"Knowledge is Power"
, type = State, Girls, Secondary (Year 9-15), with boarding facilities
, established = 1880
, address = Cain Street, Timaru, New Zealand
, coordinates =
, principal = Deb Hales
, roll =
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, decile = 6N
, MOE = 361
, homepage
timarugirls.school.nz
Timaru Girls' High School is a secondary school in
Timaru
Timaru (; mi, Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to ...
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New Zealand
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, founded in 1880. Timaru Girls' High provides education for girls aged between 13 – 18 years of age (class levels - years 9 to 13). It also has a boarding facility within the school grounds for pupils not living in Timaru itself and also caters for international students. The school motto is Scientia Potestas Est – Knowledge is Power. The school is a stone's throw away from the Catholic
Roncalli College
Roncalli College is a Catholic college in Timaru, New Zealand. It was named after Pope John XXIII, whose birth name was Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. It is a co-educational college with approximately 500 students from Year 9 to Year 13, and it is sit ...
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Houses
The school has 4 colour houses named after New Zealand native flowers and each student is put into one of them to encourage team spirit.
The colours are:
*Yellow = Kowhai
*Blue = Konini
*Green = Ngaio
*Red = Rata
There are several House events per year, Swimming Sports, Athletics, Cross Country, Aitkens and Waters Cup Day and House Choirs
Notable alumnae
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Maria Fahey – cricketer
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Jo Goodhew
Joanne Gay Goodhew (born 1961) is a New Zealand politician. She served as a member of Parliament between 2005 and 2017.
Early years
Goodhew grew up in Timaru, and attended Timaru Girls' High School. She holds a qualification in nursing from Ota ...
– MP
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Elizabeth Gunn – paediatrician
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Jean Hay
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– early childhood educator
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Eva Hill – doctor
Controversy
In September 2011, a school girl wanted to support the country's ''Blue Friday'', a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of prostate cancer. She was banned from supporting it because students ''were only allowed to support female causes'', even though the girl's own grandfather had died from this cancer. This raised issues in the newspapers
References
External links
Timaru Girl's High School Website
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Boarding schools in New Zealand
Timaru
Educational institutions established in 1880
Girls' schools in New Zealand
Secondary schools in Canterbury, New Zealand
1880 establishments in New Zealand
Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia