New Zealand - Levin - Waiopehu College - 7th Form - 1984 Click the link above to view all of this schools photos Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Waiopehu College - The school opened in February 1973 as Levin's second secondary school after Horowhenua College struggled to cope with 1200 students Notes on Levin: Levin (Māori: Taitoko) is the largest town and seat of the Horowhenua District, in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located east of Lake Horowhenua, around 95 km north of Wellington and 50 km southwest of Palmerston North. - The town has a population of 21,200 (June 2018),[ making it the 22nd largest urban area in New Zealand, and third largest in Manawatu-Wanganui behind Palmerston North and Whanganui. - Levin is a service centre for the surrounding rural area, and a centre for light manufacturing. -The town was named after William Hort Levin, a director of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. (Reference: Wikipedia)