The Tamahere Dad’s Army was started in early 2013 with two aims:   

1.  To provide a workforce to get jobs done around the school and community.                  

 2. To allow the men within the Tamahere community to get together and talk (preferably over a couple of beers!!)

Contact:  James Yearsley, Acting OC (until we can find someone better!)

Other Officers:

Allan Wickens (Caretaker and  Quartermaster)

Contact the school office on (07) 856 9238 or reception@tamahere.school.nz  for further details.

The initial few months since the formation of the Tamahere Dad’s Army have gone a long way to achieving this and the ranks continue to grow.  The pre-requisites to join Tamahere Dad’s Army are that you are a Dad with kids at the Tamahere Model Country School; are an ex-Dad of the school; a future Dad of the school or have the possibility of ever being a Dad at the school; and be over 18 ... so basically anyone except women and kids!  {Sorry ladies...this is a men’s version of your coffee mornings and we strive to earn our socialisng time through hard labour!}

I would like to thank all those who have donated their time, sweat and blood to helping out on the working bees and for donations/offers of paint (Tony Schoen), tools (Martin Dent), plant equipment (Regal Haulage) and spare building materials (Paul Hayes and Waikato Aggregates) that have made the work possible.

TOTAL MANHOURS OF WORK = 150+ hours happily donated to the school