New Zealand - Ngaruawahia - Ngaruawahia High School - Newcastle - 1976 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. Ngaruawahia High School - The school was opened in 1963 Ngāruawāhia - A town in the Waikato region - Located 20 kilometres north-west of Hamilton - The name Ngāruawāhia means "the opened food pits", which derives from a great feast in the 17th century. (Reference: Wikipedia)