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| Heretaunga College | |
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| Coordinates | 41°07′44″S 175°03′18″E / 41.129°S 175.055°E |
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| Type | State co-educational High School |
| Motto | Kia Hiwa Ra |
| Established | 1954 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 251 |
| Principal | John Murdoch |
| Years offered | Years 9–13 |
| School roll | 848[1] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 6N[2] |
| Website | heretaunga.school.nz |
Heretaunga College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The school has approximately 848 students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18).
The college grounds are a large area with primary access via Ward Street (which runs North-West to South-East) and secondary access via Blockhouse Lane and Fortune Lane. The adjacent Blockhouse is a 1860s relic of the New Zealand Wars (although it never saw action), which is currently managed by Heritage New Zealand. The adjacent Fortune Lane was one of the first residential areas in Upper Hutt, but no original buildings remain.
A long-running proposal to merge Heretaunga College with nearby Upper Hutt College and their feeder schools Fergusson Intermediate and Maidstone Intermediate which had led to a moratorium on buildings maintenance collapsed in 2007.[3] The only nearby secondary schools not included in the proposals were St. Patrick's College, Silverstream and Hutt International Boys' School.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Plans for 3000-pupil school scrapped". stuff.co.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.