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Tauranga South Tauranga South is a suburb of Tauranga, on New Zealand's North Island. It is located south-east of Judea, north-east of Gate Pa and south-west of Tauranga Central. Property prices in the suburb have risen sharply, largely due to demand for lan ...

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Tauranga Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...

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secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

for boys, located on the edge of the downtown area of

, 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 students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 13 to 18) as of In 2019 Tauranga Boys' gained the most scholarships in the Bay of Plenty region with 31 scholarships and 6 outstanding scholarships.

History

Secondary education in

began in 1900, 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 blocks laid out after the

Battle of Gate Pā The Tauranga campaign was a six-month-long armed conflict in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty in early 1864, and part of the New Zealand Wars that were fought over issues of land ownership and sovereignty. The campaign was a sequel to the invasion of ...

. However,

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

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 Tauranga Girls' College is a state single-sex girls secondary school in Tauranga, New Zealand. It offers the NCEA system of qualifications. The school has a roll of students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 12 to 18) as of The current principa ...

. Male students remained in Tauranga College, which became known as Tauranga Boys' College. 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

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. This success saw them win the BOP Secondary School boys' team of the year title. Sport in 2022 was a vintage year for the College. Along with the Football success, Hockey finished fifth at the Rankin Cup, Rugby held the Moascar Cup for the first time since 1995, Water Polo and Squash came second nationally, Volleyball won Super 8 and Cricket finished second at the Gillette Cup. All of these teams were coached by teaching staff of the College.

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: *Freyberg (red), named after soldier

Bernard Freyberg Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952. Freyb ...

*Halberg (black), named after athlete

Murray Halberg Sir Murray Gordon Halberg (7 July 1933 – 30 November 2022) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner who won the gold medal in the 5000 metres event at the 1960 Olympics. He also won gold medals in the 3 miles events at the 1958 and 1962 Com ...

*Hillary (yellow), named after mountaineer

Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached t ...

*Ngarimu (green), named after soldier

Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu VC (7 April 1918 – 27 March 1943) was a New Zealand soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ...

*Ngata (white), named after politician

Āpirana Ngata Sir Āpirana Turupa Ngata (3 July 1874 – 14 July 1950) was a prominent New Zealand statesman. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have served in Parliament in the mid-20th century, and is also known for his work ...

*Rutherford (blue), named after scientist

Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' considers him to be the greatest ...

Notable alumni

Academia

Bryan Gould Bryan Charles Gould (born 11 February 1939) is a New Zealand-born British former politician and diplomat. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 1979, and again from 1983 to 1994. He was a member of the Labour Party's Shadow Ca ...

– Rhodes Scholar, UK Labour politician & Vice Chancellor University of Waikato * A. Rod Gover – Rhodes Scholar

The Arts

* Nigel Brown ONZM – artist *

Shane Cortese Shane Cortese (born 13 August 1968) is a New Zealand actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role of Mac on Nothing Trivial, Loki on the Almighty Johnsons and Hayden Peters on hit show '' Outrageous Fortune''. He was also a runner-up ...

– actor * Malcolm Evans – cartoonist *

Ian Mune Ian Barry Mune (born 1941) is a New Zealand character actor, director, and screenwriter. His screen acting career spans four decades and more than 50 roles. His work as a film director includes hit comedy ''Came a Hot Friday'', an adaptation of c ...

OBE – actor *

Erik Thomson Erik Thomson is a Scottish-born New Zealand-Australian actor. He is known for playing Hades in the television series ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', ''Xena Warrior Princess'' and ''Young Hercules'', Dr. Mitch Stevens in '' All Saints'' an ...

– actor *

Richard O'Brien Richard Timothy Smith. known professionally as Richard O'Brien, is a British-New Zealand actor, writer, musician, composer, and television presenter. He wrote the musical stage show ''The Rocky Horror Show'' in 1973, which has remained in conti ...

– actor *

Jeremy Redmore Jeremy Redmore is a New Zealand musician, singer-songwriter, producer and author. In his early career he rose to fame as the main creative force behind the band Midnight Youth. Since then he has released two albums as a solo artist as well as a ...

– musician * Stuart G. Bugg – international debating

Public service

Tuariki Delamere Tuariki John Edward Delamere (born 9 December 1951) is a former New Zealand politician. He served as a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1996 to 1999, and was a member of Cabinet for the duration of his term. Early life Delamere was b ...

– politician & Commonwealth Games athlete * Air Marshal Sir Bruce Ferguson – KNZM, OBE, AFC Chief of New Zealand Defence Force *

Todd Muller Todd Michael Muller (; born 23 December 1968) is a New Zealand politician who served as the Leader of the New Zealand National Party and the Leader of the Opposition from 22 May to 14 July 2020. Muller entered Parliament at the 2014 general el ...

– Member of Parliament for the Bay of Plenty (2014–present) and former

Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand) In New Zealand, the Leader of the Opposition (or Opposition leader) is a senior politician who leads the Official Opposition. The Leader of the Opposition is, by convention, the leader of the largest political party in the House of Represent ...

Sport

Kris Bouckenooghe Christian "Kris" Bouckenooghe (born 7 February 1977) is a retired New Zealand association football player of Belgium, Belgian and Cook Islands Maori, Cook Island Māori descent. He played as a defender (football), defender, mostly in the lower ...

– NZ Football *

Brendon Bracewell Brendon Paul Bracewell (born 14 September 1959) is a former New Zealand Test cricketer. Born in Auckland, he is the younger brother of John Bracewell. He was educated at Tauranga Boys' College and was in the 1st XI from 1974 to 1978. He frequen ...

– NZ Cricket *

John Bracewell John Garry Bracewell (born 15 April 1958) is a former New Zealand cricketer who was most recently the coach of the Irish national team. He played 41 Test matches between 1980 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He was the second N ...

