Mount Albert Grammar School, commonly known as MAGS, is a co-educational state secondary school in Mount Albert in

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, New Zealand. It teaches students in year levels 9 to 13. , Mount Albert Grammar School is the second largest school in New Zealand, behind

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History

Mount Albert Grammar was founded in 1922 as a subsidiary of

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, but now the two schools are governed separately. Mount Albert Grammar School was originally boys only, but became co-educational in 2000. Junior classes (years 9 and 10) are mostly single-sex while senior classes (years 11 to 13) are all co-educational. The School's

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motto is ''Per Angusta Ad Augusta'', which means "Through Hardship to Glory". The school hymn, sung at all formal assemblies, was written by a student, J. A. W. Bennett, in 1928. There have been a number of headmasters since the opening of the school, Frederick Gamble (1922–1946), William Caradus (1946–1954), Murray Nairn (1954–1969), Maurice Hall (1970–1988), Gregory Taylor (1988–2006, the first Albertian to become Headmaster), Dale Burden (2006–2015), and the current headmaster, Patrick Drumm (2016–). The school's hall was opened on 11 March 1926 by Sir James Parr after construction during 1925. After the opening of the school, a need for boarding accommodation for students became apparent. In 1927, the Mount Albert Grammar School Hostel opened for boarders at 807 New North Road. This hostel closed in 1970 and a new one was opened in 1971, built on one of the school's playing fields. This is a boys' boarding hostel called School House. It has full-time accommodation for up to 105 students during school terms. During the

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, the school introduced an agricultural course for familiar who could not afford four years of professional education. The school purchased 20 acres of the Kerr Taylor estate near Alberton with the help of a donation from the Auckland Savings Bank, and established a farm for students in February 1933. In 1989, the school underwent major reforms under principal Greg Taylor, including the abolution of corporal punishment and the introduction of women teachers. Taylor employed support staff for Pasifika students, who increasingly made up a large proportion of the school in the 1980s. In the year 2000, the school became coeducational, allowing girls to attend. In October 2015, an email containing a pornographic image was sent to all the school's 2,700 students after the school's email database was reportedly hacked by one of the school's students. The email database was immediately shut down and an investigation was started into who was responsible. The school laid a complaint with police and sought the assistance of the

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. The school purchased what was meant to be a girls' hostel, but due to the Auckland housing crisis turned into accommodation for teachers as well as being a girls' hostel. The complex is located 6 minute walk away from MAGS on Lloyd Avenue. On July 24, 2020, Prime Minister

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officially opened the school's new science block, known as CS block and honouring the school's second headmaster, William Caradus. This was set to take place on March 24, however was postponed due to the

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. The block has been in use since classes commenced for the 2020 school year.

Academia

Mt Albert Grammar School pupils participate in various forms of academia, from year 9 to year 13. In 2015, 93.8 percent of students leaving Mount Albert Grammar held at least NCEA Level 1, 87.7 percent held at least NCEA Level 2, and 67.8 percent held at least NCEA Level 3. This is compared to 88.4%, 79.1%, and 52.8% respectively for all students nationally.

Sports

In 2007 and 2009, MAGS won all the major Auckland titles in rugby, association football and netball. The First XI girls football and the Premier Girls Basketball also won their first Auckland Championships in 2009. In 2008, one sports staff member and a parent coach were suspended by the schools' sport body College Sport and nine students who had transferred to the school were prevented from playing by rules designed to prevent poaching of young players. As a result, the school implemented a sporting Code of Conduct for all students, staff and coaches. This ultimately led to the dismissal of Director of Football,

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Mt Albert Aquatic Centre

The Mt Albert Aquatic Centre was developed as a joint project between Mount Albert Grammar School and the

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. It was officially opened by the Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1998. The facility contains a 25-metre competition pool with depths measuring from 1.2 metres to 3 metres, and a leisure pool that features wave motion and a water slide. The complex consists of other features visited by the public often. However, in 2016 the pool was noted to be unsafe due to its vulnerability to earthquakes. The pool is set to be either fixed or demolished in the next ten years.

