Tauranga Girls' College
# Tauranga Girls' College

Tauranga Girls' College is a state single-sex girls secondary school in Tauranga, New Zealand. It offers the NCEA system of qualifications. The school has a roll of 1452 students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 12 to 18) as of April 2023. The current principal is Ms Tara Kanji.

Tauranga Girls' has many extracurricular activities, the largest of which is the drama production, which is produced with Tauranga Boys' College.

It was created due to the population increase and small area of Tauranga College, which became the site for Tauranga Boys College.

## Houses

Tauranga Girls' College has 5 houses.

* Batten (blue), named after pilot Jean Batten
* Sheppard (purple), named after activist Kate Sheppard
* Mansfield (yellow), named after author Katherine Mansfield
* Te Auetu (red), named after activist Te Auetu Harata Hall
* Whina (green), named after activist Whina Cooper
