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Kia ora,
Tapawera Area School is a school that serves our local and wider community for students aged 5 to 19 years old. We have wonderful facilities which have been modernised recently and have some more major updates planned for 2026 and 2027. These facilities allow our students from an early age to experience and take part in specialist subject areas and facilities for earlier than they would at a ‘normal’ primary school.
We are close enough to Nelson to allow our senior students easy access to NMIT and Whenua Iti Trades Academies in years 11-13 for a huge range of high quality tertiary formatted courses.
We have Tapawera Kindergarten on our site allowing for amazing links pre and post starting our kura and playcentre is less than 100 meters away as well.
We currently have 5 school bus runs to service our wider community, free of charge to our families. Small class sizes, high quality subject specialist qualified teachers and a very strong learning support facility only adds to the value of our school.
We strive to succeed in giving multiple opportunities to all our students, some of which they would not get in larger urban schools. We pride ourselves on knowing every student's strengths and weaknesses and getting the best possible outcomes for them. We are large enough to provide for excellence and small enough to support all of our students and community needs. I look forward to meeting with you at any point and welcome questions or visits to our kura.
Andy Ashworth
Principal
“Providing Excellence, Opportunity and Equity for all”
20 Apr 2026
Communication from Linda Tame (Tapawera Area School Limited Statutory Manager) regarding Principal Update
Tēnā koe
Firstly I want to congratulate the school for not only putting on such a fabulous TOSI event, but also for taking out the champion’s trophy. What an achievement!
The main purpose of this email, however, is to inform you that yesterday afternoon I received notification that our Principal, Sarah Coard, will be taking medical leave.
I am extremely grateful to Andy Ashworth who has agreed to continue as Acting Principal, bringing stability and continuity of leadership.
When I am in a position to give you more information, I will do so. In the meantime please be assured Tapawera Area School will continue to run smoothly with a continuation of the positive developments that are being implemented.
I hope that you all have relaxing Easters, with just the right amount of chocolate!
Ngā mihi
Linda Tame
Limited Statutory Manager
Hi all,
Just reminder that we have our rescheduled Kayak trip to Rotoroa on Wednesday.
Students can come in warm clothes as we will be out for the day. Thermal/tshirt/Togs/towel .Back for buses.
Students will also need lunch,snacks drinking water.
Thx
Todd McAuley
TOSI Tournament week is here.....
Our official welcoming ceremony begins tomorrow morning at 8:45 AM. We would love to see as many faces as possible from our community and whānau there to help us kick off the week with a roar!
Whether you are cheering from the sidelines or supporting from afar, we’ve got you covered:
At the School? Follow the link below for the full programme, TOSI booklet, photos, and the live scoreboard.
Supporting from home? If you can’t make it in person, use the link to access our live scoreboard and even look at the great pictures that will be popping up during the week.
https://www.tapawera.school.nz/tosi-tournament/
Lets go Tapawera!!
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