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Established
  
1974

Principal
  
Iva Ropati

School roll
  
2005 (July 2016)

Phone
  
+64 9-534 4492

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Funding type
  
State school

Ministry of Education Institution no.
  
87

Years offered
  
9–13

Socio-economic decile
  
8P

Founded
  
1974

Ministry of education institution number
  
87

Address
  
25 Sandspit Rd, Howick, Auckland 2014, New Zealand

Motto
  
Inspiring a community of passionate learners. Whakamanawahia tētehi hapori o ngā ākonga hihiri

Similar
  
De La Salle College, Tamaki College, Rodney College, Mangere College, Auckland University of Techno

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Howick College is a state co-educational secondary school located in the eastern Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Cockle Bay. Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has a roll of 2005 students as of July 2016.

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History

Howick College was established in 1974 to serve the Howick area of eastern Auckland. The school was built to the "S68" design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with reinforced masonry walls, low-pitched roofs, internal open courtyards and protruding clerestory windows.

The school abolished corporal punishment of students before it even opened, becoming one of the first schools in New Zealand to do so. Corporal punishment was abolished nationwide sixteen years later, in July 1990.

Enrolment

At the August 2012 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Howick College had 1806 students enrolled, including 48 international students. The school roll's gender composition was evenly split: 50% male and 50% female; and its ethnic composition was 47% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 14% Other European, 12% Māori, 9% Asian, 7% Pacific Islanders, 5% Indian, and 6% Other.

House system

Howick College has six school houses:

Notable alumni

  • Anthony Gelling, a Cook Islands Rugby League player who currently plays for Wigan Warriors in the Super League. He usually plays either in the second-row or at centre.
  • Selina Goddard (attended c. 2008–12), lawn bowls player, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist (2014 Glasgow)
  • Tom McCartney, a New Zealand Rugby Union player, who plays at the hooker position for the Blues in Super Rugby.
  • Mitchell McClenaghan, a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Auckland Aces and has featured in over 20 ODI's for New Zealand's national cricket team, nicknamed the Blackcaps. McClenaghan is a left-arm fast bowler.
  • References

    Howick College Wikipedia