Hāwera High School was a secondary school in the New Zealand town of Hāwera, which operated from 1901 until 2022.
| Hāwera High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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13 Camberwell Road, Hāwera New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 39°35′07″S 174°16′28″E / 39.5853°S 174.2744°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-educational secondary, years 9–13 |
| Motto | Infirmioribus Succurrendo Fortior, Strength Through Service, Kia Kaha Te Awhina |
| Opened | 1919 |
| Principal | Rachel Williams[1] |
| School roll | [2] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 5M[3] |
History
editThe school's history began as a primary school in 1875, which was reformed as a district high school in 1901. In 1919, the school was again changed, this time as a technical school, with an opening roll of 180 students. The school moved from its original site in Princes Street to a new base in Camberwell Road two years later. The school had a roll of around 400 by the outbreak of World War II. The roll continued to grow in the post-war years, reaching a peak of over 1000 in the early 1970s.[4] The current roll sits between 720 and 750 students.
In late 2021, it was announced that Hāwera High School and Hāwera Intermediate would close, and a new, Years 7–13, school would open in 2023.[5] The new school was named Te Paepae o Aotea, a name gifted by local iwi Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāruahine.[6]
Notable students
edit- Aroha Awarau, playwright and journalist
- Michael Bent (born 1986), Rugby Union Player, International Rugby Player for Ireland
- Ian Clarke (1931–1997), All Black and rugby administrator
- Enid Evans (1914–2011), chief librarian at the Auckland War Memorial Museum Library
- Issac Luke (born 1987), rugby league player
- Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972), author
- Margaret Nielsen (1933–2023), pianist and music teacher
- William Sheat (1899–1982), member of parliament[7]
- Hiwi Tauroa (1927–2018), rugby union player and Race Relations Conciliator
- Lene Westgaard-Halle (born 1979), politician, member of the Norwegian Parliament
- Adine Wilson (née Harper, born 1979), Silver Fern
References
edit- ^ Matthews, Jane (7 November 2017). "Hāwera High School's new principal makes history".
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ School history, Hawera High School official website
- ^ "Hāwera". Education in New Zealand. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "New school: Te Paepae o Aotea open evenings help to keep community informed". Stratford Press. The New Zealand Herald. 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ Traue, James Edward (1978). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1978 (11th ed.). Wellington: Reed Publishing. p. 246.
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