New Plymouth Girls' High School

New Plymouth Girls' High School
Address
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60 Northgate, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Coordinates39°03′21″S 174°05′41″E / 39.0559°S 174.0946°E / -39.0559; 174.0946
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TypeState single sex girls' secondary (Year 9–13) with boarding facilities
MottoEt Comitate, Et Virtute, Et Sapientia
(Friendship – Courage – Wisdom
Whakahoanga – Maia – Mātauranga)
Established1914
Ministry of Education Institution no.172
PrincipalJacqui Brown
School roll1329[2] (August 2024)
Socio-economic decile7O[1]
Websitenpghs.school.nz

New Plymouth Girls' High School is a girls' state secondary school in Strandon, New Plymouth, New Zealand. The school separated from New Plymouth High School in 1914, leaving New Plymouth Boys' High School on the old site.[3]

It is currently one of two of New Plymouth's girls' schools along with Sacred Heart Girls' College and has a current roll of 1329 students.[2]

Students are put into four houses for school activities such as swimming sports, athletics, and house plays. These houses are Tokomaru (yellow), Kurahaupo (blue), Aotea (red) and Tainui (green). The houses are named after four of the first Māori waka to arrive in New Zealand.

  1. ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ^ "History". New Plymouth Boys' High School. Retrieved 17 February 2021.