Auckland Grammar School
| Auckland Grammar School | |
|---|---|
| type of school | Secondary school for boys |
| founding | 1868, originally 1850 |
| address |
25 Mountain Road |
| place | Epsom, Auckland 1003 |
| region | Auckland |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 36 ° 52 '10 " S , 174 ° 46' 7" E |
| carrier | state |
| student | 2,200 |
| Website | www.ags.school.nz |
The Auckland Grammar School is a secondary school for boys in Auckland , New Zealand . According to the school system in New Zealand , boys are taught from year 9 to 13, i.e. from age 12 to university entrance qualification . The Auckland Grammar School, established in 1916, is one of the oldest and with more than 2,200 students one of the largest schools in New Zealand and also houses 120 boarding students . It was originally founded in 1850 and officially in 1868. The main building is a listed building ( Historic Places Act 1993 ).
On July 27, 1988, the main building was classified as a Category 1 Monument (Historic Place Category I) by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust under number 4471 . On the same street is Stoneways , the listed former home of the famous New Zealand architect William Gummer (1884–1966)
The school's motto is “Per Angusta ad Augusta” ( Through depths to consecrated heights ) is also used by other schools. The school also uses the somewhat free translation through Difficulty to Greatness .
Partner schools
- Taisei Junior and Senior High School , Fukuoka , Japan
- Epsom Girls' Grammar School , Auckland, New Zealand
Well-known graduates and teachers
- Sam Webster (* 1991), racing cyclist
- Ben Atiga (born 1983), national rugby player
- Sir Thomas Bavin (1874–1941), 24th Prime Minister of New South Wales
- Hamish Carter (* 1971), 2004 Olympic triathlon champion
- Jeff Crowe (born 1958), cricketer and referee
- Martin Crowe (1962-2016), cricketer
- Russell Crowe (* 1964), Academy Award winner (temporary), graduated from Mount Roskill Grammar School
- John Drake (1959–2008), former national rugby player
- Sir Raymond Firth (1901-2002), social anthropologist
- Sir James Fletcher (1914-2007), industrialist and philanthropist
- Grant Fox (* 1962), former national rugby player
- Charles Goldie (1870–1947), artist
- Sir Doug Graham (born 1942), politician
- Sir Peter Gluckman (* 1949), doctor and scientist
- Sir Kenneth Hayr (1935–2001), Air Marshal, former Deputy Chief of the British Defense Staff
- Graham Henry (born 1946), coach of the national rugby team
- Sir Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), first to climb Mount Everest.
- Doug Howlett (born 1978), rugby player
- Jonathan Hunt (born 1938), Cabinet Secretary, Speaker of the House, High Commissioner in the United Kingdom
- Sir Vaughan Jones (* 1952), Fields Medal winner
- Sir Hugh Kawharu (1927-2006), Māori scholar
- Sir Kenneth Keith (born 1937), Judge at the International Court of Justice
- Sir George Laking (1912-2008), diplomat
- Sir Graham Liggins (1926-2010), obstetrician and physiologist
- Sir Leslie Munro (1901–1974), former President of the United Nations General Assembly
- Andrew Niccol (* 1964), Academy Award winner , director, writer and producer.
- Matthew Ridge (born 1968), rugby player
- Jeremy Stanley (born 1975), national rugby player
- Sir Wilson Whineray (1935–2012), former captain of the national rugby team and businessman
- Kim Sinclair (* 1954), 2010 Academy Award winner
- Graeme Revell (* 1955), composer of film and television music ( Lara Croft: Tomb Raider , Æon Flux & CSI: Miami )
- Jonathan Coleman (* 1966), politician and minister.
- Denis Feeney , Professor of Classical Philology and Latin at Princeton University .
- Max Gimblett (* 1935), artist.
- Sir Duncan McMullin , former Supreme Court Justice and Court of Appeal.
- Roger Moses , director of Wellington College .
- Lockwood Smith (born 1948), 28th Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives.
- Sir Francis Bell (1851-1936), Prime Minister
- Sir Ernest Hyam Davis (1872–1962), businessman, Mayor of Auckland from 1935 to 1941.
- Sir Roger Owen Douglas (born 1937), politician, 35th Treasury Secretary
- Raoul Norman Franklin , doctor, 1978–1998 Vice Chancellor of City University in London
- Eric Halstead (1912–1991), politician and minister
- Sir Graham Speight , (1921-2008), Supreme Court Justice.
Principals
| period of service | Details |
|---|---|
| 1869-70 | Robert Boyd Kidd |
| 1871-82 | Farquhar Macrae |
| 1882-92 | Charles Frederick Bourne |
| 1893-1922 | James William Tibbs |
| 1922-28 | James Drummond |
| 1928-35 | Harold James Del Monte Mahon |
| 1935-54 | Colin McGregor Littlejohn |
| 1954-72 | Sir Henry Cooper |
| 1973-93 | David John Graham |
| 1994-2012 | John Morris |
| since 2012 | Timothy O'Connor |
Web links
- Homepage . Auckland Grammer school,accessed August 7, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ^ Auckland Grammar School. Historic Place Category 1. In: New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero . Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga , July 27, 1988, accessed September 23, 2019 .
- ↑ New Zealand Historic Places Trust : Brief report on the Auckland Grammar School (with picture, a detailed representation of the monument can be downloaded as a pdf file at the bottom of the website under "full report"), accessed on December 23, 2010 (English)
- ↑ Player profile on the All Blacks website
- ↑ Sir Thomas Rainsford Bavin on the NSW Parliament website
- ^ A b Russell Crowe on Media Man Australia
- ↑ Raymond Firth on mns.edu (English). Archived from the original on February 11, 2011 ; Retrieved January 26, 2014 .
- ↑ BIOGRAPHY - Sir James Fletcher on the Fletcher Trust website
- ↑ Player profile with the All Blacks
- ↑ Hon Douglas Graham . New Zealand Government , archived from the original on June 2, 2008 ; accessed on August 25, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ Graham Henry . Wales Head Coach 1998-2002 . In: Management Profiles: Wales Senior Team . Welsh Rugby Union , archived from the original on July 19, 2014 ; accessed on August 25, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
- ^ Doug Howlett - Biography Research Guide
- ↑ Sir George Laking dies at 95 . In: 3news . MediaWorks TV January 10, 2008; archived from the original on January 6, 2016 ; accessed on August 25, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ 12th session of the UN General Assembly
- ↑ Player profile with the All Blacks
- ↑ Sir Duncan McMullin on the Auckland Grammar School website
- ↑ Roger Moses . Governor General , accessed April 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Augusta Awards . Auckland Grammer school , accessed August 7, 2014 .