Howick College

Howick College
Equipping individuals for life long learning
Address
Sandspit Road Cockle Bay Auckland 2014 New Zealand
Coordinates
Information
Funding type	State
Established	1974
Ministry of Education Institution no.	87
Principal	Iva Ropati
Years offered	9–13
Gender	Co-educational
School roll	2029 (March 2016)
Socio-economic decile	8P
Website	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 2029 students as of March 2016.

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:

		Bacot	Named after John Thomas Watson Bacot, a surgeon who came out to the Howick area with the Fencibles.
		Bell	Named after the building Bell House situated at the Howick Colonial Village.
		Ingham	Named after the first principal of Howick College, Mr Don Ingham.
		Irvine	Named after one of the early English settlers, Captain John Irvine.
		MacDonald	Named after Captain Alexander MacDonald, who was voted into the position of Warden of Howick.
		Minerva	Named after the one of the first ship "Minerva" which transported the first settlers and Fencibles to Howick in 1847.

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.

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. It should be noted that Howick College itself doesn't have a large Asian student roll: 14% (including Indian) compared to 33.7% for the Howick local board area.

External links

• School website
• Education Review Office (ERO) reports for Howick College