fair activities such as the gumboot throwing competition and cattle dogs. Te Aroha Cruise In (car event) started 2008. Education Te Aroha College is the town's state secondary school, with a roll of . There are two state primary schools in the town: Te Aroha Primary School, with a roll of ; and Stanley Avenue School, with a roll of . St Joseph's Catholic School is a state integrated Catholic school, with a roll of . All these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of Notable people Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Snell All Blacks Don Clarke, Kevin 'Herb' Schuler, Carl Hoeft, Keith Robinson and Kevin O'Neill Ian S. Ardern of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was born in the town Robert Coulter, Mayor of Te Aroha and Labour MP David Cunliffe, former leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, was born in Te Aroha. Stuart Farquhar, Olympic javelin thrower Jack Body, New Zealand composer Don Beard, New Zealand cricketer and principal of Te Aroha College from 1961 to 1982 Todd Muller, Member of Parliament for Bay of Plenty, was born in Te Aroha. Fauna and flora In 2020 a report was produced on the moths of Mount Te Aroha outlining important species that inhabit the area. References External links Te Aroha i-SITE Visitor Centre Te Aroha Museum Website Te Aroha section of the MPDC website Te Aroha College Photos - Main street 1909 Railway station - 1899, 1903, 1905, 1905, 1908 (new station) 1910 Railway swing bridge 1898 Populated places in Waikato Spa towns in New Zealand Hot springs of New Zealand Geysers of New Zealand Landforms of Waikato Matamata-Piako District