Green Bay High School, New Zealand
| Green Bay High School | |
|---|---|
 Green Bay High School in 2013 | |
| Address | |
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143–161 Godley Road Green Bay Auckland | |
| Coordinates | 36°55′51″S 174°40′10″E / 36.930950°S 174.669400°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State, Co-educational, Secondary |
| Established | 1973 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 42 |
| Principal | Fiona Barker |
| School roll | 1761[1] (August 2024) |
| Website | greenbayhigh.school.nz |
Green Bay High School is a co-educational secondary school in the West Auckland suburb of Green Bay, New Zealand, catering for students from Year 9 to Year 13. The school primarily serves the communities of Green Bay and Titirangi.[2]
History
[edit]The school opened in 1973.[3] The founding principal of the school, Des Mann, challenged many of the standard educational practices of the 1970s. He refused to allow students to be caned, did not enforce a school uniform, and did not stream pupils into academic and non-academic classes.[4]
The school has since adopted a uniform, and began awarding prizes.[4] In 1978, Green Bay High School opened Kākāriki Marae, the first marae built on high school grounds, after lobbying by Pat Heremaia, the head of Māori Language studies at Green Bay.[5][6] Heremaia presented a paper in 1984 to the Māori Educational Development Conference, discussing the success of Kākāriki Marae, which was one of the factors which led to marae becoming common in New Zealand schools.[6]
Notable staff
[edit]- Carla Van Zon, artistic director and former physical education teacher[7]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Mark Bourneville, NZ & France rugby league player
- Riki Cowan, NZ rugby league player
- Carl Evans, sailor[8]
- Dylan Horrocks, cartoonist
- Ria Percival, NZ soccer player
- Laura O'Connell Rapira, activist
- Fabian Soutar, rugby league player
References
[edit]- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Barker, Fiona. "Principal's Welcome". Green Bay High School. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Devaliant 2009, pp. 207.
- ^ a b Devaliant 2009, pp. 208.
- ^ Devaliant 2009, pp. 209.
- ^ a b Lee, Jenny Bol Jun (2012). "Marae a-kura: Tracing the birth of marae in schools". SET: Research Information for Teachers (2): 3–11. ISSN 0110-6376.
- ^ "Auckland's queen of arts: Carla van Zon's final curtain call". www.metromag.co.nz. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Sailor Biography". sailing.org. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
Biography
[edit]- Devaliant, Judith (2009). "History Lessons". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. pp. 195–216. ISBN 9781869790080.