Hastings Boys' High School Explained

Hastings Boys' High School
Motto:	"Young men united by respect"
Type:	State single-sex boys, Secondary (Year 9–13)
Established:	1904
Address:	800 South Karamu Road, Hastings, New Zealand
Coordinates:	-39.6501°N 176.8357°W
Roll:
Decile:	2F^[1]
Moe:	227
Homepage:	hastingsboys.school.nz

Hastings Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in Hastings, New Zealand. The school is part of the Super 8. The school was founded in 1904 as Hastings High School. In 1922, it became Hastings Technical School under the leadership of William Penlington, who remained headmaster until 1949.^[2]

In the mid-1950s, the school split into Hastings Girls' High School and Hastings Boys' School. It has four Houses, Te Mata (red), Heretaunga (blue), Te Kahu (grey) and Manu Huia (black). These houses compete in many sporting events with each other throughout the year.

Students at Hastings Boys' High School organised a conference in 1999 to consider cloning the Huia, their school emblem.^{[3] [4]} The Māori tribe Ngāti Huia agreed, in principle, to support the endeavour, which would be carried out at the University of Otago, and a California-based Internet start-up volunteered $100,000 of funding.^[5] The cloning did not ultimately take place.

Headmasters

• L. F. Pegler: 1907–1922
• William Penlington: 1922–1949
• J. E. Tier: 1949–1964
• W. F. Crist: 1965–1984
• Graham Thomas: 1984–2002^[6]
• Rob Sturch: 2002–2023^[6]
• Mason Summerfield: 2024–Current ^[7]

Houses

Houses of Hastings Boys' High School

	Te Mata	Named after the Heretaungan landmark, Te Mata Peak.
	Heretaunga	Heretaunga is the original name of Hastings.
	Te Kahu	Named after the hawk.		Manu Huia	Named after the huia bird.

Notable alumni

See main article: category.

• John Collinge – former president of the New Zealand National Party and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• Neil Dawson (born 1948) – sculptor^[8]
• Hika Elliot – All Black
• Bob Fenton (born 1923) – National MP for Hastings (1975–1978)
• Tohu Harris – NZ Kiwi's, Melbourne Storm
• Moana Jackson (1945–2022) – lawyer
• Sydney Jones (1894–1982) – National MP for Hastings (1949–1954)
• Phil Judd (born 1953) – composer, songwriter, musician, producer, performer and visual artist
• Josh Kronfeld – All Black
• Danny Lee – All Black
• George Lowe – mountaineer, including 1953 Everest expedition
• Ross McEwan – CEO National Australia Bank
• Hubert McLean – All Black
• Alby Mathewson – All Black
• Bruce Robertson – All Black
• Roger Randle – All Black
• Kevin Tamati – NZ Kiwi's
• Paora Winitana – NZ Breakers

References

• Book: Gustafson, Barry . Barry Gustafson . The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party . 1986 . Reed Methuen . Auckland . 0-474-00177-6 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools . Ministry of Education . 12 February 2015 . 24 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150124000031/http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls . dead .
2. Web site: History . Hastings Boys' High School . 26 June 2014.
3. http://nzsm.webcentre.co.nz/article2371.htm Boys Cloning Birds
4. Web site: CNN – Cloning of extinct Huia bird approved. CNN website . 3 December 2008 . CNN news . 20 July 1999.
5. Dorey. Emma. Huia cloned back to life?. Nature Biotechnology. 17. 736. 1999. 10.1038/11628. 10429272. 8. free.
6. News: Hastings Boys' High School principal Rob Sturch dies . 30 November 2023 . . 2 December 2023.
7. http://Hawke’s%20Bay%20news%20in%20brief:%20Hawke’s%20Bay%20marathon%20returns%20next%20month.%20(2024,%20April%2018).%20NZ%20Herald.%20https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/hawkes-bay-news-in-brief-strengthening-works-will-require-diversion-at-temporary-redclyffe-bridge/TIV4HJA Hawke’s Bay news in brief: Hawke’s Bay marathon returns next month
8. News: Moore . Christopher . Conjuring space and freedom . 8 June 2013 . . 8 June 2013 . . C3.