Golden Bay High School
| Golden Bay High School | |
|---|---|
Te Waka Kura o Mohua[1] | |
| Location | |
12 Waitapu Road Tākaka, Golden Bay 7110 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 40°50′53″S 172°48′28″E / 40.84806°S 172.80778°E |
| Information | |
| School type | Government Funded, Secondary School |
| Motto | Ake Ake Kia Kaha For ever and ever be strong |
| Established | 1862 [3] |
| Status | Open |
| Authority | State: Not integrated |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 292 |
| Chairperson | Andy Williams |
| Principal | Jono Hay |
| Teaching staff | 30 |
| Gender | Co-Ed Boys 52% Girls 48% |
| Age range | Years 7–13 |
| School roll | 312[2] (July 2025) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14:1 |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 6 hours 25 minutes |
| Houses | Blue Green Yellow Red |
| Colours | Green and gold |
| Sports | Association football, basketball & netball |
| Rival | Other High Schools in Nelson/Tasman Region |
| Publication | Goldie (fortnightly school newsletter) |
| Yearbook | The School Magazine |
| Feeder schools | Tākaka Primary School Motupipi School Central Takaka School |
| Website | www |
Golden Bay High School (Māori: Te Waka Kura o Mohua) is a secondary school in Tākaka, New Zealand. It is one of two secondary schools in Golden Bay / Mohua; the other one is the Collingwood Area School in Collingwood.
Enrolment
As of July 2025, Golden Bay High School has roll of 312 students, of which 33 (10.6%) identify as Māori.[2]
As of 2025, the school has an Equity Index of 445,[4] placing it amongst schools whose students have below average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 7 under the former socio-economic decile system).[5]
Notable students
- Toni Hodgkinson (born 1971), middle-distance runner[6]
References
- ^ "Te Waka Kura o Mohua / Golden Bay High School". Golden Bay High School. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "150th Anniversary – 2012".
- ^ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
- ^ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ Cowley Ross, Sarah (8 March 2021). "Camryn Smart's on track, chasing down Olympian mum". Newsroom. Retrieved 2 March 2024.