New Plymouth Girls' High School
| New Plymouth Girls' High School | |
|---|---|
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| Address | |
60 Northgate, New Plymouth, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 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 | 1308 (April 2023) |
| 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 1308 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
- 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
- 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