Hastings Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in
Hastings, New Zealand
Hastings (; , ) is an inland city of New Zealand and is one of the two major urban areas of New Zealand, urban areas in Hawke's Bay Region, Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island. The population of Hastings (including Flaxmere) is ...
. The school is part of the
Super 8. The school was founded in 1904 as Hastings High School. In 1922, it became Hastings Technical School under the leadership of
William Penlington, who remained headmaster until 1949.
In the mid-1950s, the school split into
Hastings Girls' High School and Hastings Boys' School.
It has four Houses, Te Mata (red), Heretaunga (blue), Te Kahu (grey) and Manu Huia (black). These houses compete in many sporting events with each other throughout the year.
Students at Hastings Boys' High School organised a conference in 1999 to consider cloning the
Huia, their school emblem. The
Māori
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tribe
Ngāti Huia agreed, in principle, to support the endeavour, which would be carried out at the University of Otago, and a California-based Internet start-up volunteered $100,000 of funding. The cloning did not ultimately take place.
Headmasters
* L. F. Pegler: 1907–1922
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William Penlington: 1922–1949
* J. E. Tier: 1949–1964
* W. F. Crist: 1965–1984
* Graham Thomas: 1984–2002
* Rob Sturch: 2002–2023
* Mason Summerfield: 2024–Current
Houses
Notable alumni
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John Collinge – former president of the New Zealand National Party and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
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Neil Dawson
Francis Neil Dawson (born 6 November 1948) is a New Zealand artist best known for his large-scale civic sculptures.
Early life
Dawson was born in Christchurch in 1948. The son of Methodist minister John Brent Dawson and Florence Emily (), ...
(born 1948) – sculptor
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Hika Elliot – All Black
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Bob Fenton (born 1923) – National MP for Hastings (1975–1978)
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Tohu Harris – NZ Kiwi's,
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Moana Jackson (1945–2022) – lawyer
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Sydney Jones (1894–1982) – National MP for Hastings (1949–1954)
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Phil Judd
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Split Enz
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(born 1953) – composer, songwriter, musician, producer, performer and visual artist
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Josh Kronfeld
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– All Black
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Danny Lee – All Black
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George Lowe – mountaineer, including 1953 Everest expedition
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Ross McEwan – CEO
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Hubert McLean – All Black
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Alby Mathewson – All Black
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Bruce Robertson – All Black
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Roger Randle – All Black
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Kevin Tamati – NZ Kiwi's
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Paora Winitana – NZ Breakers
Notes
References
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Boys' schools in New Zealand
Secondary schools in Hawke's Bay
Schools in Hastings, New Zealand
1904 establishments in New Zealand
Educational institutions established in 1904
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