Aurora College, Invercargill
| Aurora College | |
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| Te Muranga a Rangi | |
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234 Regent Street Invercargill 9812 New Zealand 46°25′52″S 168°22′59″E / 46.4312°S 168.3831°E | |
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| Former name | Mount Anglem College |
| Type | State co-educational secondary (years 7–13) |
| Motto | It's not just the stars that shine |
| Established | 2004 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 548 |
Principal | Craig Taylor |
| Enrolment | 604 (July 2026) |
Socio-economic decile | 2E |
| Website | www |
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.
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. 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. Cargill High School was the successor school to Southland College (formerly Southland Technical College) after the latter site become part of Southland Polytechnic in 1978. Kingswell High School, which was established in 1971, 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.
| Southland Technical College (1912–1967) | Tweedsmuir Intermediate / Tweedsmuir Junior High School (1943–2004) | ||||||||||||||||
| Southland College (1967–1978) | |||||||||||||||||
| Cargill High School (1978–1998) | Kingswell High School (1971–1998) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mt Anglem College (1999–2004) | |||||||||||||||||
| Aurora College (2005–present) | |||||||||||||||||
Enrolment
As of July 2026, Aurora College has roll of 604 students, of which 231 (38.2%) identify as Māori.
As of 2026, the school has an Equity Index of 545, 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).
Notable staff
Notable staff of Aurora College or its predecessor institutions include:
- Jack Alabaster, cricketer and educator
- Austin Brookes, mountaineer and educator
- William (Bill) James Reed, artist
Notable alumni
 | This 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
References
- 1 2 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Sonti, Chalpat (27 November 2004). "Goodbye Mt Anglem College". Southland Times.
- ↑ Baird, Nicky (12 December 1998). "Kingswell school's out forever". Southland Times. p. 3.
- ↑ Southland Technical College: Silver Jubilee. Invercargill: Jubilee committee. 1937.
- ↑ Southland Technical College Golden Jubilee, 1912-1962. Invercargill: Jubilee committee. 1962.
- ↑ Cargill High School Commemorative Magazine, 1978-1998. Invercargill: Cargill High School. 1999.
- ↑ "School's over". Southland Times. 21 June 1997. p. 27.
- ↑ "Post-primary (secondary) schools in Otago & Southland" (PDF). Hocken Library, University of Otago. February 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ Category:New Zealand secondary schools of S68 plan construction
- ↑ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
- ↑ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ↑ "Adventurer with a social conscience". DominionPost. Wellington. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ↑ "William James Reed". Ferner Galleries. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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