New Zealand - Masterton - Wairarapa College - T3C Class - 1953 - Photo Courtesy of Richard Linton Wairarapa College - A state coeducational secondary school located in Masterton, New Zealand - The college first opened in 1938, following the merger of Wairarapa High School with the Masterton Technical School - Until 1960, it was the only full secondary school in the Wairarapa region - As the post-WWII baby boom picked up, Wairarapa College began to overcrowd, and with the movement away from district high schools to separate full high schools, two new secondary schools, Tararua College in Pahiatua and Kuranui College in Greytown opened in 1960 - In June 2002, an arson attack on the school destroyed several classrooms and caused $1 million in property damage #masterton #school