Te Aute College

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Te Aute College - Te Kura o Te Aute - Te Aute Kāreti
Te Aute College Emblem
Motto	Whakatangata Kia Kaha - Be Men, Be Strong
Type	State Integrated, Single Sex Male, Secondary (Year 9-13) with boarding facilities;
Year established	1854
Address	100 State Highway 2, Pukehou
Principal	Tauira Takurua (Tumuaki)
School roll	126
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	2
Ministry of Education Institution no.	232
Website	Te Aute School Website

Te Aute College (Māori: Te Kura o Te Aute) is a school in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand. It opened with twelve pupils under Samuel Williams, an Anglican missionary, in 1854. It has a strong Māori character.

It was built on land provided by Te Whatuiapiti, a hapu of the Ngati Kahungunu iwi. In 1857, a Deed of Gifts transferred the land from Te Whatuiapiti to the crown, with a request that it be granted to the Bishop of New Zealand and his successors.

In 1859, the school was forced to close its doors due to lack of resources, but was re-opened in 1872. The school gradually expanded. In 1973, it was again hit by financial difficulties, but a direct appeal for assistance to the Prime Minister, Norman Kirk, secured Te Aute's future. In 1993, Te Aute officially became co-educational, although female students from its sister school Hukarere were enrolled at the school in 1992. The school went co-educational in 1993, but it reverted to being a single sex male boarding school in 2005.