New Plymouth Girls' High School is a girls' state secondary school in Strandon, New Plymouth, New Zealand. The school separated from New Plymouth High School in 1914, leaving New Plymouth Boys' High School on the old site.
It is currently one of two of New Plymouth's girls' schools along with Sacred Heart Girls' College and has a current roll of 1,301 students.
Students are put into four houses for school activities such as swimming sports, athletics, and house plays. These houses are Tokomaru (yellow), Kurahaupo (blue), Aotea (red) and Tainui (green). The houses are named after four of the first Māori waka to arrive in New Zealand.
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Enrolment
As of July 2026, New Plymouth Girls' High School has a roll of 1,301 students, of which 316 (24.3%) identify as Māori.
As of 2026, the school has an Equity Index of 447, placing it amongst schools whose students have below average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 5 and 6 under the former socio-economic decile system).
Notable staff
Ida Gaskin – politician, Mastermind winner
Leila Hurle – schoolteacher, schools inspector
Notable alumnae
Mackenzie Barry – association footballer
Daisy Basham – radio personality
Michaela Blyde – rugby sevens player
Kendra Cocksedge – rugby union player
Dale Copeland – collage and assemblage artist
Trish Gregory – fashion designer and businesswoman
Paige Hareb – professional surfer
Leila Hurle – schoolteacher, schools inspector
Zoe Hobbs - athlete
Michele Leggott – poet, academic
Melanie Lynskey – actor
Margaret Mutu – Ngāti Kahu leader and academic
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer – politician
Jean Sandel - surgeon
Miriam Saphira - psychologist
Carmel Sepuloni – politician
Holly Shanahan – actress
Toni Street – television presenter and sports commentator
Beatrice Tinsley – astronomer and cosmologist