Gisborne Boys' High School
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Gisborne Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school
situated in Gisborne
, New Zealand
that was originally founded as a Co-Ed school in 1909 and was known as Gisborne High School. In 1956 the school became Gisborne Boys High School when the original school was split into two single-sex schools.
Gisborne Boys High School is very well known for its First Fifteen Rugby Team. The school's first rugby game was against Napier Boys’ High School in 1911 and since then it has produced many professional rugby players including Hosea Gear
and Rico Gear
. The school's First Fifteen rugby team has toured many international countries competing in various competitions. Most recently the team played in the Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament which was held in Japan. Gisborne Boys' High reached the Semi Finals of the Tournament but were beaten by Glenwood High School, which went on to win the Tournament.
where they overwhelmed the Aucklanders 36-24.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
situated in Gisborne
Gisborne, New Zealand
-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
that was originally founded as a Co-Ed school in 1909 and was known as Gisborne High School. In 1956 the school became Gisborne Boys High School when the original school was split into two single-sex schools.
Gisborne Boys High School is very well known for its First Fifteen Rugby Team. The school's first rugby game was against Napier Boys’ High School in 1911 and since then it has produced many professional rugby players including Hosea Gear
Hosea Gear
Hosea Gear is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays for the Highlanders in the Super 15 competition as a wing. He has played six international matches for New Zealand and scored five tries...
and Rico Gear
Rico Gear
Rico Levi Gear is a New Zealand rugby union international player. He is a specialist right wing but can also cover midfield positions. He currently plays for Kintetsu Liners in the Top League....
. The school's First Fifteen rugby team has toured many international countries competing in various competitions. Most recently the team played in the Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament which was held in Japan. Gisborne Boys' High reached the Semi Finals of the Tournament but were beaten by Glenwood High School, which went on to win the Tournament.
Politics
- Charles ChauvelCharles Chauvel (politician)Charles Pierre Chauvel is a New Zealand lawyer and politician. Since 2006 he has been a Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is the first New Zealand MP of Tahitian ancestry...
- serving Labour Member of Parliament, dux of the school in 1985. Chauvel was also senior swimming champion of the school that year. - Tutekawa Wyllie - former New Zealand First Member of Parliament
Science
- Don MertonDon MertonDonald Merton, QSM was a New Zealand conservationist best known for saving the black robin from extinction. He also discovered the lek breeding system of the kakapo....
- conservationistConservationistConservationists are proponents or advocates of conservation. They advocate for the protection of all the species in an ecosystem with a strong focus on the natural environment...
best known for saving the black robinBlack RobinThe Black Robin or Chatham Island Robin is an endangered bird from the Chatham Islands off the east coast of New Zealand. It is closely related to the New Zealand Robin . It was first described by Walter Buller in 1872. The binomial commemorates the New Zealand botanist Henry H. Travers...
from extinction, attended Gisborne High School (1953-1956).
Sport
- Hosea GearHosea GearHosea Gear is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays for the Highlanders in the Super 15 competition as a wing. He has played six international matches for New Zealand and scored five tries...
- rugby player, All Blacks - Rico GearRico GearRico Levi Gear is a New Zealand rugby union international player. He is a specialist right wing but can also cover midfield positions. He currently plays for Kintetsu Liners in the Top League....
- All BlacksAll BlacksThe New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
rugby player, attended (1991–1998), former Prefect (1998) - Maz QuinnMaz QuinnMaz Quinn is a New Zealand surfer. A four-time winner of New Zealand's national surfing championships, and winner of the 1996 Billabong Pro-Junior Series, Quinn is regarded as one of the country's foremost surfers....
- world-class surfer, attended 1991-1996, former Prefect (1996).
Sport
Last time Gisborne Boys' High School first XV won the National Secondary Schools final was in 2007 against Mount Albert Grammar SchoolMount Albert Grammar School
Mount Albert Grammar School, or MAGS, is a co-educational secondary school in Central Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches from year 9 to year 13. Mount Albert Grammar is one of the largest secondary schools in the country...
where they overwhelmed the Aucklanders 36-24.