Mount Albert Grammar School Farm

Since 1933, Mount Albert Grammar School has a farm adjacent to its school site in the middle of Auckland city. It is a fully working model farm, home to sheep, pigs, rabbits, cattle and poultry, cared for by a farm manager who lives on site. The land is owned by the

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, which in 2013 extended the school's lease costing 1 dollar every year for 99 years, taking the ownership through to 2112.

Observatory

The school is one of a few schools in New Zealand with an active observatory and possesses a telescope open to students and the public occasionally. Completed in 2008, the observatory has a

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LX200R 12-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain f/10 telescope. The observatory uses an SBIG ST7XME

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camera for imaging and photometry. The observatory is used for both school education and amateur research.

School Hymn

The school hymn is sung at all formal school assemblies, normally accompanied by live

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. It was written by MAGS student Jack A. W. Bennett in 1928. The

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to the hymn were analysed in
report written by Brian Murphy
the School Archivist.

ERO report

In 2018, the New Zealand

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carried out a survey, finding that the school uses

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and celebrates its students achievements through the Lion Awards programme. Its educational achievement level is above the national average, making Mt Albert Grammar one of the top seven schools in the country. The ethnic minorities of the school have shifted the balance since the 2015 review. By that, 91% of

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and 85% of Pasifika students gained NCEA Level 2 in 2017.

Demographics

The school enrolls 2,991 students, out of which 57% are male and 43% are female. Out of those, 40% are of

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, 23% are Asian, 19% are identified as Pasifika, 3% are MELAA (Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African) and 2% are of other ethnicity.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

Academia

Michael Bassett Michael Edward Rainton Bassett (born 28 August 1938) is a former Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in the reformist fourth Labour government. He is also a noted New Zealand historian, and h ...

, QSO, NZ Medal – former senior lecturer in history at the University of Auckland 1964–1978. J B Smallman Professor of History at the

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1992–1993. Former MP and Cabinet Minister * J.A.W. (Jack) Bennett – former Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at

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, 1964–1978.

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1971 *Sir

Graeme Davies Sir Graeme John Davies (7 April 1937 – 30 August 2022) was a New Zealand engineer, academic and administrator. During his career, he was Vice-Chancellor of three universities: the University of Liverpool, the University of Glasgow and the ...

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– former

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of three universities: the

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, the

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, and the

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Richard Dell Richard Kenneth Dell (11 July 1920 – 6 March 2002) was a New Zealand malacologist. Biography Dell was born in Auckland in 1920. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitematā Harbour. He even ...

– Scientist * Peter C. B. Phillips – Professor of Economics at Yale University *Sir

Keith Sinclair Sir Keith Sinclair (5 December 1922 – 20 June 1993) was a New Zealand poet and historian. Academic career Sinclair was the oldest child of Ernest Duncan Sinclair and Florence Pyrenes Kennedy. Born and raised in Auckland, Sinclair was a st ...

– New Zealand historian * Professor Karl Stead

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– poet, novelist and literary critic

Art

*Sir Peter Siddell * Derek Hansen – writer *

Len Castle Leonard Ramsay Castle (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011) was a New Zealand potter. Early life and family Born in Auckland on 23 December 1924, Castle was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School. He went on to study at Auckland University ...

– potter

Entertainment

* Liam Thompson – YouTube personality

Government

*Dr

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– Governor of the

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*Sir

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–

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1975 – 1984 *

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– Diplomat

Industry

*Sir Woolf Fisher – Co-Founder of

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* Chris Liddell – Former Chief Financial Officer at both

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and General Motors, now Chairman of Xero * Sir Alexander Ross – London banker, chair ANZ Bank, former NZ Reserve Bank deputy governor and former chairman British Commonwealth Games Federation

Law

*Judge Mick Brown – former Principal

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judge. Past Chancellor of the

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1986–1991

Music

*Sir

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– opera singer

Public service

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DSO –

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commando and founder of Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens *

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– Former Mayor of Auckland and athlete *Sir Robert (Bob) Mahuta – Commissioner of the

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. Chairman Maori Development Corporation. *Hon. Justice Charles Cato – former Rhodes Scholar, former high-profile Auckland barrister, current Supreme Court Judge of the

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(since May 2012).

