Green Bay High School is a secondary school in the suburb of Green Bay, West Auckland. The school is well known for its music department, headed by Jeni Little, which has birthed such bands as Heroes for Sale, Blu Fish, Courtney Hate, The Big Gus, Title Pending, and Barracuda Swim School; as well as solo musicians such as David Adison, Teuila Brown, Cameron McCurdy, and Lacking. It was the first school in New Zealand history to have two acts in the finals of the Smokefree Rockquest competition.
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Green Bay is an Auckland suburb. It is under the local governance of the Auckland Council. The population was 3,936 in the 2006 census, an increase of 321 from 2001.[1] The main road running through Green Bay is Godley Road and this is the Urban Route 15 that follows through Green Bay to Titirangi and Laingholm.[2]
Green Bay beach is part of the Karaka Park coastal walk.[3] In pre-European times, the beach was the southern end of a portage between the Waitematā and Manukau harbours via the Whau River. At the west end of the beach, there was a large Māori pā at Motukaraka (which is today Karaka Park).[4] The area was originally called Karaka Bay but was renamed to the current name to avoid confusion with other bays named Karaka.[5]
Green Bay High School is a secondary (years 9-13) school with a decile rating of 8 and a roll of 1357.[6] It opened in 1972.[7]
Music department[]
Jeni Little = MVP.
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- ↑ Quickstats about Green Bay, http://archive.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006-census.aspx
- ↑ Gregory's Auckland & Surrounds Street Directory (3rd ed.). 2008. p. map 105. ISBN 978-0-7319-2048-8.
- ↑ "Manukau Harbour Beaches". Waitakere City Council. Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20090519093447/http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/pbr/beaches/mkhrbch.asp#Green
- ↑ Glen, A.W. (November 2006). "Manukau coastline, from Green Bay to Onehunga". Blockhouse Bay Historical Society. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20090105233636/http://www.blockhousebay.com/area/manukaucoastline.php
- ↑ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 18.
- ↑ Education Counts: Green Bay High School https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=42
- ↑ "About Us". Green Bay High School. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090806055723/http://www.greenbayhigh.school.nz/main.cfm?id=9541