Aurora College, Invercargill

Aurora College opened in 2005, although it has a history extending back to 1912. It was formed from the merger of Mt Anglem College and Tweedsmuir Junior High School, on the former Mt Anglem site.{{cite news| title=Goodbye Mt Anglem College | date=27 November 2004 | work=Southland Times | first=Chalpat | last=Sonti }} Mt Anglem College had operated for only six years, having opened in 1999 following the merger of Kingswell and Cargill High Schools on the existing Kingswell site.{{cite news | title=Kingswell school's out forever | date=12 December 1998 | work=Southland Times | page=3 | first=Nicky | last=Baird }} Cargill High School was the successor school to Southland College (formerly Southland Technical College{{cite book |date= 1937|title=Southland Technical College: Silver Jubilee|location= Invercargill|publisher=Jubilee committee}}{{cite book |date= 1962|title=Southland Technical College Golden Jubilee, 1912-1962|location= Invercargill|publisher=Jubilee committee}}) after the latter site become part of Southland Polytechnic in 1978.{{cite book |title=Cargill High School Commemorative Magazine, 1978-1998 |date=1999 |publisher=Cargill High School |location=Invercargill}} Kingswell High School, which was established in 1971,{{cite news | title=School's over | date=21 June 1997 | work=Southland Times | page=27}}{{cite web |url=http://www.otago.ac.nz/library/pdf/hoc_fr_bulletins/Bull%2059_Sec_Schools.pdf |title=Post-primary (secondary) schools in Otago & Southland |date=February 2009 |website= |publisher=Hocken Library, University of Otago |accessdate=1 March 2015}} was built to the S68 plan which is characterised by single-storey classroom blocks of concrete block construction, with low-pitched roofs and internal open courtyards.:Category:New Zealand secondary schools of S68 plan construction

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{{chart| | | | |MAC|!| |MAC=Mt Anglem College
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{{chart| | | | |AC|AC=Aurora College
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As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Aurora College has roll of {{NZ school roll data|548|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|548m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|548m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|548|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%) identify as Māori.{{NZ school roll data|4=y}}

As of {{NZ school equity index data|203||y|||}}, the school has an Equity Index of {{NZ school equity index data|548|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have the {{NZ school equity index data|548b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 1 and 2 under the former socio-economic decile system).{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School Equity Index Bands and Groups |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}}

Notable staff of Aurora College or its predecessor institutions include:

• Jack Alabaster, cricketer and educator
• Austin Brookes, mountaineer and educator{{cite news |date=12 December 2010 |title=Adventurer with a social conscience |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/obituaries/4167519/Adventurer-with-a-social-conscience |newspaper=DominionPost |location=Wellington |access-date=27 April 2015 }}
• William (Bill) James Reed, artist{{cite web |url=http://www.fernergalleries.co.nz/default,324.sm |title=William James Reed |publisher=Ferner Galleries |accessdate=27 April 2015}}

{{Alumni|date=October 2023}}{{main category|People educated at Aurora College (Invercargill)}}

People educated at Aurora College or its predecessor institutions include:

• Rex Austin, politician
• Johnny Checketts, World War II air ace
• Simon Culhane, rugby union player
• Ruth Dallas, writer and poet
• Bill Kini, boxer
• Jean McKenzie, diplomat
• Trevor Moffitt, artist
• Mils Muliaina, rugby union player
• Cliff Skeggs, businessman and politician
• Jeff Wilson, rugby union player and cricketer

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Category:Schools in Invercargill

Category:Secondary schools in the Southland Region

Category:New Zealand secondary schools of S68 plan construction

Category:Educational institutions established in 2005

Category:2005 establishments in New Zealand

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