Papatoetoe High School

Papatoetoe High School
Digne Lampada Tradas ("worthy to carry the torch")
Address
Nicholson Avenue Papatoetoe Auckland 2025 New Zealand
Coordinates	36°58′30″S 174°52′21″E / 36.97500°S 174.87250°E / -36.97500; 174.87250Coordinates: 36°58′30″S 174°52′21″E / 36.97500°S 174.87250°E / -36.97500; 174.87250
Information
Type	State co-ed secondary (Year 9–13)
Established	1956
Ministry of Education Institution no.	95
Principal	Vaughan Couillault
Staff	120
School roll	1481^[1] (July 2016)
Socio-economic decile	3H^[2]
Website	papatoetoehigh.school.nz

Papatoetoe High School (PHS) is a secondary school (years 9–13) in Papatoetoe suburb of Auckland City, New Zealand.

PHS has a disability unit called The Richards Centre, named after a previous principal. The tentre supports people with many different types of disabilities. It has a physiotherapist, occupational therapist and speech therapist on site during all school hours.

The school is home to the first and largest Key Club in the New Zealand/South Pacific District. Key Club celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007 and as of 2008 had 59 registered members. It also has a reputation for its sports teams in South Auckland.

Notable alumni

Georgina Beyer,^[3] former MP
Dillon Boucher, New Zealand's most decorated basketballer and current assistant coach of the Tall Blacks and small forward for the New Zealand Breakers
Con Psy, real name David Dallas, member of the band Frontline
Charlie Faumuina, Auckland and All Blacks player
Phil Goff, current Mayor of Auckland, former MP for Mount Roskill, former Leader of the Opposition (2008–11)^[4]
Mark Gosche,^[5] former MP
Ricki Herbert, former All White and now manager of All Whites and Wellington Phoenix
Emma Hunter, Samoan New Zealander Olympic swimmer^[6]
David Shearer (1971–75), MP for Mount Albert, humanitarian worker, Leader of the Opposition (2011–2013)^[4]
Ish Sodhi, Northern Districts player and member of the New Zealand national cricket team
Young Sid, real name Sidney Diamond, rapper

Notes

↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 2 August 2016". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
↑ http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/GeorginaBeyer.html
1 2 Gower, Patrick (23 April 2009). "UN 'special guy' eyes Mt Albert seat". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
↑ http://www.minpac.govt.nz/ppc_conferencereports_pacificpeopleseconomicsuccessesncommunityprofiles.pdf
↑ "Olympics: Young swimmer hopes to be first woman to swim for Samoa", TV3, May 17, 2008

Schools in the Auckland Region, New Zealand

State secondary & composite	Albany Junior High School Albany Senior High School Alfriston College Aorere College Auckland Girls' Grammar School Auckland Grammar School Avondale College Birkenhead College Botany Downs Secondary College Edgewater College Epsom Girls' Grammar School Glendowie College Green Bay High School Henderson High School Hobsonville Point Secondary School Howick College James Cook High School Kaipara College Kelston Boys' High School Kelston Girls College Kia Aroha College Long Bay College Lynfield College Macleans College Mahurangi College Mangere College Manurewa High School Massey High School Mission Heights Junior College Mount Albert Grammar School Mount Roskill Grammar School Northcote College One Tree Hill College Onehunga High School Orewa College Ormiston Senior College Otahuhu College Pakuranga College Papakura High School Papatoetoe High School Pukekohe High School Rangitoto College Rodney College Rosehill College Rutherford College Selwyn College Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Southern Cross Campus Takapuna Grammar School Tamaki College Tangaroa College Te Kura Maori o Nga Tapuwae TKKM o Puau Te Moananui-a-Kiwa TKKM o Hoani Waititi TKKM o Mangere Waiheke High School Waitakere College Waiuku College Western Springs College Westlake Boys High School Westlake Girls High School Whangaparaoa College

State-integrated	Al-Madinah School Auckland Seventh-day Adventist High School Baradene College of the Sacred Heart Carmel College De La Salle College Elim Christian College Hato Petera College Kingsway School Liston College Marcellin College Marist College McAuley High School Michael Park School Rosmini College Sacred Heart College Sancta Maria College St Dominic's College St Mary's College St Paul's College St Peter's College Wesley College Zayed College for Girls

Private	ACG New Zealand International College ACG Parnell College ACG Senior College ACG Strathallan ACG Sunderland Auckland International College Destiny School Dilworth School Diocesan School for Girls Hebron Christian College Immanuel Christian School King's College Kristin School Manukau Christian School Pinehurst School Pukekohe Christian School St Cuthbert's College St Kentigern College Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School Tyndale Park Christian School Wentworth College

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