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Aurora College, Invercargill
Secondary school in Invercargill, New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aurora College is a state coeducational Year 7–13 secondary school located in Invercargill, New Zealand.
It is New Zealand's southernmost stand-alone secondary school, and second southernmost secondary school after The Catlins Area School in Owaka.
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History
Aurora College opened in 2005, although it has a history extending back to 1912. It was formed from the merger of Mt Anglem College and Tweedsmuir Junior High School, on the former Mt Anglem site.[3] Mt Anglem College had operated for only six years, having opened in 1999 following the merger of Kingswell and Cargill High Schools on the existing Kingswell site.[4] Cargill High School was the successor school to Southland College (formerly Southland Technical College[5][6]) after the latter site become part of Southland Polytechnic in 1978.[7] Kingswell High School, which was established in 1971,[8][9] was built to the S68 plan which is characterised by single-storey classroom blocks of concrete block construction, with low-pitched roofs and internal open courtyards.[10]
| Southland Technical College (1912–67) | Tweedsmuir Intermediate / Tweedsmuir Junior High School (1943–2004) | ||||||||||||||||
| Southland College (1967–78) | |||||||||||||||||
| Cargill High School (1978–98) | Kingswell High School (1971–98) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mt Anglem College (1999–2004) | |||||||||||||||||
| Aurora College (2005–now) | |||||||||||||||||
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Enrolment
As of March 2025, Aurora College has roll of 636 students, of which 242 (38.1%) identify as Māori.[1]
As of 2025, the school has an Equity Index of 546,[11] placing it amongst schools whose students have the most socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 1 and 2 under the former socio-economic decile system).[12]
Notable staff
Notable staff of Aurora College or its predecessor institutions include:
- Jack Alabaster, cricketer and educator
- Austin Brookes, mountaineer and educator[13]
- William (Bill) James Reed, artist[14]
Notable alumni
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (October 2023) |
People educated at Aurora College or its predecessor institutions include:
- Rex Austin, politician
- Johnny Checketts, World War II air ace
- Simon Culhane, rugby union player
- Ruth Dallas, writer and poet
- Bill Kini, boxer
- Jean McKenzie, diplomat
- Trevor Moffitt, artist
- Mils Muliaina, rugby union player
- Cliff Skeggs, businessman and politician
- Jeff Wilson, rugby union player and cricketer
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References
External links
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