School
| New Plymouth Girls' High School | |
|---|---|
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| Address | |
| 60 Northgate, New Plymouth, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 39°03′21″S 174°05′41″E / 39.0559°S 174.0946°E / -39.0559; 174.0946 |
| Information | |
| 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 | 1,299 (November 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 7O |
| 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.
It is currently one of two of New Plymouth's girls' schools along with Sacred Heart Girls' College and has a current roll of 1,299 students.
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 staff
- Ida Gaskin – politician, Mastermind winner
- Leila Hurle – schoolteacher, schools inspector
Principals
| Name | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catherine Grant | 1914 |
| 2 | Flora Hodges | 1915–1916 |
| 3 | Rhoda Barr | 1916–1920 |
| 4 | Ethel May McIntosh | 1920–1924 |
| 5 | Doris Napier Allan | 1925–1943 |
| 6 | Rose Allum | 1943–1968 |
| 7 | Jean Wilson | 1968–1974 |
| 8 | Noeline Bruning | 1975–1988 |
| 9 | Jain Gaudin | 1988–2002 |
| 10 | Annette Sharp | 2002–2004 |
| 11 | Jenny Ellis | 2005–2016 |
| 12 | Victoria Kerr | 2017–2020 |
| 13 | Jacqui Brown | 2020–present |
Notable alumnae
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (September 2023) |
- Mackenzie Barry – association footballer
- 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
- Zoe Hobbs - athlete
- Michele Leggott – poet, academic
- Melanie Lynskey – actor
- Margaret Mutu – Ngāti Kahu leader and academic
- Debbie Ngarewa-Packer – politician
- Jean Sandel - surgeon
- Carmel Sepuloni – politician
- Holly Shanahan – actress
- 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. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- "History". New Plymouth Boys' High School. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Death of headmistress: Miss Flora Hodges". New Zealand Herald. Vol. 65, no. 20135. 21 December 1928. p. 14. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- "Of local interest". Taranaki Herald. Vol. 64, no. 145079. 2 September 1916. p. 5. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- "Social and personal". New Zealand Times. Vol. 51, no. 11943. 25 September 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- "Headmistress appointed". New Zealand Herald. Vol. 61, no. 18875. 25 November 1924. p. 10. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- "New headmistress". Evening Post. Vol. 135, no. 21. 26 January 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- Shaskey, Tara (19 May 2015). "New Plymouth Girls' High School former principal Jain Gaudin dies of cancer". Taranaki Daily News. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- Harvey, Helen (30 September 2016). "Girls' High principal Jenny Ellis is retiring after 11 years". Taranaki Daily News. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- "New Plymouth Girls' High School principal resigns". Taranaki Daily News. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- Mcilraith, Brianna (10 August 2020). "New Plymouth Girls' High School appoints Jacqui Brown as principal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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