Matamata College is a co-educational
state
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secondary school located in
Matamata
Matamata () is a town in Waikato, New Zealand. It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred horse breeding and training pursuits. It is part of the Matamata-Piako District, which take ...
, New Zealand.
History
The college was declared open on 11 February 1924 by the
Minister for Education
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,
James Parr.
In July 2012, a student was killed by a train after he ran out from several trees alongside the tracks outside the school. In March 2025, a 13-year-old girl named Sarie Morton was struck by a train shortly after class at 3:15 PM. Consequently, the mayor of
Matamata-Piako,
Adrienne Wilcock, stated that she was assisting authorities in regard to implementing protective measures, such as a trackside fences or barriers.
Enrolment
As of , Matamata College has a roll of students, of which (%) identify as Māori.
As of , the school has an
Equity Index
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of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 4 under the former
socio-economic decile
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system).
Notable alumni
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Anne Taylor – netball player
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Brendon Leonard – rugby union player
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Casey Williams
Casey May Kopua (née Williams; born 19 June 1985) is a retired New Zealand international netball player and former captain of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.
Kopua became a member ...
– netball player
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Catherine Tizard
Dame Catherine Anne Tizard (née Maclean; 4 April 1931 – 31 October 2021) was a New Zealand politician who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the List of governors-general of New Zealand, 16th governor-general of New Zeal ...
– Governor-General
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Craig Innes – rugby union and rugby league player
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Judith Collins
Judith Anne Collins (born 24 February 1959) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the attorney-general and minister of defence since 27 November 2023. She served as the leader of the Opposition and leader of the New Zealand National P ...
– politician; former
National
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leader
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Julie Hawkes – squash player
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Lyn Grime – Olympic hurdler
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Murray Taylor – rugby union player
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Nicola Browne
Nicola Jane Browne (born 14 September 1983) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 2 Test matches, 125 One Day Internationals and 54 Twenty20 Intern ...
– cricketer
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Richard Nunns
Richard Anthony Nunns (7 December 1945 – 7 June 2021) was a Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā heritage. He was particularly known for playing taonga pūoro and his collaboration with fellow Māori instrumentalist Hirini Melbourn ...
– Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā heritage
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Shane Dye
Raymond Shane Dye (born 26 September 1966, in the township of Matamata New Zealand), is a former jockey. He was an apprentice jockey to Dave O’Sullivan at Matamata, before moving to Sydney, Australia where he was initially working with Vic Th ...
– jockey
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Warwick Taylor – rugby union player
Historic imagery
File:Matamata College in 1978..jpg, Aerial and front view of Matamata College in 1978.
File:Matamata College (Matamata New Zealand) aerial photo (probably 1940s).tif, Aerial view of Matamata College in the 1940s
File:Matamata College (Matamata, New Zealand) in 1946 postcard.tiff, Front of Matamata College in the 1950s
References
External links
Matamata College
Educational institutions established in 1918
Secondary schools in Waikato
Matamata
1918 establishments in New Zealand
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