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. It is consistently a top-achieving school nationally. The school is

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-based and was established in 1903. It caters to international students and has accommodation for 50 boarders at Innes House. The school elected to offer students the option of

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diplomas, as an alternative to the national NCEA qualification, from 2008.

History

Bishop Moore Richard Neligan first proposed the Diocesan School for Girls in October 1903. A subcommittee of the synod purchased land in November 1903, and the first class began on 27 May 1904 with twenty-five students and Mary Etheldred Pulling as headmistress. Neligan formally dedicated the school on 14 June 1904, and the school celebrates its birthday on this date. The founders were Auckland businessperson Stephen Cochrane, Dr Ernest Roberton, Lord Ranfully, Edwin Mitchelson, Bishop Williams of Waiapu and Bishop Neligan
The former Goodall Construction company constructed many of the buildings.

Houses

Diocesan has eight houses, into which the students are grouped. In the senior school (years 7-13), there are “tutor” groups, which consists of one tutor teacher, and the students in a particular house and year. eg. Year 9 Selwyn. Each house is named after someone close to the school.

Enrolment

As a private school, Diocesan School receives little funding from the government and charges parents of students tuition fees to cover costs. As of 2015, the school tuition fees for domestic students (i.e. New Zealand citizens and residents) are approximately $18,000 for day students in Years 1 to 6 and $21,000 for day students in Years 7 to 13. Boarders pay an extra $15,000 per year. At the school's February 2010

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(ERO) review, Diocesan School had 1479 students, including 16 international students. Around 75 percent of students at the school identified as New Zealand European (Pākehā), six percent as another European ethnicity, eight percent as Chinese, three percent as Indian, four percent as another Asian ethnicity, two percent as

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, one percent as Pacific Islanders, and one percent as another ethnicity.

Technology

The school opened a $4 million science block in 1999. During that year a pilot system to supply all students with notebooks was run with two year-8 classes. By November 1999 the school had three IT staff, supporting 469 PCs (150 of which were notebooks), 110 printers, and 6 file servers. The school introduced electronic whiteboards in 2005 that allow students to download classnotes directly to their notebooks. In 2006, it ranked as the 96th largest IT organisation in New Zealand, with a staff of eight supporting 300 PCs and 1,170 notebooks. in 2012 the school officially opened a new water-based sports turf and underground car park. The sports turf is identical in likeness to the one in London built for the 2012 London olympics.

Headmistresses and principals

Since the school was established, there have been 11 headmistresses or principals.

Notable alumnae

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– netball player *

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– chemist * Alice Bush – doctor and paediatrician * Niki Caro – writer and director of ''Whale Rider'' and '' Mulan'' *

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– ''Shortland Street'' television actor *

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– New Zealand's first female Chief Justice * Holly Rose Emery – model * Charlotte Glennie – television journalist * Katie Glynn – field hockey player, member of Black Sticks Women (2009–) * Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie – winner of the first cycle of ''

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'', attended in 2009 *

Ella Gunson Elizabeth "Ella" Gunson (born 9 July 1989) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She was first selected for the Black Sticks Women in June 2009, along with ten other players as the Black Sticks squad was overhauled following its last place fin ...

– field hockey player, member of Black Sticks Women (2009–) *

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– field hockey player, member of Black Sticks Women (2009–) (also attended Whangarei Girls' High School) * Anna Lawrence – Olympic field hockey midfielder *

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– New Zealand singer, before moving on to King's College * Meredith Orr – Olympic field hockey midfielder *

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– art historian *

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MBE – winner of the 1981 New York and Boston Marathons * Jaime Ridge – Socialite, before moving to King's College for Year 12 * May Smith – painter, engraver, textile designer and textile printer *

Peggy Spicer Mary Margaret Gore Spicer (1908–1984) was a New Zealand artist. Education Spicer was educated at Chilton Saint James School in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland. She then trained at the Elam School of Fine ...

– artist * Sarah Ulmer – first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal

References

External links

School website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diocesan School For Girls (Auckland) Anglican schools in New Zealand Boarding schools in New Zealand Girls' schools in New Zealand Educational institutions established in 1903 International Baccalaureate schools in New Zealand Primary schools in Auckland Secondary schools in Auckland 1903 establishments in New Zealand Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia