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Tāmaki College
Tāmaki College is co-educational Secondary School in Glen Innes, New Zealand, Glen Innes, Auckland, New Zealand. Originally constructed on two sites, it was planned to create a separate boys and girls colleges when the roll reached 1400. The separate sites in Glen Innes saw the establishment of the 'girls' school in 1955 with the last site in 1957. This did not occur and the school remained on two sites until 1987. In 2003 the 'girls' school was closed after a fire burned much of the building. Tāmaki College serves the communities of Glen Innes and Panmure; it celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 2017. Since 1998 there has been an extensive redevelopment within the school including the recreation centre, technological block and library. Tāmaki College is part of the "Trades Academies" initiative of the New Zealand Ministry of Education (New Zealand), Ministry of Education. Tāmaki College is part of the "Services Academies" initiative of the New Zealand Ministry of Education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Innes, New Zealand
Glen Innes is a suburb in East Auckland, New Zealand, located nine kilometres to the east of the city centre, close to the waters of the Tāmaki River estuary. Glen Innes was named after a large farm owned by William Innes Taylor in the area. There were four Taylor brothers in Auckland, the sons of a British man who had had a military career in India. Three of the brothers had farms in this area and built houses; William Innes Taylor at Glen Innes, Richard James Taylor at Glendowie and Charles John Taylor at Glen Orchard (now Saint Heliers). Their brother Allan Kerr Taylor had a farm estate in Mount Albert, whose house was called Alberton. Glen Innes is a low-income, working class area with around 1,500 state houses. In an effort to improve the quality of state housing in Glen Innes, the government introduced "Talbot Park", an area of higher density housing, consisting of mostly apartment-style housing. European settlement The first government sale of land in Tamaki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
