Established 1904 Headmaster R.G. Sturch Socio-economic decile 2F Founded 1904 | Ministry of Education Institution no. 227 School roll 750 (July 2016) Phone +64 6-873 0365 Ministry of education institution number 227 | |
Type State single-sex boys, Secondary (Year 9-13) Address 800 Karamu Road South, Akina, Hastings 4120, New Zealand Motto "Young men united by respect" Similar Hastings Girls' High School, Havelock North High School, Karamu High School, Taradale High School, Napier Boys' High School Profiles | ||
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.
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In the mid-1950s, the school split into Hastings Girls' School and Hastings Boys' School. It has four Houses, Te Mata (red), Heretaunga (blue), Te Kahu (grey) and Mana 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 Maori tribe Ngati 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. However, as of 2008, the cloning has not taken place.