Hastings Boys' High School


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.
In the mid-1950s, the school split into Hastings Girls' High School and Hastings Boys' School. It has four Houses, Te Mata, Heretaunga, Te Kahu and Manu Huia. 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. 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. The cloning did not ultimately take place.
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Headmasters

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

Houses

Te Mata
Named after the Heretaungan landmark, Te Mata Peak.
HeretaungaHeretaunga is the original name of Hastings.
Te KahuNamed after the hawk.
Manu HuiaNamed after the huia bird.

Notable alumni