School is a secondary (years 9–13) school with a roll of approximately . Hāwera Intermediate is an intermediate (years 7–8) school with a roll of . The two schools will close and be replaced by a new school for years 7–13 in 2023. Hāwera Primary School, Ramanui School, Tawhiti School and Turuturu School are contributing primary (years 1–6) schools with rolls of , , and respectively. Hāwera Primary celebrated its 125th jubilee in 2000. Ramanui school celebrated its 50th jubilee in 2003. Hāwera Christian School and St Joseph's School are state integrated full primary (years 1–8) schools with rolls of and respectively. Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngati Ruanui is a full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of . It is a Kura Kaupapa Māori school which teaches in the Māori language. All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of In October 2021, it was announced that Hāwera High School and Hāwera Intermediate will be closing at the end of 2022. A new, years 7–13 school will be created on the current Hāwera High School campus at the beginning of 2023. Politics Hāwera is in the South Taranaki district. After serving four terms as mayor of South Taranaki, Ross Dunlop did not stand in the 2019 election, and was replaced as mayor by District Councillor Phil Nixon. Notable people Aroha Awarau, journalist Michael Bent, rugby player Pat Booth, investigative journalist Cameron Brewer, Auckland councillor Alan Brough, actor and comedian Gayle Broughton, rugby union player Michael Campbell, professional golfer Tim Chadwick, artist and author Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm, surgeon Ben Hurley, comedian and cricket commentator Peter Ingram, cricket player Fiona Kidman, writer Issac Luke, rugby league player John Gildroy Grant, World War I Victoria Cross recipient Wayne Gould, populariser of sudoku Nicola Kawana, actress John Mitchell, rugby union player and coach Ronald Hugh Morrieson, author Alan Stuart Paterson, cartoonist John Plumtree, rugby union player and coach Conrad Smith, All Black rugby union player Elijah Taylor, rugby league player Adine Wilson, Silver Ferns netballer Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Māori Party member of parliament References External links Hāwera information page from the South Taranaki District Council South Taranaki District Populated places in Taranaki