New Plymouth Girls' High School
| New Plymouth Girls' High School | |
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| Coordinates | 39°03′16″S 174°05′38″E / 39.0545336°S 174.0938983°E |
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| Type | State single sex girls' secondary (Year 9–13) with boarding facilities |
| Motto | Et Comitate, Et Virtute, Et Sapientia (Friendship – Courage – Wisdom Whakahoanga – Maia – Mātauranga) |
| Established | 1914 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 172 |
| Principal | Jacqui Brown |
| School roll | 1329[2] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 7O[1] |
| Website | npghs.school.nz |
New Plymouth Girls' High School is a girls' state secondary school in Strandon, New Plymouth, New Zealand. The school separated from New Plymouth High School in 1914, leaving New Plymouth Boys' High School on the old site.[3]
It is currently one of two of New Plymouth's girls' schools along with Sacred Heart Girls' College and has a current roll of 1329 students.[2]
Students are put into four houses for school activities such as swimming sports, athletics, and house plays. These houses are Tokomaru (yellow), Kurahaupo (blue), Aotea (red) and Tainui (green). The houses are named after four of the first Māori waka to arrive in New Zealand.
Notable faculty
- Ida Gaskin, politician, Mastermind winner
- Leila Hurle, schoolteacher, schools inspector
Notable alumni
- Daisy Basham, radio personality
- Michaela Blyde, rugby sevens player
- Kendra Cocksedge, rugby union player
- Dale Copeland, collage and assemblage artist
- Trish Gregory, fashion designer and businesswoman
- Paige Hareb, professional surfer
- Leila Hurle, schoolteacher, schools inspector
- Michele Leggott, poet, academic
- Melanie Lynskey, actor
- Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Member of Parliament, co-leader of the Māori Party
- Carmel Sepuloni, Member of Parliament, Labour Party
- Toni Street, television presenter and sports commentator
- Beatrice Tinsley, astronomer and cosmologist
References
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "History". New Plymouth Boys' High School. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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