Hawera High School

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Hawera High School is a secondary school in the New Zealand town of Hawera.The school's history began as a primary school in 1875, which was reformed as a district high school in 1901. In 1919, the school was again changed, this time as a technical school, with an opening roll of 180 students. The school moved from its original site in Princes Street to a new base in Camberwell Road two years later. The school had a roll of around 400 by the outbreak of World War II. The roll continued to grow in the post-war years, reaching a peak of over 1000 in the early 1970s. The current roll is just below 800.Notable studentsAroha Awarau, playwright and journalistRonald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972), authorIan Clarke (1931–1997), All Black and rugby administratorIssac Luke (born 1987), rugby league playerAdine Wilson (née Harper, born 1979), Silver Fern