Auckland Girls' Grammar School

Enrolment

In 2018, Auckland Girls' Grammar School had 1,030 students enrolled and is 100% female. The number of international students was 22. As of , Auckland Girls' Grammar School has a roll of students.

As of , the school has an Equity Index of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 4 and 5 under the former socio-economic decile system).

Headmistresses

• Sophia Stothard (died 1901): 1877–1878
• Annie Whitelaw (1875–1966): 1906–1910
• Blanche Butler (died 1967): 1911–1921
• Rua Gardner (1901–1972): 1944–1967
• Louise Gardner (ca. 1916–2006): 1967–1978
• Charmaine Pountney: 1978–1988
• Ngaire Ashmore (born ca. 1967): 2017–present

Notable alumnae

Main article: People educated at Auckland Girls' Grammar School

• Frankie Adams – actress
• Zoë Bell – stuntwoman and actress
• Sue Bradford – politician, activist and former Green MP
• Dorothy Butler – author
• Barbara Calvert - professor of education
• Sandra Coney – journalist and women's rights activist
• Kayla Cullen – athlete, Northern Mystics and NZ Silver Ferns
• Lana Coc-Kroft – NZ Miss Universe 1988, television presenter
• Emily Karaka – artist
• Golriz Ghahraman – politician and former Green MP, former United Nations lawyer
• Kiri Allan – politician and Labour MP, Minister of Conservation, Minister for Emergency Management
• Parris Goebel – international choreographer
• Siositina Hakeai – athlete
• Hon. Laila Harré – union leader, politician, former Alliance MP and Minister of Women's Affairs, Minister of Youth Affairs, Minister of Statistics, Associate Minister of Labour and Commerce
• Doreen Lumley – athlete
• Rose Matafeo – comedian, television presenter
• Ani O'Neill – artist
• Merimeri Penfold – Māori educator
• Sheryl Scanlan – netball player
• Miriama Smith – actress
• Pauline Stansfield – disability rights advocate
• Marté Szirmay - artist
• Kahurangi Taylor – Miss New Zealand 2008
• Munokoa Tunupopo – athlete, Auckland and White Ferns
• Hon. Dame Georgina Manunui te Heuheu – politician, former National MP and Minister for Courts, Minister of Women's Affairs, Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Associate Minister of Maori Affairs
• Poto Williams – politician and Labour MP, Assistant Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
• Tammy Wilson – Black Ferns
• Katrina Rore – netballer
• Tiana Epati – President of the New Zealand Law Society

References

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