Tauranga Boys' College
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Tauranga Boys' College is a state secondary school
for boys, located on the edge of the downtown area of Tauranga
, New Zealand
. The school was founded in 1958. The school prides itself on its successful involvement in academia, sport and the arts.
began in 1900, with the establishment of a district high school joined with Tauranga School. By the mid-1930s, the buildings were inadequate for use, and a push for a separate secondary school began. In 1937, the education board purchased the motor camp "Hillsdene", originally one of the 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) blocks laid out after the Battle of Gate Pā
. However, World War II
delayed building on the site until 1944. After two years of building, Tauranga College was opened on February 5, 1946. The college ran until 1958 - due to overcrowding, female students moved to a newly built campus, which was named Tauranga Girls' College
. Male students remained in Tauranga College, which became known as Tauranga Boys' College.
The College seeks to honour the past in creating the future. This includes honours boards recognising top scholars and New Zealand representative sportsmen, the naming of buildings after former principals and assorted trees and memorials for World War II
victims and students who died whilst enrolled.
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...
for boys, located on the edge of the downtown area of Tauranga
Tauranga
Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...
, 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...
. The school was founded in 1958. The school prides itself on its successful involvement in academia, sport and the arts.
History
Secondary education in TaurangaTauranga
Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...
began in 1900, with the establishment of a district high school joined with Tauranga School. By the mid-1930s, the buildings were inadequate for use, and a push for a separate secondary school began. In 1937, the education board purchased the motor camp "Hillsdene", originally one of the 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) blocks laid out after the Battle of Gate Pā
Gate Pa
Gate Pā was the name of a Māori Pā or fortress built in 1864 only from the main British base of Camp Te Papa at Tauranga, during the Tauranga Campaign of the New Zealand Land Wars...
. However, World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
delayed building on the site until 1944. After two years of building, Tauranga College was opened on February 5, 1946. The college ran until 1958 - due to overcrowding, female students moved to a newly built campus, which was named Tauranga Girls' College
Tauranga Girls' College
Tauranga Girls' College is a high school in Tauranga, New Zealand. It caters for girls from the ages of 12 to 18 , and offers the NCEA system of qualifications. The current principal is Ms Pauline Cowens....
. Male students remained in Tauranga College, which became known as Tauranga Boys' College.
The College seeks to honour the past in creating the future. This includes honours boards recognising top scholars and New Zealand representative sportsmen, the naming of buildings after former principals and assorted trees and memorials for World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
victims and students who died whilst enrolled.
Principals
- 1958-1959: Mr A. G. Nicholson
- 1959-1967: Mr G. I. N. Sim
- 1967-1971: Mr R. E. K. Barton
- 1971-1984: Mr N. D. Morris
- 1984-2008: Mr G. S. Young (resigned on November 29, 2007 and left April 18, 2008)
- 2008-fl: Mr R. W. Mangan
Houses
Tauranga Boys' College currently has six houses. The houses are all named after prominent New Zealanders.- FreybergBernard Freyberg, 1st Baron FreybergLieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars , was a British-born New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient and soldier who later served as the seventh Governor-General of New Zealand.A veteran of the Mexican Revolution, he became an officer in the...
- red - HalbergMurray HalbergSir Murray Gordon Halberg, ONZ, MBE is a former New Zealand middle distance runner who won the gold medal in the 5000 metres event at the 1960 Olympics. He also won gold medals in the 3 miles events at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games...
- black - HillaryEdmund HillarySir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE , was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest – see Timeline of climbing Mount Everest...
- yellow - NgarimuMoana-Nui-a-Kiwa NgarimuMoana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu VC was a New Zealand soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross. A Māori of Ngati Porou and Te Whanau-a-Apanui descent, he grew up in Ruatoria, where he attended Hiruharama School.-Details:...
- green - NgataApirana NgataSir Apirana Turupa Ngata was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.-Early life:One of 15 children, Ngata...
- white - RutherfordErnest RutherfordErnest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS was a New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics...
- blue
Academia
- Brian Gould - Rhodes Scholar, UK Labour politician & Vice Chancellor University of Waikato
- Rod Gover - Rhodes Scholar
The Arts
- Nigel BrownNigel BrownNigel Roderick Brown ONZM is a New Zealand painter living in coastal Southland whose work is mainly about the history of New Zealand and its natives. As a young boy he spent much of his life growing up in a packing shed in Tauranga...
ONZM - artist - Shane CorteseShane CorteseShane Cortese is a New Zealand actor and singer, known for his role as the evil Dominic Thompson on New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street and Hayden Peters on hit show Outrageous Fortune. He was also a runner-up on Season 1 of NZ Dancing With The Stars in 2005.-Career:Cortese trained at...
- actor - Malcolm EvansMalcolm Evans (cartoonist)Malcolm Paul Evans is a New Zealand cartoonist residing in Auckland.His cartoons appear once weekly in Auckland suburban newspapers owned by Fairfax New Zealand and in The Press. His Edna character has been running fortnightly for the last 25 years in New Zealand's largest farming newspaper Rural...
