Hastings Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in Hastings, New Zealand. 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.[3][4]
| Hastings Boys' High School | |
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| Address | |
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800 South Karamu Road, Hastings, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 39°39′00″S 176°50′09″E / 39.6501°S 176.8357°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State single-sex boys, Secondary (Year 9–13) |
| Motto | "Young men united by respect" |
| Established | 1904 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 227 |
| School roll | 773[1] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 2F[2] |
| Website | hastingsboys.school.nz |
In the mid-1950s, the school split into Hastings Girls' High School and Hastings Boys' School.[3] 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.[5][6] The Māori 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.[7] The cloning did not ultimately take place.
Headmasters
edit- L. F. Pegler: 1907–1922
- William Penlington: 1922–1949
- J. E. Tier: 1949–1964
- W. F. Crist: 1965–1984
- Graham Thomas: 1984–2002[8]
- Rob Sturch: 2002–2023[8]
- Mason Summerfield: 2024–Current [9]
Houses
edit| Te Mata |
Named after the Heretaungan landmark, Te Mata Peak. | |
| Heretaunga | Heretaunga is the original name of Hastings. | |
| Te Kahu | Named after the hawk. | |
| Manu Huia | Named after the huia bird. |
Notable alumni
edit- John Collinge – former president of the New Zealand National Party and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
- Neil Dawson (born 1948) – sculptor[10]
- Hika Elliot – All Black
- Bob Fenton (born 1923) – National MP for Hastings (1975–1978)[11]
- Tohu Harris – NZ Kiwi's, Melbourne Storm
- Moana Jackson (1945–2022) – lawyer
- Sydney Jones (1894–1982) – National MP for Hastings (1949–1954)[12]
- Phil Judd (born 1953) – composer, songwriter, musician, producer, performer and visual artist
- Josh Kronfeld – All Black
- Danny Lee – All Black
- George Lowe – mountaineer, including 1953 Everest expedition
- Ross McEwan – CEO National Australia Bank
- Hubert McLean – All Black
- Alby Mathewson – All Black
- Bruce Robertson – All Black
- Roger Randle – All Black
- Kevin Tamati – NZ Kiwi's
- Paora Winitana – NZ Breakers
Notes
edit- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ a b "History". Hastings Boys' High School. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Boyd, Mary. "William Arthur Greener Penlington". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ Boys Cloning Birds Archived 12 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, New Zealand Science Monthly, September 2000. Retrieved on 15 December 2008.
- ^ "CNN – Cloning of extinct Huia bird approved". CNN website. CNN news. 20 July 1999. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ Dorey, Emma (1999). "Huia cloned back to life?". Nature Biotechnology. 17 (8): 736. doi:10.1038/11628. PMID 10429272.
- ^ a b "Hastings Boys' High School principal Rob Sturch dies". Hawke's Bay Today. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Hawke’s Bay news in brief: Hawke’s Bay marathon returns next month 18 April 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024
- ^ Moore, Christopher (8 June 2013). "Conjuring space and freedom". The Press. Christchurch. p. C3. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 310.
- ^ Gustafson 1986, p. 324.
References
edit- Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
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