Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate is a school in Otara

Otara

Ōtara is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, situated 18 kilometres to the southeast of the Auckland CBD. Ōtara lies near the head of the Tāmaki River , which extends south towards the Manukau Harbour...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

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. The school was founded by its namesake, Sir Edmund Hillary.

There are three distinct schools on the one campus. The Ministry of Education institution number for the senior school is shown in the box to the right. The numbers for the intermediate and junior schools are 1217 and 1251.

On 29 January 2009, Education Minister

Minister of Education (New Zealand)

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 Anne Tolley

Anne Tolley

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sacked the board of trustees at the collegiate, following an Education Review Office report and claims of teachers physically and verbally abusing students within the Middle and Senior schools.