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Auckland Girls' Grammar School

Coordinates: 36°51′25″S 174°45′13″E / 36.8569°S 174.7537°E / -36.8569; 174.7537
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Auckland Girls' Grammar School
The school seen from Hopetoun Street, looking north
Address
Map
Howe Street, Newton, Auckland
Coordinates36°51′25″S 174°45′13″E / 36.8569°S 174.7537°E / -36.8569; 174.7537
Information
TypeState single-sex girls' secondary school (Years 9–13)
MottoLatin: Per Angusta Ad Augusta
"Through trials to triumph"
Established1878
PrincipalNgaire Ashmore
School roll1102[1] (August 2024)
Colour(s)gold, navy blue   
Socio-economic decile3H[2]
Websiteaggs.school.nz
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

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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

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Headmistresses

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Ngaire Ashmore in 2022

References

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  1. ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "More retrenchment". Paperspast. 28 April 1888. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Auckland Grammar School for girls and boys [advertisement]". Auckland Star. 14 March 1903. Retrieved 19 November 2022 – via Paperspast.
  6. ^ "Brief history". Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Auckland Girls' High School". Paperspast. 16 June 1906. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Grammar School Board". Paperspast. 14 December 1905. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Education: Secondary education". Paperspast. 1907. p. E12-page 15. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  10. ^ Auckland Girls Grammar School wins Goodman Fielder School of the Year Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Auckland Girls Grammar School Main Blk". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Auckland Girls' Grammar School Education Review". Education Review Office. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Frankie wants to go to Hollywood". SUGA Magazine. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Zoë Bell". IMDb. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Old Girls' Achievers". Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  16. ^ Staff writer (24 May 2008). "Generosity, gusto: ahead of her time". Otago Daily Times. p. 34.
  17. ^ "Lana Coc-Kroft, comfortable in her own skin". The New Zealand Herald. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Morgan, Scott (3 December 2010). "Teen's a star in all sports". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax NZ. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Story: Lumley, Bernice and Lumley, Doreen". Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  21. ^ a b Husband, Dale (23 April 2017). "Miriama McDowell: Was I ready for this?". E-Tangata. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Wellington, Victoria University of (24 April 2018). "The aftermath of WWI | News | Victoria University of Wellington". www.wgtn.ac.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  24. ^ Wilson, Maureen. "Rua Isobel Gardner". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  25. ^ Pickmere, Arnold (5 May 2006). "Obituary: Louise Gardner". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  26. ^ "Charmaine Pountney 1955–1959" (PDF). Epsom Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  27. ^ "Upper Hutt College awards, 1984; Pepper, Hearfield, Tungatt Cup; for outstanding achievement in sport; Ngaire Ashmore". Upper Hutt City Libraries. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  28. ^ "New Principal for Auckland Girls' Grammar School". Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
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