Auckland Girls' Grammar School
Auckland Girls' Grammar School (AGGS) is a New Zealand secondary school for girls located in Newton, Auckland. Established in 1878 as Auckland Girls' High School, it is one of the oldest secondary institutions in the country. The school closed its site temporarily in 1888 due to financial difficulties and classes for girls were held at Auckland Grammar School until the girls' school moved to new premises in Howe Street in 1909 and the name of the school changed to Auckland Girls' Grammar School.
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Overview
Overview
The school received the Goodman Fielder awards for School and Secondary School of the year in 2000. The main block is listed as a Category 2 Historic Place.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Auckland Girls' Grammar School • Motto — Per Angusta Ad Augusta "Through trials to triumph" • Colours — gold, navy blue GoldNavy • Type — State single-sex girls' secondary school (Years 9–13) • Established — 1878 • Address — Howe Street, Newton, Auckland • Moe — 53 • Principal — Ngaire Ashmore • Enrollment — • Decile — 3H • Website — aggs.school.nz • Illustration — The school seen from the air in 1934
Enrolment
Enrolment
In 2018, Auckland Girls' Grammar School had 1,030 students enrolled and is 100% female. The number of international students was 22. As of, Auckland Girls' Grammar School has a roll of students. As of, the school has an Equity Index of, placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 4 and 5 under the former socio-economic decile system).
Headmistresses
Headmistresses
• Illustration — Ngaire Ashmore in 2022 • Sophia Stothard (died 1901): 1877–1878 • Annie Whitelaw (1875–1966): 1906–1910 • Blanche Butler (died 1967): 1911–1921 • Rua Gardner (1901–1972): 1944–1967 • Louise Gardner (ca. 1916–2006): 1967–1978 • Charmaine Pountney: 1978–1988 • Ngaire Ashmore (born ca. 1967): 2017–present
Notable alumnae
Notable alumnae
• Frankie Adams – actress • Zoë Bell – stuntwoman and actress • Sue Bradford – politician, activist and former Green MP • Dorothy Butler – author • Barbara Calvert - professor of education • Sandra Coney – journalist and women's rights activist • Kayla Cullen – athlete, Northern Mystics and NZ Silver Ferns • Lana Coc-Kroft – NZ Miss Universe 1988, television presenter • Emily Karaka – artist • Golriz Ghahraman – politician and former Green MP, former United Nations lawyer • Kiri Allan – politician and Labour MP, Minister of Conservation, Minister for Emergency Management • Parris Goebel – international choreographer • Siositina Hakeai – athlete • Hon. Laila Harré – union leader, politician, former Alliance MP and Minister of Women's Affairs, Minister of Youth Affairs, Minister of Statistics, Associate Minister of Labour and Commerce • Doreen Lumley – athlete • Rose Matafeo – comedian, television presenter • Miriama McDowell • Ani O'Neill – artist • Merimeri Penfold – Māori educator • Sheryl Scanlan – netball player • Miriama Smith – actress • Pauline Stansfield – disability rights advocate • Marté Szirmay - artist • Kahurangi Taylor – Miss New Zealand 2008 • Munokoa Tunupopo – athlete, Auckland and White Ferns • Hon. Dame Georgina Manunui te Heuheu – politician, former National MP and Minister for Courts, Minister of Women's Affairs, Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Associate Minister of Maori Affairs • Poto Williams – politician and Labour MP, Assistant Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives • Tammy Wilson – Black Ferns • Katrina Rore – netballer • Tiana Epati – President of the New Zealand Law Society
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- 1.Ministry of Education. Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools.
- 2.Education: Reports of secondary schools: List of schools. Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives. Session 1, E-08. 1. 1882.
- 3.More retrenchment. Paperspast. 28 April 1888.
- 4.Auckland Grammar School for girls and boys [advertisement]. Auckland Star. 14 March 1903.
- 5.Brief history. Auckland Girls' Grammar School.
- 6.Auckland Girls' High School. Paperspast. 16 June 1906.
- 7.Grammar School Board. Paperspast. 14 December 1905.
- 8.Education: Secondary education. Paperspast. E12-page 15. 1907.
- 9.Auckland Girls Grammar School wins Goodman Fielder School of the Year
- 10.NZHPT 544 Auckland Girls Grammar School Main Blk 25 April 2018
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- 15.Rua Isobel Gardner. Maureen. Wilson.
- 16.Pickmere, Arnold. Obituary: Louise Gardner. The New Zealand Herald. 5 May 2006.
- 17.Charmaine Pountney 1955–1959. Epsom Girls' Grammar School.
- 18.Upper Hutt City Libraries. Upper Hutt College awards, 1984; Pepper, Hearfield, Tungatt Cup; for outstanding achievement in sport; Ngaire Ashmore.
- 19.Auckland Girls' Grammar School. New Principal for Auckland Girls' Grammar School.
- 20.Frankie wants to go to Hollywood. SUGA Magazine. 1 October 2013.
- 21.Zoë Bell. IMDb.
- 22.Auckland Girls' Grammar School. Old Girls' Achievers.
- 23.Staff writer. Generosity, gusto: ahead of her time. Otago Daily Times. 34. 24 May 2008.
- 24.Lana Coc-Kroft, comfortable in her own skin. The New Zealand Herald. 14 March 2003.
- 25.Cadzow, Jane. How Parris Goebel went from high school drop-out to hip-hop dance queen. The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 December 2016.
- 26.Morgan, Scott. Teen's a star in all sports. Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax NZ. 3 December 2010.
- 27.Story: Lumley, Bernice and Lumley, Doreen.
- 28.Husband, Dale. Miriama McDowell: Was I ready for this?. E-Tangata. 23 April 2017.
- 29.Husband, Dale. Tiana Epati: Be the change you wish to see. E-Tangata. 18 November 2018.
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