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 1946 as Tauranga College, before overcrowding saw the school become single-sex in 1958. The school has a roll of 2200 students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 13 to 18) as of April 2023.[1] In 2019 Tauranga Boys' gained the most scholarships in the Bay of Plenty region with 31 scholarships and 6 outstanding scholarships.[3]

Tauranga Boys' College
The main college office block flying the New Zealand flag, and Pride flag as a part of the schools first pride week events
Address
664 Cameron Road

Tauranga South

Tauranga
3112

New Zealand
Coordinates37.7026°S 176.1572°E / -37.7026; 176.1572
Information
TypeState Secondary school
MottoLatin: Pergo et Perago
(I take up the work and I carry it through)
Established1958
Ministry of Education Institution no.121
PrincipalAndrew Turner
Staff125
Years offered9 – 13
GenderBoys-only
Age12 to 18
School roll2200[1] (April 2023)
Houses  Freyberg
  Halberg
  Hillary
  Ngarimu
  Ngata
  Rutherford
NicknameTitans
Socio-economic decile6N[2]
Websitewww.tbc.school.nz

History

Secondary education in Tauranga began in 1900,[4] with the establishment of a district high school joined with Tauranga School. By the mid-1930s, the buildings were inadequate for use, and a push for a separate secondary school began. In 1937, the education board purchased the motor camp "Hillsdene", originally one of the 10-acre (40,000 m2) blocks laid out after the Battle of Gate Pā. However, World War II delayed building on the site until 1944. After two years of building, Tauranga College was opened on 5 February 1946. The college ran until 1958 – due to overcrowding, female students moved to a newly built campus, which was named Tauranga Girls' College. Male students remained in Tauranga College, which became known as Tauranga Boys' College.[5][6]

The college seeks to honour the past in creating the future. This includes honours boards recognising top scholars and New Zealand representative sportsmen, the naming of buildings after former principals and assorted trees and memorials for World War II victims and students who died whilst enrolled.

The College is the holder of the NZSS Boys' First XI Football title, won with a 1-0 victory in the final in Napier on September 2, 2022.

Principals
  • 1958–1959: Mr A. G. Nicholson
  • 1959–1967: Mr G. I. N. Sim
  • 1967–1971: Mr R. E. K. Barton
  • 1971–1984: Mr N. D. Morris
  • 1984–2008: Mr G. S. Young
  • 2008–2022: Mr R. W. Mangan
  • 2022–: Mr A. G. Turner

Houses

Tauranga Boys' College has six houses. The houses are all named after prominent New Zealanders. In alphabetical order, they are:

Notable alumni

Academia
  • Bryan Gould – Rhodes Scholar, UK Labour politician & Vice Chancellor University of Waikato
  • A. Rod Gover – Rhodes Scholar

The arts

Public service

Sport

References
  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. "Tauranga's top scholars announced as 21 Boys' College students succeed – NZ Herald".
  4. McKinnon, Malcolm (2 March 2009). "Government – Bay of Plenty region". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Bay of Plenty – Government – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
  7. Gillespie, Kiri (17 August 2016). "TBC trio inspires school with Rio efforts". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  8. "Chch City Libraries". Christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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