Westland High School, previously Hokitika High School or Hokitika District High School, is a secondary school in Hokitika, New Zealand.
| Westland High School | |
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.jpg) South view of Westland High School | |
| Address | |
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140 Hampden Street Hokitika, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 42°43′05″S 170°58′23″E / 42.718°S 170.973°E |
| Information | |
| Funding type | State |
| Established | 1891 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 305 |
| Years offered | 7–13 |
| Enrollment | 384 (August 2024) |
| Website | www |
History
editThe first application to have a high school in Hokitika was made in 1879. In the following year, the Royal Commissioners on Universities and Secondary Schools supported this move in their report.[1] The Hokitika High School Act 1883 was a piece of legislation championed by Gerard George Fitzgerald, member of parliament for the Hokitika electorate. The legislation, passed in September 1883, allowed for the establishment of a high school in Hokitika, formulated how the school board was to be determined, and gave the mechanism of dealing with land endowment.[2] The school board, which first met in February 1884, came together at regular interval but found that it would have insufficient funds to pay for a headmaster.[3][4] The impasse was broken by The Hokitika High School Act 1883 Amendment Act, 1890, which was sponsored by the local MP Joseph Grimmond.[5][6][7] This enabled the high school to be established through a merger with the Hokitika State School, and Hokitika High School opened on Monday, 19 January 1891.[8]
The school's name was changed in 1963 to Westland High School; this was accommodated through the Westland High School Amendment Act 1963.[9]
The school war memorial is an obelisk that lists those pupils and teachers who served in World War I, and those who were killed in the Second Boer War and in World War II.[10]
Enrolment
editAt the August 2019 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Westland High School had 300 students enrolled. 51% of students were male and 49% were female. The prioritised ethnic composition was 68% New Zealand European, 28% Māori, 2% Pacific peoples, and 2% other ethnic groups.[11]
Notable alumni
edit- Ronald King (1909–1988), New Zealand rugby union player[12]
- Stephen Lowe (born 1962), third Catholic Bishop of Hamilton, New Zealand[13]
- Holly Robinson (born 1994), para-athlete[citation needed]
- Bill Schramm (1886–1962), Labour MP for the Auckland East electorate[14]
Notable staff
edit- Peter Hooper (1919–1991) was a New Zealand teacher, writer, bookseller and conservationist[15]
References
edit- ^ "Hokitika School Committee". West Coast Times. No. 4097. 2 June 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "West Coast Times". No. 4411. 12 September 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "West Coast Times". No. 4542. 14 February 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "West Coast Times". No. 6461. 7 April 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Parliamentary News". West Coast Times. No. 7794. 6 September 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Hokitika High School Act 1883 Amendment". www.nzlii.org. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Parliamentary News". West Coast Times. No. 7788. 29 August 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "West Coast Times". No. 8056. 19 January 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Westland High School Act 1883". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Hokitika school war memorial". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Westland High School - 04/11/2019". Education Review Office. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ^ "King to Retire". Auckland Star. Vol. LXVIII, no. 222. 18 September 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Bishop Stephen Lowe consecrated and installed as Bishop of Hamilton". Roman Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "New Members". The Press. Vol. LXVII, no. 20410. 3 December 1931. p. 14. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ White, Pat (22 July 2010). "Talking to NZSA one evening". WordPress. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
External links
edit- "Review reports". 29 June 2017.