Epsom Girls' Grammar School
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Epsom Girls Grammar School is a girls school located in Epsom
Epsom, New Zealand
Epsom is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in the centre of the Auckland isthmus between Mount Eden and One Tree Hill, south of Newmarket, and five km south of the city centre.-Notable features:...

, a suburb of Auckland
Auckland
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, New Zealand
New Zealand
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. It was established in 1917.

The principal is Madeleine Gunn. She replaced Annette Sharp, who retired at the end of 2007.

Notable alumnae

  • Danica Aitken - world medalists in gymnastics (aerobics) and dance
  • Joanna Aitken - world medalists in gymnastics (aerobics) and dance
  • Kelly Aitken - world medalists in gymnastics (aerobics) and dance
  • Helen Clark
    Helen Clark
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     - Prime Minister of New Zealand (1999-2008); Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
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  • Jeanette Fitzsimons
    Jeanette Fitzsimons
    Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons, CNZM is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. She was the co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand from 1995 to 2009, and was a Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2010.-Career:...

     - Member of Parliament and former leader of the Green Party
  • Kate Hawkesby
    Kate Hawkesby
    Kate Hawkesby is a New Zealand radio announcer and television presenter who currently works as a substitute breakfast news reader for Newstalk ZB...

     - TV presenter
  • Rowena Jackson
    Rowena Jackson
    Rowena Othlie Jackson MBE is a New Zealand prima ballerina. Jackson was born in Invercargill, to William Ernest Jackson and Lilliane Jane, née Solomon. She attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School, in Auckland, and in 1941 won the first Royal Academy of Dancing Scholarship in New Zealand. In 1946 ...

     MBE
    MBE
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     - ballerina and later artistic director of the New Zealand Ballet Company
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  • Elizabeth Lamb - 2010 Commonwealth Games Representative
  • Amy Logan - NZ Womans Waterpolo team
  • Annalie Longo
    Annalie Longo
    Annalie Antonia Longo is a female association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.She is a student at Auckland's Epsom Girls' Grammar School and plays for the Three Kings United.-Career:...

     - New Zealand women's national football team player
  • Kayla Pratt - NZ Rowing Junior Women's Quad
  • Greer Robson
    Greer Robson
    Greer Robson-Kirk born is a New Zealand television actress well known for her role in the Television Drama, Shortland Street.-Biography:...

     - actress
  • Wilma Smith
    Wilma Smith
    Wilma Smith is a Fijian-born violinist. She was born in Suva, Fiji and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. Smith joined the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as co-concertmaster in 2003. Prior to this she was concertmaster of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra...

     - lead violinist in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  • Freda Stark
    Freda Stark
    Freda Stark was a New Zealand dancer, and a prosecution witness after the prescription drug overdose of her lover, Thelma Mareo, in 1935...

     - dancer
  • Olivia Tennet
    Olivia Tennet
    Olivia Tennet is a New Zealand actress and dancer. She has been active as an actress since 1999 and is mostly known for her role as Tuesday Warner on the New Zealand medical drama Shortland Street.-Career:...

     - actress
  • Karen Walker - fashion designer
  • Hannah Wall
    Hannah Wall
    Hannah Rachael Wall is an association football player who represented New Zealand at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and at full New Zealand international level.-International career:...

    - NZ U20 women football player

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