- cartoonist - Ian MuneIan MuneIan Barry Mune, OBE is a New Zealand character actor and director. He co-wrote and starred in Roger Donaldson's first film, Sleeping Dogs. He also directed Came a Hot Friday, which featured comedian Billy T. James as the Tainui Kid, and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were...
OBE - actor - Richard O'BrienRichard O'BrienRichard Timothy Smith , better known under his stage name Richard O'Brien, is an English writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer. He is perhaps best known for writing the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show and for his role in presenting the popular TV show The Crystal Maze...
- actor
Public service
- Tuariki DelamereTuariki DelamereTuariki John Delamere is a former New Zealand politician. He served as an MP from 1996 to 1999, and was a member of Cabinet for the duration of his term.-Before politics:...
- politician & Commonwealth Games athlete - Air Marshal Sir Bruce FergusonBruce FergusonAir Marshal Sir Bruce Reid Ferguson KNZM, OBE, AFC is the former Chief of New Zealand Defence Force and Director of Government Communications Security Bureau. He took up the appointment when the previous Director Dr. Warren Tucker, took up his new role as Director of Security Intelligence Service...
- KNZM, OBE, AFC Chief of New Zealand Defence Force
Sport
- Kris Bouckenooghe - NZ Football
- Brendon BracewellBrendon BracewellBrendon Paul Bracewell in Auckland. He is the younger brother of John Bracewell. He frequently suffered injuries throughout his playing career.Brendon also played rugby for King Country....
- NZ Cricket - John BracewellJohn BracewellJohn Garry Bracewell is a New Zealand cricketer and coach. He played 41 Test matches between 1979-80 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He has been the coach of the New Zealand cricket team since the autumn of 2003...
- NZ Cricket - Daniel BraidDaniel BraidDaniel Joshua Braid is a rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Super Rugby team the Blues...
- All Black - Peter BurlingPeter Burling (sailor)Pete Burling is a New Zealand Olympic sailor who, along with his partner Carl Evans, was the youngest sailor to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games.- References :*http://www.zeus-sport.com/Olympic/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=28330...
- sailing, 2008 Olympian - Adrian CashmoreAdrian CashmoreAdrian Richard Cashmore in Tokoroa, New Zealand. He is a New Zealand rugby player who played for Auckland and Bay of Plenty provincially, and the Auckland Blues and Chiefs in Super Rugby. He also played professionally in Japan and for Welsh region the Ospreys in the Celtic League...
- All Black - Stu Conn - All Black
- Mahé DrysdaleMahe DrysdaleAlexander Mahé Owens Drysdale, MNZM ) is a New Zealand rower and five-time World Champion single sculler. The name Mahé came from the largest island in the Seychelles....
- MNZM Olympic bronze medallist 2008 and World Champion single sculls rower 2005-2007, 2009 - Jamie FitzgeraldJamie FitzgeraldJamie Fitzgerald was a rugby league footballer of the '90s and '00s. He played for the North Sydney Bears in 1999, the St. George Illawarra Dragons from 2000 to 2001, the South Sydney Rabbitohs from 2002 to 2003 and finally the Newcastle Knights in 2004....
- transatlantic rower & Antarctic explorer - Daniel Flynn - NZ Cricket
- Steve GrahamSteve GrahamSteve Graham is an Australian Paralympic winter sport coach. He was head coach of Australia's Winter Paralympic team for the 1994 Winter Paralympics, 2006 Winter Paralympics and the 2010 Winter Paralympics. , Graham is the current head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport's Winter Paralympic...
- NZ Hockey - Wayne Graham - All Black
- Andy Hayward - NZ Hockey
- Brendon JulianBrendon JulianBrendon Paul Julian is a former Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1993 to 1999....
- Australian cricketer - Greg Kane - All Black
- Tanerau LatimerTanerau LatimerTanerau Dylan Latimer is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays for the Chiefs in Super Rugby and the Bay of Plenty in the Air New Zealand Cup.-Super Rugby:...
- All Black - Tony LochheadTony LochheadTony James Lochhead is a New Zealander football defender who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix of the A-League.-Club career:Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001...
- NZ Football, 2010 Fifa World Cup representative - Brent NewdickBrent NewdickBrent Newdick is a New Zealand representative decathlete.He won the silver medal in the men's decathlon at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.-Personal bests:-References:...
- NZ decathlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist - David RaynerDavid RaynerDavid Rayner is a football player who represented New Zealand at international level.He represented New Zealand Under-17 at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, appearing in all three group games....
- NZ Football - Greg Rowlands - All Black
- Stephen Scahill - NZ golfer and member of the Eisenhower Cup winning team 1992
- Paul Simonsson - All Black
- Owen Stephens - All Black and Wallaby
- Kane WilliamsonKane WilliamsonKane Stuart Williamson is a New Zealand Test cricketer. He plays for Northern Districts, making his first-class debut in December 2007...
- NZ Cricket - Royce WillisRoyce WillisRoyce Kevin Willis was an international rugby union player who represented New Zealand in 12 matches between 1998 and 2002. -Rugby career:...
- All Black