Welcome to the Section listing Schooling Facilities for the Tauranga and Mount Maunganui area.

Tauranga and Mount Maunganui
New Zealand's Favourite Playground

Click to enlarge.The twin cities of Tauranga and Mount Maunganui offer a diverse range of schooling, covering all levels, from pre-school to tertiary institutions.
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Educational Facilities:

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Tertiary Institutions:

University of Waikato at Tauranga
142 Durham Street, Tauranga, New Zealand
The University of Waikato has a small but fast-developing campus in Tauranga offering papers crediting towards a number of Undergraduate degrees – Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLibS), Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSocSc), Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) in Accounting and Marketing, Bachelor of Teaching (BTchg) Primary and Te Tohu Paetahi. The campus also offers Graduate study – Graduate Diploma of Teaching (GradDipT) Secondary, Graduate Diplomas in Accounting and Marketing and the Post-graduate Diploma in Management Studies. In addition to credit courses, the Tauranga campus offers many non-credit courses through its Continuing Education programme.
Telephone: 07-577 0620 for further information.
Email: uwt@waikato.ac.nz
Website: http://uwt.waikato.ac.nz

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic:
Windermere drive, Windermere Private Bag TG 12001, Tauranga, New Zealand or The Bongard Center, 200 Cameron Road, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone 07 544 0920, Fax 07 544 2386
Website: http://www.boppoly.ac.nz

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Bethlehem Tertiary Institute
Elder Lane, Bethlehem, Tauranga
 
Part of the Bethlehem Campus, BTI offers professional preparation in teaching and counselling with the three-year Bachelor of Education (Teaching) degree preparing Primary and Early Childhood teachers, an upgrade programme for Primary and Early Childhood teachers who have a diploma of teaching and want to finish their degree, a Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood) to retrain primary teachers for Early Childhood teaching (also available by flexi around NZ) and a Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary) to train degree graduates for secondary school teaching. BTI also has programmes in counselling and family studies all available by flexi from anywhere in NZ. The Bachelor of Counselling is a three-year degree and the Diploma of Counselling a three-year part-time diploma preparing professional counsellors; the one-year Diploma of Family Studies trains volunteers and community workers and the Graduate Diploma of Family Studies is a one-year full-time programme for professionals to specialise in an area of people-helping and undertake research into their practice. The specialist Graduate Certificates of Counselling enable already qualified counsellors to expand their professional knowledge and skills in one area: therapeutic group facilitation; child and adolescent counselling; Narrative Therapy; couple and family counselling; counselling focussed on illness, disability and impairment; and in supervision. These programmes can be studied as a whole or some papers can be taken as tasters or one-off enrolments.
For more information contact BTI:
Postal: Private Bag 12015, Tauranga
Phone: 0-7 5791 702

 

Secondary Institutions:

Bethlehem College:
This College is an independent Christian, co-educational, nondenominational school registered at Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary levels. The school is set in 46 hectares of rural land in the Bethlehem area on the Northwest boundary of the city.
Physical address: Elder Lane, Bethlehem, Tauranga, New Zealand
Phone: 07 576 6769, Fax: 07 576 4751
Postal address: 24 Elder Lane, Bethlehem, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Website: http://www.beth.school.nz
e-mail : info@beth.school.nz
For the Bethlehem Institute of Education call Telephone/Fax: 07 576 2171
Postal address: Private Bag 12003 Elder Lane, Bethlehem, Tauranga, New Zealand.
e-mail: postmaster@bethlehem.ac.nz
Website: http://www.bethlehem.ac.nz

Mount Maunganui College
This College is a co-educational school of over 1000 pupils, Mount Maunganui College is based in the second fastest growing region in New Zealand. A port city supported by superb surf beaches, deep sea fishing, and the heart of volcanic New Zealand.
Physical address: Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 575 3096, Fax: 07 575 5749
Postal address: Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
email: webmaster@mmc.school.nz
Web site: http://www.mmc.school.nz

Otumoetai College
Otumoetai College is a co-educational, state secondary school, established in 1965. It has an excellent record of academic success. There are 1475 students, over 100 highly qualified teaching staff and 25 international students from countries such as Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and Thailand..
Physical address: Windsor Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 576 2316, Fax: 07 5768903.
Postal address: PO Box 8033, Cherrywood, Tauranga, New Zealand
email: international@otumoetaicollege.co.nz
Website: http://www.otumoetaicollege.co.nz

Tauranga Boys College
Almost in the center of town. Excellent acedemic reputation and sporting facilities. One of Tauranga's oldest schools - a boys-only single sex school.
Physical address: 664 Cameron Road, Tauranga South
Phone 578 4029
Postal address: 930 Cameron Road, Tauranga, New Zealand.
e-mail: tbc@tbc.school.nz
Website: http://www.tbc.school.nz

Tauranga Girls' College
This single sex girls school currently has a roll of 1548, Year 9-13 students. To meet the needs of one of the fastest growing regions of New Zealand, the school has embarked on an extensive building programme. At Tauranga Girls' College we are proud of our: academic excellence participation and achievement in a wide range of sporting, cultural and community activities talented and constructive young women promotion of leadership opportunities
Physical address: 930 Cameron Road, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 578 8114, Fax:07 578 8447
Postal address: 930 Cameron Road, Tauranga, New Zealand.
e-mail: webmaster@tbc.co.nz
Website: http://www.tgc.school.nz


Intermediate Institutions (Year 7/8):

Kaimai Full Primary School
Years 1-8
Click here for listing.

Mount Maunganui Intermediate School
Links Avenue, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 575 5512


Otumoetai Intermediate School
Otumoetai Intermediate is the only Intermediate in the Otumoetai/Matua area. It has a roll of approx 700 students and is situated adjacent to the College grounds.
Physical address: Charles Street, Bellevue
Phone 576 5105


Tauranga Intermediate School
We are now NZs biggest intermediate with a role of 1130 mainsteam students.
We have 2 accelerate classes, 2 bilingual classes and in 2002 hope to
introduce 2 digital classes.
We run our own Outdoor Education camp at Ngamuwahine and have an extensive
International language programme with overseas visits and visitors.
Physical address: 18th Avenue, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 578 440, Fax: 07 578 2618
Postal address: Box 2141, Tauranga, New Zealand.
e-mail: info@tauranga-int.school.nz
Website: http://www.tauranga-int.school.nz

 

Primary Institutions:

Adventist Primary School
SH2 Main Road, Bethlehem, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 576 6700


Arataki Primary School
Kaimanawa Street, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 575 3497


Bellevue Primary School
20 Princess Road, Bellevue, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 576 5916

Bethlehem Primary School
66 Carmichael Road, Bethlehem, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 576 4726

Brookfield Primary School
20 Millers Road, Brookfield, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 576 9433

Gate Pa Primary School
900 Cameron Road Tauranga South, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 578 5325
Fax 07 5445354
principal@gatepa.school.nz

Green Park Primary School
13 Lumsden Street, Greerton, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 541 0606

Greerton Village Primary School
Corner Greerton Road and Chadwick Road, Greerton, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 541 1639, Fax: 07 541 1685

Kaimai Primary School
Kaimia School is a small rural full primary school for New Entrants to Year 8 situated in the beautiful Kaimai Ranges approx 15 minutes from Tauranga. Our class sizes are small, our environment caring and harassment-free. Teaching staff are dedicated and fully competent, delivering up to date curriculum focussing on Literacy and Numeracy. We offer a full Multimedia (individual laptops) senior Y7/8 class with the remaining three classes being fully electronic with multiple computers and Interactive Whiteboards. We welcome your enquiry - especially as a quality, caring alternative to Intermediate catering for individual needs perfectly with our smaller class sizes and state of the art environment.
1853 State Highway 29
R.D.1
Tauranga
Ph. 543 0999
Fax 543 0449
email: admin@kaimai.school.nz

Matahui Primary School
Matahui Road School is a small independent primary school for New Entrants to Year 8 situated in beautiful rural surroundings in Aongatete, 10 minutes south of Katikati or 20 minutes north of Tauranga. Small class sizes (approx 17 per class) and multiple intelligences philosophy allow for individual learning. Bus service available from Tauranga and from Paeroa.  Enquiries and visits always welcome.
117 Matahui Road, R D 2, Katikati, New Zealand
Phone: 07 552 0655
Fax: 07 552 0155
Website: www.matahuiroad.school.nz
Email:  admin@matahuiroad.school.nz

Matapihi Primary School
Matapihi Road, Matapihi, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 578 5439


Matua Primary School
Levers Road, Matua, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 576 9027

Maungatapu Primary School
164 Maungatapu Road, Maungatapu, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 544 0858

Merivale Primary School
25 Kesteven Avenue, Merivale, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 578 6900

Mount Maunganui Primary School
Orkney Road, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 575 3960


Omanu Primary School
Tui Street, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 575 5868


Otumoetai Primary School
236 Otumoetai Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 576 6751

Papamoa Primary School
Dickson Road, Papamoa, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 542 0865
admin@papamoa.school.nz
www.papamoa.school.nz


Pillans Point Primary School
101 Maxwells Road, Otumoetai, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 576 9407

Pyes Pa Primary School
Pyes Pa Road (10km from Tauranga)
RD3, Tauranga
Phone: 07 543 0064
Website: http://www.pyespa.school.nz
email: pyespaschool@xtra.co.nz

Rudolph Steiner School & Rose Ring Kindergarten
R364 Welcome Bay Road, Welcome Bay, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 544 2452, Fax: 07 544 4752
email: steiner@enternet.co.nz

Selwyn Ridge Primary School
Holmburn Street, Welcome Bay, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 544 1088

St. Mary's Catholic School
Saint Mary's is a Catholic Primary School.
Physical address: 13th Avenue, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone/fax: 07 578 8066
Website: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/schools/smt/home.html

Tahatai Coast Primary School
45 Evans Road, Papamoa, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 572 4600


Tauranga Primary School
382 Cameron Road Central , Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 578 6222

Te Akau ki Papamoa Primary School
29 Doncaster Drive, Papamoa, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 542 2447


Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Otepou
Welcome Bay Road, RD 5 Welcome Bay, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 544 2525

Welcome Bay Primary School
309 Welcome Bay Road, Welcome Bay, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Phone: 07 544 1113

 

English Language Schools:

Mount Maunganui Language Centre
17 Banks Avenue, Mount Maunganui, NewZealand
PO Box 5214, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
Phone 07 575 0146, Fax: 07 575 0948
email: mmlc@xtra.co.nz
Website: www.study-english.com
Enquiries: Mrs Anne Butler, Principal.

The Blair School of English
271 Cameron Road, Tauranga, New Zealand
Phone: 07 577 9454, Fax: 07 577 9287
email: blairsce@enternet.co.nz
Website: www.educationtauranga.co.nz
Enquiries: Mrs Robin Blair, International Manager.

We have done our best to include all learning institutions on the following list, however if we have missed your school then please email the webmaster at: ian@gotauranga.co.nz and we will update as required.