Howick College
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Howick College
| seal_image = Howick College logo.jpg
| image = Howick College.jpg
| motto = Inspiring a community of passionate learners.
Whakamanawahia tētehi hapori o ngā ākonga hihiri{{cite web |url=http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/ |title=Howick College |access-date=5 July 2016}}
| fundingtype = State
| gender = Co-educational
| years = 9–13
| established = 1974
| address = Sandspit Road
Cockle Bay
Auckland 2014
New Zealand
| coordinates = {{coord|-36.9071|174.9389|region:NZ-AKL_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| principal = Dale Burden
| roll = {{NZ school roll data|87|y||y}} ({{NZ school roll data|||y}})
| MOE = 87
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/}}
}}
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 {{NZ school roll data|87|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}
History
Howick College was established in 1974 to serve the Howick area of eastern Auckland.{{cite web|url=http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/uploaded/file/downloads/Signed%20Charter%202013.pdf|title=Howick College Charter 2013–15|publisher= Howick College Board of Trustees|access-date=28 August 2013}}{{dead link|date=November 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.education.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Primary-Secondary/Property/Fixing-issues/Earthquake-resilience/Catalogue-of-Standard-Building-Types-EQR.pdf|title=Catalogue of Standard School Building Types|publisher=Ministry of Education|location=Christchurch|pp=43–46|date=August 2013}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.times.co.nz/1987/college-votes-to-ban-corporal-punishment.html|title=College votes to ban corporal punishment|work=Howick and Pakuranga Times|date=19 October 1987|access-date=28 August 2013|archive-date=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620024732/http://www.times.co.nz/1987/college-votes-to-ban-corporal-punishment.html}}
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 52% male and 48% female; and its ethnic composition was 47% European New Zealanders (Pākehā), 14% Other European, 13% Māori, 8% Asian, 5% Pasifika, 6% Indian, and 6% Other.{{cite web|url=http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/uploaded/file/downloads/ERO%20report%202015.pdf|title=Howick College Education Review|date=October 2015|publisher=Education Review Office|access-date=23 June 2018}}
As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Howick College has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|87|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|87m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|87m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|87|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|87|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have {{NZ school equity index data|87b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 5 and 6 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}}
House system
Howick College has six school houses:{{cite web|url=http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/about/houses/|title=Houses|publisher=Howick College|access-date=23 June 2018}}
| class="wikitable" | |||
| bgcolor=green width=3% colspan=2| | Bacot | Named after John Thomas Watson Bacot, a surgeon who came out to the Howick area with the Fencibles. | |
| bgcolor=blue width=3% colspan=2'| | Bell | | Named after the building Bell House situated at the Howick Colonial Village. | |
| bgcolor=orange colspan=2| | Ingham | Named after the first principal of Howick College, Mr Don Ingham. | |
| bgcolor=gold| | bgcolor=purple| | Irvine | Named after one of the early English settlers, Captain John Irvine. |
| bgcolor=red width=3% colspan=2'| | MacDonald | Named after Captain Alexander MacDonald, who was voted into the position of Warden of Howick. | |
| bgcolor=pink colspan=2| | Minerva | Named after the one of the first ship "Minerva" which transported the first settlers and Fencibles to Howick in 1847. |
Principals
- Don Ingham 1974–1991
- Bill Dimery 1992–2009
- Iva Ropati 2010–2022
- Dale Burden 2023–
Notable alumni
{{maincat|People educated at Howick College}}
- Brent Cooper (born 1960), judoka who won a gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and placed fifth in the 1988 Olympic Games
- Anthony Gelling (born 1990), Cook Islands Rugby league player who currently plays for Wigan Warriors in the Super League{{cite web|url=http://placings.co.nz/alksstfalk2007/athlete/15816.html|work=Auckland Secondary Schools' Track and Field Qualifying Days 2007|title=Anthony Gelling|access-date=23 June 2018}}
- Selina Goddard (born 1994), lawn bowls player, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist (2014 Glasgow){{cite news |last=Johannsen |first=Dana|date=23 April 2014|title=Youngsters the fresh face of bowls|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11242735 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=23 June 2018}}
- Christopher Luxon (born 1970), Prime Minister of New Zealand, Member of Parliament for Botany, and former CEO of Air New Zealand{{Cite web |title=About Christopher |url=https://christopherluxon.national.org.nz/about_christopher |access-date=2020-10-25 |website=Christopher Luxon |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212517/https://christopherluxon.national.org.nz/about_christopher |url-status=dead }}
- Tom McCartney (born 1985), rugby union player with the Blues{{cite news|last=Gray |first=Wynne|title=McCartney the latest hooker on Blues bench |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10634331 |access-date=23 June 2018 |work=The New Zealand Herald| date=26 March 2010}}{{cite web|url= http://theblues.co.nz/tom-mccartney-set-bring-50/ |work=Blues|date=6 July 2012 |title=Tom McCartney set to bring up the 50|access-date=23 June 2018}}
- Mitchell McClenaghan (born 1986), cricketer with the Blackcaps{{cite news |last=Leggat |first=Daniel|title=McClenaghan makes up for lost time |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10782463 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=23 June 2018}}{{cite web |last=Rawlinson |first=Jon|title=A place for pace in England|url= http://www.times.co.nz/sports-news/a-place-for-pace-in-england.html |work=Howick and Pakuranga Times |access-date=16 March 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140317022507/http://www.times.co.nz/sports-news/a-place-for-pace-in-england.html|archive-date=17 March 2014}}
- Jessica Mutch McKay, TVNZ political editor{{Cite web |title=Howick College |url= https://www.facebook.com/howickcollege/photos/a.1029461120398641/2573974052613999/?type=3 |access-date=2020-10-25 |via=Facebook |language=en}}
- Katrina Rore (née Grant; born 1987), netball player, captain of Central Pulse and a member of the Silver ferns
- Dan Williamson (born 2000), Olympic gold medallist in rowing{{cite web |title=Daniel Williamson |url= https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Person?Action=Profile&Person_id=20845 |publisher=Rowing New Zealand |access-date=14 August 2021}}
Cultural references
In the bro'Town première episode "The Weakest Link" (2004), one of the schools competing in the high school quiz challenge is named "Howick Beijing College", a reference to the Howick area's large Chinese migrant population.{{cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/brotown-weakest-link-2004|title=bro'Town – The Weakest Link|publisher=NZ On Screen|access-date=23 June 2018}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/ School website]
- [https://archive.today/20130413235127/http://www.ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports?profileid=87 Education Review Office (ERO) reports for Howick College]
{{Schools in Auckland}}
Category:Educational institutions established in 1974
Category:Secondary schools in Auckland
Category:New Zealand secondary schools of S68 plan construction