Tauranga Boys' College

Tauranga Boys' College
Tauranga Boys' College
	The main college office block flying the New Zealand flag, and Pride flag as a part of the schools first pride week events
Address
	664 Cameron Road; Tauranga South; Tauranga 3112; New Zealand
Coordinates	37°42′09″S 176°09′26″E / 37.7026°S 176.1572°E
Information
Type	State Secondary school
Motto	Latin: Pergo et Perago; (I take up the work and I carry it through)
Established	1958
Ministry of Education Institution no.	121
Principal	Andrew Turner
Staff	125
Years offered	9–13
Gender	Boys-only
Age	12 to 18
School roll	1,764 (February 2024)
Houses	Freyberg ; Halberg ; Hillary ; Ngarimu ; Ngata ; Rutherford
Nickname	Titans
Socio-economic decile	6N
Website	www.tbc.school.nz

Tauranga Boys' College is a state secondary school for boys, located on the edge of the downtown area of Tauranga, New Zealand. The school was founded in 1946 as Tauranga College, before overcrowding saw the school become single-sex in 1958. The school has a roll of 1,764 students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 13 to 18) as of February 2024.^[2] In 2019 Tauranga Boys' gained the most scholarships in the Bay of Plenty region with 31 scholarships and 6 outstanding scholarships.^[3]

History

Secondary education in Tauranga began in 1900,^[4] with the establishment of a district high school joined with Tauranga School. By the mid-1930s, the buildings were inadequate for use, and a push for a separate secondary school began. In 1937, the education board purchased the motor camp "Hillsdene", originally one of the 10-acre (40,000 m²) blocks laid out after the Battle of Gate Pā. However, World War II delayed building on the site until 1944. After two years of building, Tauranga College was opened on 5 February 1946. The college ran until 1958 – due to overcrowding, female students moved to a newly built campus, which was named Tauranga Girls' College. Male students remained in Tauranga College, which became known as Tauranga Boys' College.^[5]^[6]

The college seeks to honour the past in creating the future. This includes honours boards recognising top scholars and New Zealand representative sportsmen, the naming of buildings after former principals and assorted trees and memorials for World War II victims and students who died whilst enrolled.

The College is the holder of the NZSS Boys' First XI Football title, won with a 1–0 victory in the final in Napier on 2 September 2022.

Principals

1958–1959: Mr A. G. Nicholson
1959–1967: Mr G. I. N. Sim
1967–1971: Mr R. E. K. Barton
1971–1984: Mr N. D. Morris
1984–2008: Mr G. S. Young
2008–2022: Mr R. W. Mangan
2022–: Mr A. G. Turner

Houses

Tauranga Boys' College has six houses. The houses are all named after prominent New Zealanders. In alphabetical order, they are:

Freyberg (red), named after soldier Bernard Freyberg
Halberg (black), named after athlete Murray Halberg
Hillary (yellow), named after mountaineer Edmund Hillary
Ngarimu (green), named after soldier Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu
Ngata (white), named after politician Āpirana Ngata
Rutherford (blue), named after scientist Ernest Rutherford

Notable alumni

Academia

Bryan Gould – Rhodes Scholar, UK Labour politician & Vice Chancellor University of Waikato
A. Rod Gover – Rhodes Scholar

The arts

Nigel Brown ONZM – artist
Stuart G. Bugg – international debating
Shane Cortese – actor
Malcolm Evans – cartoonist
Anthony Lapwood – short story writer
Ian Mune OBE – actor
Erik Thomson – actor
Richard O'Brien – actor and musician
Jeremy Redmore – musician

Public service

Tuariki Delamere – politician & Commonwealth Games athlete
Air Marshal Sir Bruce Ferguson – KNZM, OBE, AFC Chief of New Zealand Defence Force
Todd Muller – Member of Parliament for the Bay of Plenty (2014–present) and former Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)