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Palmerston North Girls High School
Palmerston North Girls' High School is a secondary school for girls, located in the suburb of West End in the city of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Location The main entrance of the school is located on Fitzherbert Avenue, near the Victoria Esplanade. Adjacent to the north are Huia Street and tennis courts. Behind the school is Manawaroa/Ongley Park. History In 1902, Palmerston North High School was a co-ed secondary school created with an initial roll of 84 students (40 boys and 44 girls). The first classes were held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church Sunday School hall. In 1912, Palmerston North High School was split into two single-sex schools: Palmerston North Girls’ High School and Palmerston North Boys’ High School. School houses Palmerston North Girls' High School is divided into four houses. On enrolment, students are placed in a house at random, or into a house with family ties if possible. Staff are also placed in the houses. Each house is named after a forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmerston North
Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatu River, from the river's mouth, and from the end of the Manawatu Gorge, about north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of The official limits of the city take in rural areas to the south, north-east, north-west and west of the main urban area, extending to the Tararua Ranges; including the town of Ashhurst at the mouth of the Manawatu Gorge, the villages of Bunnythorpe and Longburn in the north and west respectively. The city covers a land area of . The city's location was once little more than a clearing in a forest and occupied by small communities of Māori, who called it ''Papa-i-Oea'', believed to mean "How beautiful it is". In the mid-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Cowley
Cassia Joy Cowley (; born 7 August 1936) is a New Zealand author best known for her children's fiction, including the popular series of books Mrs. Wishy-Washy. Cowley started out writing novels for adults, and her first book, ''Nest in a Falling Tree'' (1967), was adapted for the screen by Roald Dahl. It became the 1971 film ''The Night Digger''. Following its success in the United States, Cowley wrote several other novels, including ''Man of Straw'' (1972), ''Of Men and Angels'' (1972), ''The Mandrake Root'' (1975), and ''The Growing Season'' (1979). Typical themes of these works were marital infidelity, mental illness, and death, as experienced within families. Cowley has also published several collections of short stories, including ''Two of a Kind'' (1984) and ''Heart Attack and Other Stories'' (1985). Today she is best known for children's books, such as ''The Silent One'' (1981), which was made into a 1985 film. Others include ''Bow Down Shadrach'' (1991) and its seque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Schools In Manawatū-Whanganui
Secondary may refer to: Science and nature * Secondary emission, of particles ** Secondary electrons, electrons generated as ionization products * The secondary winding, or the electrical or electronic circuit connected to the secondary winding in a transformer * Secondary (chemistry), a term used in organic chemistry to classify various types of compounds * Secondary color, color made from mixing primary colors * Secondary mirror, second mirror element/focusing surface in a reflecting telescope * Secondary craters, often called "secondaries" * Secondary consumer, in ecology * An obsolete name for the Mesozoic in geosciences * Secondary feathers, flight feathers attached to the ulna on the wings of birds Society and culture * Secondary (football), a position in American football and Canadian football * Secondary dominant in music * Secondary education, education which typically takes place after six years of primary education ** Secondary school, the type of school at the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schools In Palmerston North
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be availabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational Institutions Established In 1912
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayla Sharland
Kayla Marie Whitelock (née Sharland, born 30 October 1985) is a New Zealand field hockey player, and former captain (sports), captain of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women''). She has competed in four Olympic Games (2004 Summer Olympics, 2004, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016), three Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010 and 2014) and two Hockey World Cups (2010 and 2014). She was named on the FIH's All-Star Team in 2010 and was Hockey New Zealand's player of the year in 2012. Biography Whitelock was born in Palmerston North, and is of Rangitāne descent. She married Crusaders (rugby), Crusaders rugby player George Whitelock in December 2013. Whitelock took up hockey at the age of seven, as her school only played hockey, not her preferred sport, netball. In the 2020 Birthday Honours (New Zealand), 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Whitelock was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Naylor
