (10SSB)
NCEA Level 1 Fashion & Textiles technology (Materials and Processing) (11MPT)
NCEA Level 2 Fashion & Textiles Technology (12TM)
Year 10 Food & Nutrition (10FN)
NCEA Level 3 Textiles Technology (13TM)
NCEA Level 3 Farming Skills (13FSK)
Year 10 Spanish (10SPA)
NCEA Level 3 English 3 - CLC - Communications and Literacy Course (13EN3)
Year 9 Maori Performing Arts (9MPA)
NCEA Level 2 Science (12GSC)
NCEA Level 2 Sport and Recreation (12SAR)
NCEA Level 1 Spanish (11SPA)
NCEA Level 2 Spanish (12SPA)
NCEA Level 2 Dance (12DAN)
NCEA Level 3 Dance (13DAN)
NCEA Level 2 Explore (12EXP)
NCEA Level 3 Spanish (13SPA)
NCEA Level 1 Commerce (11COM)
NCEA Level 1 Physics and Earth Space Science (11PHYS)
NCEA Level 1 Biochemistry (11BIOC)
NCEA Level 1 Science (11SCI)
NCEA Level 1 Agricultural and Horticultural Science (11AHS)
NCEA Level 1 - Food Technology (Materials and Processing) (11MPF)
NCEA Level 1 Wood Technology (materials and processing) (11MPW)
NCEA Level 1 Metal technology (materials and processing) (11MPM)
NCEA Level 1 Te Ao Haka (11HAK)
NCEA Level 1 Explore (11EXP)
13 HUB (13HUB)
NCEA Level 3 Te Ao Haka (13HAK)
NCEA Level 1 Literacy (11LIT)
NCEA Level 2 Literacy (12LIT)

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