Auckland Girls' Grammar School
School
The school seen from the air in 1934.
Auckland Girls' Grammar School (AGGS) is a New Zealand secondary school for girls located in Newton , in the Auckland central business district. Established in 1878 as Auckland Girls' High School, it is one of the oldest secondary institutions in the country.[ 3] The school closed its site temporarily in 1888 due to financial difficulties[ 4] and classes for girls were held at Auckland Grammar School[ 5] until the girls' school moved to new premises in Howe Street in 1909[ 6] and the name of the school changed to Auckland Girls' Grammar School.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] The school received the Goodman Fielder awards for School and Secondary School of the year in 2000.[ 10]
The main block is listed as a Category 2 Historic Place .[ 11]
Demographics
In 2018, Auckland Girls' Grammar School had 1,030 students enrolled and is 100% female. The number of international students was 22. The ethnic composition of the school was as follows: 23% Māori , 23% Samoan , 16% Tongan , 3% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 13% Asian , 6% Niuean , and 6% Indian .[ 12]
Notable alumnae
Frankie Adams – actress[ 13]
Zoë Bell – stuntwoman and actress[ 14]
Sue Bradford – politician, activist and former Green MP
Dorothy Butler – author[ 15]
Barbara Calvert - professor of education[ 16]
Sandra Coney – journalist and women's rights activist[ 15]
Kayla Cullen – athlete, Northern Mystics and NZ Silver Ferns[ 15]
Lana Coc-Kroft – NZ Miss Universe 1988 , television presenter[ 17]
Emily Karaka – artist[ 15]
Golriz Ghahraman – politician and former Green MP , former United Nations lawyer[ 15]
Kiri Allan – politician and Labour MP , Minister of Conservation, Minister for Emergency Management
Parris Goebel – international choreographer[ 18]
Katrina Grant – athlete, NZ Silver Ferns[ 15]
Siositina Hakeai – athlete[ 19]
Hon. Laila Harré – union leader, politician, former Alliance MP and Minister of Women's Affairs, Minister of Youth Affairs, Minister of Statistics, Associate Minister of Labour and Commerce
Doreen Lumley – athlete[ 20]
Rose Matafeo – comedian, television presenter[ 15]
Miriama McDowell – New Zealand actress, director and playwright[ 21]
Ani O'Neill – artist[ 15]
Merimeri Penfold – Māori educator[ 15]
Sheryl Scanlan – netball player[ 15]
Miriama Smith – actress[ 21]
Pauline Stansfield – disability rights advocate
Kahurangi Taylor – Miss New Zealand 2008
Munokoa Tunupopo – athlete, Auckland and White Ferns
Hon. Dame Georgina Manunui te Heuheu – politician, former National MP and Minister for Courts, Minister of Women's Affairs, Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Associate Minister of Maori Affairs[ 15]
Poto Williams – politician and Labour MP , Assistant Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives [ 15]
Tammy Wilson – Black Ferns [ 15]
Katrina Rore – netballer
Tiana Epati – First Pacifica President, and current President of the New Zealand Law Society
Headmistresses
Ngaire Ashmore in 2022
References
^ "New Zealand Schools Directory" . New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024 .
^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools" . Ministry of Education. Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ "Education: Reports of secondary schools: List of schools" . Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (Session 1, E-08): 1. 1882 – via Paperspast.
^ "More retrenchment" . Paperspast . 28 April 1888. Retrieved 18 November 2022 .
^ "Auckland Grammar School for girls and boys [advertisement]" . Auckland Star . 14 March 1903. Retrieved 19 November 2022 – via Paperspast.
^ "Brief history" . Auckland Girls' Grammar School . Retrieved 19 November 2022 .
^ a b "Auckland Girls' High School" . Paperspast . 16 June 1906. Retrieved 18 November 2022 .
^ "Grammar School Board" . Paperspast . 14 December 1905. Retrieved 18 November 2022 .
^ "Education: Secondary education" . Paperspast . 1907. p. E12-page 15. Retrieved 19 November 2022 .
^ Auckland Girls Grammar School wins Goodman Fielder School of the Year Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Auckland Girls Grammar School Main Blk" . New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero . Heritage New Zealand . Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ "Auckland Girls' Grammar School Education Review" . Education Review Office. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2022 .
^ "Frankie wants to go to Hollywood" . SUGA Magazine . 1 October 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ "Zoë Bell" . IMDb . Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Old Girls' Achievers" . Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ Staff writer (24 May 2008). "Generosity, gusto: ahead of her time". Otago Daily Times . p. 34.
^ "Lana Coc-Kroft, comfortable in her own skin" . The New Zealand Herald . 14 March 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ Cadzow, Jane (13 December 2016). "How Parris Goebel went from high school drop-out to hip-hop dance queen" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ Morgan, Scott (3 December 2010). "Teen's a star in all sports" . Stuff.co.nz . Fairfax NZ. Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ "Story: Lumley, Bernice and Lumley, Doreen" . Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ a b Husband, Dale (23 April 2017). "Miriama McDowell: Was I ready for this?" . E-Tangata. Retrieved 25 April 2018 .
^ Creese, Mary R. S. (2010). Ladies in the laboratory III : South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian women in science : nineteenth and early twentieth centuries : a survey of their contributions . Thomas M. Creese. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7289-9 . OCLC 659564120 .
^ Wellington, Victoria University of (24 April 2018). "The aftermath of WWI | News | Victoria University of Wellington" . www.wgtn.ac.nz . Retrieved 18 January 2022 .
^ Wilson, Maureen. "Rua Isobel Gardner" . Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 13 December 2022 .
^ Pickmere, Arnold (5 May 2006). "Obituary: Louise Gardner" . The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 13 December 2022 .
^ "Charmaine Pountney 1955–1959" (PDF) . Epsom Girls' Grammar School . Retrieved 21 May 2023 .
^ "Upper Hutt College awards, 1984; Pepper, Hearfield, Tungatt Cup; for outstanding achievement in sport; Ngaire Ashmore" . Upper Hutt City Libraries. Retrieved 13 December 2022 .
^ "New Principal for Auckland Girls' Grammar School" . Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 13 December 2022 .
External links
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