Emily Sarah Gaddum (née Naylor; born 23 December 1985) is a former New Zealand field hockey player. One of the country's most experienced players, she was due to finish her career after her fourth Olympic appearance at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, but her retirement due to pregnancy was announced when the 2016 Olympic squad was named. Private life Gaddum was born in 1985 in Palmerston North, New Zealand and attended Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School, and then Palmerston North Girls' High School. She married Harry Gaddum in February 2016. Hockey career In 2007, after an outstanding Champions Challenge performance, she was voted Oceania Player of the Century by The ABCD Hockey Magazine. Naylor was also named New Zealand Hockey's Woman Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010. She was part of the New Zealand team that lost to Great Britain in the bronze medal match at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In April 2014, with 239 international caps, Naylor became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liana Leota
Liana Leota (née Barrett-Chase; born 31 October 1984) is a New Zealand netball player. She is a member of the national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for Severn Stars in the British Netball Superleague. Leota was a member of the Southern Sting in 2007, which won the National Bank Cup that year. She also played for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in 2006 and the Western Flyers from 2003–2005. She continued playing in Invercargill with the Southern Steel in the new ANZ Championship, which started in 2008. That same year, Leota debuted in the Silver Ferns against Australia. Since her debut, she has cemented her position in the Silver Ferns' midcourt. For the 2010 ANZ Championship season, Leota received the Most valuable Player award. Leota and Wendy Frew were named as co-captains of the Southern Steel for 2011. She signed for Netball Superleague side Manchester Thunder for the 2016 Season on 27 October 2015. Following a championship winning season with Thunder, Leota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Leese
Anna Leese (born 7 March 1981) is a New Zealand born soprano opera singer. Early life Leese was born in Napier, New Zealand. She sang in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir and the New Zealand Youth Choir. She attended the University of Otago where she studied music, graduating in 2003. This was followed by study at the Benjamin Britten International Opera School at the Royal College of Music in London. Career Leese sang the part of Tamiri in Mozart's ''Il re pastore'' in 2006 at the Lindbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Also in 2006, she was understudy for Musetta in Puccini's ''La Boheme'' at Covent Garden followed in 2008 by performing the role at Covent Garden. Another Covent Garden engagement was as Micaela in ''Carmen.'' She performed with José Carreras in Gateshead in 2008. She made her North American debut as Musetta for the Canadian Opera Company in March 2009. She has sung the role of Tatyana in ''Eugene Onegin'' three times: for the New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Hull
Rebecca Mahoney ( Hull, born 25 August 1983) is a former rugby union footballer and referee. She represented New Zealand and Wellington Rugby Football Union. She was a member of the Black Ferns 2006 and 2010 Rugby World Cup winning squads. Personal life Mahoney attended Alfredton Primary School and Palmerston North Girls' High School, where she was Dux Ludorum. She currently farms with her husband Luke in the Tararua District, New Zealand. Refereeing career Mahoney was a rugby referee in New Zealand. She is the first of two women to be named to the New Zealand Elite Referee Squad. She reffed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. Mahoney was also named to the World Referee Squad and refereed the 2018 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series The World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, is a series of international rugby sevens tournaments for women's national teams run by World Rugby. The inaugural series was held in 2012–13 as the successor to the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Clarke (model)
Jessica Roimata Clarke (born 1993) is a New Zealand model. She began professionally modelling at the age of 15, and by 17 had appeared on the catwalks of Milan, Paris, New York and London. Fresh to New York she was the Calvin Klein exclusive at NY fashion week SS/10 and continued to walk with the likes of Marc by Marc, Giorgio Armani, Mulberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Emilio Pucci, Lanvin, Elie Saab, Sonia Rykiel and Dolce & Gabbana. She was shot by Mario Testino for D&G spring summer 2011 campaign. In 2011, she became the first New Zealander to model for Victoria's Secret, appearing in the brand's annual fashion show.From schoolgirl to covergirl ''Stuff.co.nz'', 2 March 2009 Background Clarke who is now based in New York is originally from |
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