Religion

*Reverend Brother Michael J. Foran (1948–2000) – founder of a Catholic religious community, the Mother of God Brothers

Science

* E.G. (Ted) Bollard – former Research scientist at DSIR 1948–1980 and director of the horticulture and processing division. Pro-chancellor of The University of Auckland, 1989–1991 *Sir Alan Stewart, KBE, CBE – former vice-chancellor of Massey University 1964 * Richard Matthews,

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(1988),

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, FRSNZ, FNZIC, FRS – Former Chairman of Toxic Substances Board, Health Department. Former President NZ Microbiological Society.

Sports

* Andrew Blowers – Former

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player, also played for

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in the

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* Aaron Booth – World University Games Decathlon Champion 2019 *

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–

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participant and former member of New Zealand U-23

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team * Caleb Clarke – All Black * Mick Bremner – Former All Blacks player * Mark Brooke-Cowden – Former All Blacks player *

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– Former All Blacks player * Ronald Bush – Former All Blacks player * Bruce Culpan (1930–2021) – rower *

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– Netball player for New Zealand

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–

player, also plays for the Canterbury Crusaders and has represented New Zealand in Rugby Sevens and Under 20s * James Goulding – Former Kiwis player * Rod Heeps – Former All Blacks player * Adam Henry – rugby league player for the

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– mixed martial artist,

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Flyweight division * Sam Kasiano – rugby league player for

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and

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– Represented

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, youngest ever international footballer *

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– Represented

* Tevita Latu – Represented

, also represents the

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– Represented

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– Former

player *

Arthur Lydiard Arthur Leslie Lydiard (6 July 1917 – 11 December 2004) was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the sport of running and makin ...

ONZ – world-renowned Athletics coach *

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– rugby league player for

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and

* Sam McKendry – rugby league for

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and

– Represented New Zealand at

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and

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over two decades * Albert Nikoro – rugby union player for

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* Shane O'Brien – 1984 Olympic rowing gold medallist *

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– Hockey player for Black Sticks * Jamie-Lee Price-Netballer * Riley Price- NRL player *

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– Former

, and rugby league captain for the

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and Kiwis *

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– Boxer and

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Kick Boxer *

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– Olympic gold medalist – Athletics * Dave Solomon – Former All Blacks player *

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– former professional

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footballer for

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– Represented

Joe Stanley Joe Stanley (born 13 April 1957) is a former rugby union player. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Career Stanley played for Ponsonby RFC and Auckland in the National Provincial Championship, and New Zealand as a centre. Joe is a member o ...

– Former All Blacks player * Peter Thorburn – Former Rugby Union Player, died in 2021. * Ron Urlich – Former All Blacks player *

Giff Vivian Henry Gifford Vivian (4 November 1912 – 12 August 1983) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Test cricket, Test matches between 1931 and 1937. Cricket career After attending Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland,R.T. Brittenden ...

– Test cricketer * Graham Vivian – Test cricketer * Sean Wainui – Māori All Black representative rugby union player * Bryan Williams – Former All Blacks player *

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– rugby league player for the

, Represented

, All Blacks and is a heavyweight boxer *

Portia Woodman Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (née Woodman; born 12 July 1991) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She plays fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, and was a member of the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team and New Zealand women ...

– New Zealand women's national rugby union team (sevens)

References

External links

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Te Kete Ipurangi School Profile
* {{Authority control Boarding schools in New Zealand Astronomical observatories in New Zealand Educational institutions established in 1922 Secondary schools in Auckland Heritage New Zealand Category 2 historic places in the Auckland Region 1922 establishments in New Zealand Albert-Eden Local Board Area

History

Academia

Sports

Mt Albert Aquatic Centre

Mount Albert Grammar School Farm

Observatory

School Hymn

ERO report

Demographics

Notable alumni

Academia

Art

Entertainment

Government

Industry

Law

Music

Public service

Religion

Science

Sports

See also

References

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