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Whakatāne High School

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Whakatāne High School

A fully-fledged high school opened at Whakatāne in 1950, as the population approached 4,000. In 1973, with the population over 10,000, another secondary school, Trident, was opened.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty region – Government, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5649/whakatane-high-school (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.