Hawera High School
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Hāwera High School was a secondary school in the New Zealand town of Hāwera, which operated from 1901 until 2022.
| Hāwera High School | |
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| Location | |
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13 Camberwell Road, Hāwera New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 39.5853°S 174.2744°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-educational secondary, years 9–13 |
| Motto | Infirmioribus Succurrendo Fortior, Strength Through Service, Kia Kaha Te Awhina |
| Opened | 1919 |
| Principal | Rachel Williams[1] |
| School roll | [2] (November 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 5M[3] |
History
The school's history began as a primary school in 1875, which was reformed as a district high school in 1901. In 1919, the school was again changed, this time as a technical school, with an opening roll of 180 students. The school moved from its original site in Princes Street to a new base in Camberwell Road two years later. The school had a roll of around 400 by the outbreak of World War II. The roll continued to grow in the post-war years, reaching a peak of over 1000 in the early 1970s.[4] The current roll sits between 720 and 750 students.
In late 2021, it was announced that Hāwera High School and Hāwera Intermediate would close, and a new, Years 7–13, school would open in 2023.[5] The new school was named Te Paepae o Aotea, a name gifted by local iwi Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāruahine.[6]
Notable students
- Aroha Awarau, playwright and journalist
- Michael Bent (born 1986), Rugby Union Player, International Rugby Player for Ireland
- Ian Clarke (1931–1997), All Black and rugby administrator
- Enid Evans (1914–2011), chief librarian at the Auckland War Memorial Museum Library
- Issac Luke (born 1987), rugby league player
- Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972), author
- Margaret Nielsen (1933–2023), pianist and music teacher
- William Sheat (1899–1982), member of parliament[7]
- Hiwi Tauroa (1927–2018), rugby union player and Race Relations Conciliator
- Lene Westgaard-Halle (born 1979), politician, member of the Norwegian Parliament
- Adine Wilson (née Harper, born 1979), Silver Fern
References
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