page_title: Tawa College
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Tawa College / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Tawa, featuring Tawa College Ref: WA-65310-F Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&amp;w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
context_page_description: Tawa College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand. The school opened in 1961, ans primarily serves students in Tawa and the surrounding suburbs. A total of 1447 students from Years 9 to 13 attend the school as of March 2020.
context_section_description: Tawa College opened in February 1961. 
  Like many New Zealand secondary schools of the era, the school was constructed to the Nelson Two-Storey standard plan, distinguished by its two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks. Tawa College has three of these blocks: B block, C block, and D block.
caption: Tawa College, October 1965.
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