"Through trials to triumph" , colours = gold, navy blue , type = State single-sex girls' secondary school (Years 9–13) , established = 1878 , address = Howe Street, Newton, Auckland , coordinates = , principal = Ngaire Ashmore , roll = () , decile = 3H , homepage
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Freemans Bay And Auckland Girls Grammar

Auckland Girls' Grammar School (AGGS) is a New Zealand secondary school for girls located in Newton, in the

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

central business district. 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. 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 II Historic Place.

Demographics

In 2018, Auckland Girls' Grammar School had 1,030 students enrolled and is 100% female. The number of international students was 22. The ethnic composition of the school was as follows: 23% Māori, 23% Samoan, 16% Tongan, 3%

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(Pākehā), 13% Asian, 6% Niuean, and 6% Indian.

Notable alumnae

* Frankie Adams – actress *

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– stuntwoman and actress *

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– politician, activist and former Green MP * Dorothy Butler – author * Sandra Coney – journalist and women's rights activist * Kayla Cullen – athlete, Northern Mystics and NZ Silver Ferns *

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– NZ

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, television presenter * Emily Karaka – artist *

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– politician and Green MP, former United Nations lawyer * Kiri Allan – politician and Labour MP, Minister of Conservation, Minister for Emergency Management *

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– international choreographer * Katrina Grant – athlete, NZ Silver Ferns *

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– athlete *Hon.

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– 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 * * Ani O'Neill – artist * Merimeri Penfold – Maori educator * Sheryl Scanlan – netball player * Miriama Smith – actress *

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– 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 –

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* Katrina Rore-netballer *Tiana Epati �
First Pacifica President, and current President of the New Zealand Law Society

Headmistresses

Annie Whitelaw Annie Watt Whitelaw (17 August 1875 – 11 August 1966) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British headmistress and educationist. She was a headteacher in New Zealand and the first NZ woman to attend Girton College and to lead a B ...

(1875–1966): 1906–1910 * Blanche Butler (died 1967): 1911–1921 *

Rua Gardner Rua Isobel Gardner (13 March 1901 – 25 May 1972) was a New Zealand teacher and principal. She was born in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, on 13 March 1901. In the 1968 New Year Honours, Gardner was appointed an Officer of the Order of t ...

(1901–1972): 1944–1967 * Louise Gardner (ca. 1916 – 2006): 1967–1978 * Ngaire Ashmore (born ca. 1967): 2017–present

References

External links

Ministry of Education Information
NZHPT Category II listings in the Auckland Region Educational institutions established in 1888 Girls' schools in New Zealand Secondary schools in Auckland 1888 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-school-stub