Green Bay High School, New Zealand

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]

Green Bay High School
Green Bay High School in 2013
Address
143-161 Godley Road
Green Bay
Auckland
Coordinates36.930950°S 174.669400°E / -36.930950; 174.669400
Information
TypeState, Co-educational, Secondary
Established1973
Ministry of Education Institution no.42
PrincipalFiona Barker
School roll1715[1] (April 2023)
Websitegreenbayhigh.school.nz

History

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

Notable alumni

References
  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. Barker, Fiona. "Principal's Welcome". Green Bay High School. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. Devaliant 2009, pp. 207.
  4. Devaliant 2009, pp. 208.
  5. Devaliant 2009, pp. 209.
  6. 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.
  7. "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.
  8. "Sailor Biography". sailing.org. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

Biography
  • Devaliant, Judith (2009). "History Lessons". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. pp. 195–216. ISBN 9781869790080.
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