Gore High School is one of two secondary schools in
Gore, New Zealand, the other being
St Peter's College, Gore. It is located on Coutts Road in the west of Gore.
Notable staff
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Johnny Borland – high jumper, athletics official
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George Jobberns
George Jobberns (2 June 1895 – 30 August 1974) was a New Zealand geographer and educator.
Born in 1895 at Te Moana near Geraldine in the foothills of South Canterbury, New Zealand, Jobberns taught the first Geography I course at Canterbury U ...
– geographer, university professor
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James Ernest Strachan
James Ernest Strachan (20 April 1883 – 30 September 1973) was a New Zealand educator. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1883. He was the principal of Rangiora High School from 1917–1948, during which time he abolished corpora ...
– school principal
Notable alumni
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Aaron Barclay (born 1992), triathlete
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Todd Barclay
Todd Keith Barclay (born 8 June 1990) is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Clutha-Southland at the 2014 general election. In 2017, Barclay resigned from parliament in disgrace a ...
(born 1990), Member of Parliament for Clutha-Southland
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Jimmy Cowan (born 1982), former Highlanders and All Blacks half back
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Amanda Hooper (née Christie, 1980–2011), professional field hockey player
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Justin Marshall
Justin Warren Marshall (born 5 August 1973) is a New Zealand former rugby union player. He played 81 games for the New Zealand All Blacks between 1995 and 2005.
Marshall played for the in the Super 12 from 1996 to 2005, winning the competit ...
(born 1973), former Crusaders and All Black Half Back
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Marty McKenzie (born 1992), current Chiefs, Taranaki and New Zealand Maori All Blacks First-Five
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Penny Simmonds
Penelope Elsie Simmonds is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party. She previously served as the chief executive of the Southern Institute of Technology.
Early life and career
Si ...
, Member of Parliament for Invercargill
References
Secondary schools in Southland, New Zealand
Boarding schools in New Zealand
Gore, New Zealand
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