Education
Tauranga is home to the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic and a branch of the University of Waikato.
The main state secondary schools include:
- Papamoa College, co-educational secondary school opened in 2011 for years 7 - 13.
- Aquinas College a co-educational state-integrated Catholic school founded in 2003 for years 7 - 13, with around 800 pupils.
- Tauranga Boys' College, with over 1800 boys.
- Tauranga Girls' College, with over 1500 girls.
- Otumoetai College, with around 1900 pupils.
- Bethlehem Campus, a Christian educational institution for kindergarten, primary and secondary level students, with around 1500 students.
- Mount Maunganui College, a co-educational secondary school, with over 1500 students.
Christian educational institutions in Tauranga include Bethlehem Campus, a college for both children and adults established in 1988; Tauranga Adventist School, a state integrated Christian community school catering for Year 1 to 8 students and established in 1974; and Aquinas College, a Catholic college established in 2003.
There is also a Rudolf Steiner School in Welcome Bay, catering for birth to 12 year olds.
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