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Modern Town
Taumarunui is the largest town in
the Ruapehu District.
It is a rural service and shopping centre. It has a comprehensive range of services and shops and a good choice of accommodation, from camping grounds to Motor Lodges with conference facilities.
Sporting Facilities
An outdoor swimming pool, squash courts, tennis courts, netball courts,
croquet, bowling greens, rugby grounds, gymnasium, Go Kart Track, BMX Track,
soccer fields, hockey fields, polo Crosse grounds, rifle range, black powder
shooting range, archery range.
Clubs and Organisations
Bridge, Theatre, Choral and Opera, Country Music, Darts, Indoor Bowls,
Senior Citizens, and many more.
Education
Kindergartens, Play centres, Kohanga Reo's (Maori Language Nests).
Sixteen Primary Schools in the town and surrounding areas.
Taumarunui High School. A state co-educational secondary school. The
school currently caters for 582 students including 46 boarders that live at a
weekday hostel on the school grounds. The school has large sports fields
including netball/ tennis and hockey courts, a gymnasium, and a covered, heated
swimming pool.
Tertiary Institutions - Te Wananga o Aotearoa - Maori Language and Customs and
Computing.
- Maniapoto Training Centre - Farm cadets
- REAP - Rural Education Activities Programme.
- Te Waka Pu Whenua - Maori Adult Education.
Health
Taumarunui Community Hospital and Healthcare Centre
Inpatients, Outpatients, Emergency, Maternity, Day Surgery, Laboratory (24
hours), Radiology (24 hours), Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Work,
Community health and Adult day care.
Rest homes - Avonlea
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