Tauranga Girls' College is a high school in 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...

. It caters for girls from the ages of 12 to 18 (Years 9 to 13), and offers the NCEA

National Certificate of Educational Achievement

The National Certificate of Educational Achievement is, since 2004, the official secondary school qualification in New Zealand.It has three levels, corresponding to the levels within the National Qualifications Framework, and these are generally studied in each of the three final years of...

 system of qualifications. The current principal is Ms Pauline Cowens.

TGC has many extracurricular activities, in both the arts and sporting. The largest activity would have to be the production, combined with Tauranga Boys' College

Tauranga Boys' College

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.-History:...

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It was originally developed due to the population increase and small area of Tauranga College, which became Tauranga Boys College.