New Plymouth Girls' High School

New Plymouth Girls' High School is a girls' state secondary school in Strandon, New Plymouth, New Zealand. The school separated from New Plymouth High School in 1914, leaving New Plymouth Boys' High School on the old site.

It is currently one of two of New Plymouth's girls' schools along with Sacred Heart Girls' College and has a current roll of students.

Students are put into four houses for school activities such as swimming sports, athletics, and house plays. These houses are Tokomaru (yellow), Kurahaupo (blue), Aotea (red) and Tainui (green). The houses are named after four of the first Māori waka to arrive in New Zealand.

Notable staff

Ida Gaskin – politician, Mastermind winner

Leila Hurle – schoolteacher, schools inspector

Principals

Notable alumnae

Mackenzie Barry – association footballer

Daisy Basham – radio personality

Michaela Blyde – rugby sevens player

Kendra Cocksedge – rugby union player

Dale Copeland – collage and assemblage artist

Trish Gregory – fashion designer and businesswoman

Paige Hareb – professional surfer

Leila Hurle – schoolteacher, schools inspector

Michele Leggott – poet, academic

Melanie Lynskey – actor

Margaret Mutu – Ngāti Kahu leader and academic

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer – politician

Jean Sandel - surgeon

Carmel Sepuloni – politician

Holly Shanahan – actress

Toni Street – television presenter and sports commentator

Beatrice Tinsley – astronomer and cosmologist

References

Schools in New Plymouth

Girls' schools in New Zealand

Educational institutions established in 1885

1885 establishments in New Zealand

Secondary schools in Taranaki