– NZ Cricket *

Daniel Braid Daniel John Braid (born 23 February 1981) is a former rugby union player from New Zealand who captained Sale Sharks in the English Premiership. He played at open-side flanker. Previously, he played for the Blues in Super Rugby. He also won si ...

– All Black * Mick Bremner – All Black * Peter Burke – All Black * Peter Burling (born 1991), Olympic sailor *

Sam Cane Samuel Jordan Cane (born 13 January 1992) is a New Zealand rugby union rugby player. His regular playing position is as a loose forward. He currently plays for Chiefs and Bay of Plenty. Cane made his international debut for New Zealand in 20 ...

– All Black *

Adrian Cashmore Adrian Richard Cashmore (born 23 July 1973 in Tokoroa, New Zealand), is a rugby player who played for Auckland and Bay of Plenty provincially, and the Auckland Blues and Chiefs in Super Rugby. He also played professionally in Japan and for Wels ...

– All Black * John Clark – NZ Rowing – 1972 Olympian * Stuart Conn – All Black * Geoff Cotter NZ Rowing – 1988 Olympian *

Mahé Drysdale Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale (born 19 November 1978) is a retired New Zealand rower. Drysdale is a two-time Olympic champion and a five-time world champion in the single sculls. He is a seven-time New Zealand national champion and five-time ...

(born 1978), Olympic rower * Daniel Flynn – NZ Cricket *

Steve Graham Steve Graham (born 23 January 1962) is a retired Australian Paralympic winter sport coach. He was head coach of Australia's Winter Paralympic team for the 1994 Winter Paralympics, 2006 Winter Paralympics, 2010 Winter Paralympics and 2014 Winte ...

– NZ Hockey *

Wayne Graham Wayne may refer to: People with the given name and surname * Wayne (given name) * Wayne (surname) Geographical Places with name ''Wayne'' may take their name from a person with that surname; the most famous such person was Gen. "Mad" Anthon ...

– All Black *

Andy Hayward Andrew William Hayward is an English former footballer who played as either a midfielder or a striker. Hayward started his career in non-league football, and his prolific goalscoring record soon attracted attention from bigger clubs. He tur ...

– NZ Hockey *

Nathan Harris Nathan Harris (born 1880) was an American baseball third baseman and captain in the pre-Negro leagues. He played for many of the best teams between 1900 and 1910. Born and raised in Middleport, Ohio, Harris moved to Columbus, Ohio with his paren ...

– All Black *

Jarrad Hoeata Jarrad Hoeata (born 12 December 1983) is a professional rugby union player who plays for New Zealand side Taranaki. He made his debut for the All Blacks during the 2011 Tri Nations tournament. Early life Hoeata was born on 12 December 1983 in T ...

– All Black *

Brendon Julian Brendon Paul Julian (born 10 August 1970) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1993 to 1999. He was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1989. Standing at 6' 5", he was a dangerous left-ar ...

– Australian cricketer * Greg Kane – All Black *

Tanerau Latimer Tanerau Dylan Latimer (born 6 May 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays for the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union, Bay of Plenty. Career Super Rugby Latimer made his Super Rugby debut for the in 2006, before shifting to the in 2007 ...

– All Black *

Tony Lochhead Tony James Lochhead (born 12 January 1982) is a New Zealand former professional footballer who appeared with the New Zealand national football team. Early life and education Lochhead was born on 12 January 1982 in Tauranga, New Zealand. He w ...

– NZ Football, 2010 Fifa World Cup representative *

Sam Meech Sam Meech (born 4 April 1991) is a New Zealand sailor who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Early life Meech was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1991. The sailor Molly Meech is his younger sister; almost exactly two years his jun ...

(born 1991), Olympic sailor *

Brent Newdick Brent Newdick (born 31 January 1985 in Tauranga) is a New Zealand representative decathlete. He won the silver medal in the men's decathlon at the 2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्र� ...

– NZ decathlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist * Jordan Parry – NZ Rowing – 2020 Olympian *

David Rayner David Rayner (born 18 March 1982) is an association football player who represented New Zealand national football team, New Zealand at international level. He represented New Zealand national under-17 football team, New Zealand Under-17 at the ...

– NZ Football *

Aidan Ross Aidan Ross (born 25 October 1995) is an Australia-born New Zealand rugby union player who plays Prop for the in the Super Rugby competition and for the All Blacks internationally. Biography Ross debuted for the Bay of Plenty in 2015 and ...

– All Black * Greg Rowlands – All Black *

Jason Saunders Jason Saunders (born 22 November 1990) is a New Zealand sailor. Saunders was born in 1990 in Tauranga and received his education at Tauranga Boys' College that he attended with fellow Olympic sailors Sam Meech (born 1991) and Peter Burling (sail ...

(born 1991), Olympic sailor * Paul Simonsson – All Black *

Owen Stephens Owen George Stephens (born 9 January 1947), also known by the nickname of "Noddy", is a New Zealand former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He has the distinction of being one of only thre ...

– All Black and Wallaby; rugby union and rugby league *

Roger White-Parsons Roger White-Parsons (born 16 November 1960) is a former New Zealand rower. At the 1982 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee, Switzerland, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat five. At the 1983 World Rowing Championships ...

– NZ Rowing – 1984 Olympian *

Kane Williamson Kane Stuart Williamson (born 8 August 1990) is a New Zealand cricketer who is currently the Captain (cricket), captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealand national team in limited overs cricket. He is considered as New Zealand' ...

– NZ Cricket * Royce Willis – All Black

References

{{Schools in Bay of Plenty Boys' schools in New Zealand Educational institutions established in 1958 Secondary schools in the Bay of Plenty Region Schools in Tauranga 1958 establishments in New Zealand