Mount Albert Grammar School
Encyclopedia
Mount Albert Grammar School, or MAGS, is a co-educational secondary school in Central Auckland
, New Zealand
. It teaches from year 9 to year 13. Mount Albert Grammar is one of the largest secondary schools in the country. It is one of the most multi-cultural schools in New Zealand, containing over 60 different ethnic groups.
Headmasters since the opening of the school:
Gregory Taylor was the First Albertian to become headmaster.
The school has a boarding hostel on a site known as School House (briefly known as Towers Hall until 2009). It has full-time accommodation for up to 101 male students.
The school’s motto is Per Angusta Ad Augusta, translated from Latin to “Through Hardship to Glory". The School Hymn, which is sung at all formal assemblies, was written by a student, J. A. W. Bennett, in 1928.
, Commerce, Dance and Drama, English
, ESOL, Languages, Mathematics
, Music
, PE, Science
, Social Science and Technology. The school also offers some sporting codes as academic subjects in the form of sporting academies, including rugby, football, cricket and netball. The school offers NCEA
and Scholarship, but does not offer Cambridge International Examinations
.
The schools 1st XI Football team has a record unequalled by any school in New Zealand winning the Auckland Premier League championship 37 times since 1928. In 1999 the 1st XI won the Auckland Premier League, Knockout Cup and the New Zealand title. In 2008 the 1st XI won all three titles again. Also in 2009 won the 1A comp for the 6th year in row and equalled a record also set by M.A.G.S in the 1930s.
The 1st XV Rugby team has played since 1922 when it joined the Auckland Secondary Schools Rugby competition, winning the Championship in 1924 and 1925 . Since then it has won 19 times, the latest being 2010, winning back to back titles. It was also the New Zealand Champions in 1938, 1982 and 2010. In addition, the 1st XV has finished runners-up on numerous occasions, the most recent being runners-up to Gisborne Boys' High School
in 2007.
The Premier Netball team performs strongly in the Auckland competition winning the title in 2007 for the first time since girls were introduced into the school in 2000. The Premier Netball team won the Upper North Island championship in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. They became runners up in the national tournament in 2008 and won in 2010. They also won the Auckland title again in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
The Premier Boys Badminton team won the Auckland Championship in 2008 and finished in third place at the national tournament.
The schools Premier Tennis teams have recently put Mount Albert Grammar at the top in the country at tennis with the boys becoming second in the nation whilst the girls become first in 2009.
In 2008 one sports staff member and a parent coach were suspended by the schools' sport body College Sport and nine students who had transferred to the school were prevented from playing by rules designed to prevent poaching of young players.
farm in the middle of Auckland city, home to sheep, pigs, rabbits, goats, cows, bees, and poultry. The farm is adjacent to the school and operates as a separate entity funding itself since 1933. The land it is situated on belongs to an ASB Bank trust and cannot be used as land for class rooms by the school.
It has a farmer's cottage with a live-in manager. Students are able to study agriculture from Year 10 onwards with numbers growing each year. Agriculture students are provided with opportunities to travel around the country on day trips and camps. They annually attend the Field Days at Mystery Creek, attend a six day camp at the Taratahi Rural Polytechnic, and Telford Rural Polytechnic.
As well as a classroom for theoretical study the farm has a one-stand wool shed with wool-handling facilities; pens to hold 150 sheep overnight; a two-stand walk-through milking shed with milking plant; an implement shed; and a unit for small animals.
The observatory was completed in 2008, when a computer controlled Meade LX200
R 12" Schmidt-Cassegrain F/6.8 telescope was installed. Observers use an SBIG ST7XME CCD
camera and filterwheel for imaging and photometry with LRGB or Sloan Digital Sky Survey
g'r'i' photometric filters. Image resolution is increased by using an SBIG AO8 adaptive optics
unit.
The observatory is used for education and amateur research. Students and their supervisors participate in research activity by acquiring data for use by professionals and other amateur groups engaged in research, such as the search for exoplanets by gravitational microlensing
or the transit method. Transit measures of several known exoplanets have been submitted to a global amateur exoplanet transit database, e.g. WASP-19b
. The MAGS Observatory has submitted data to the amateur TRESCA Exoplanets Project of the Czech Astronomical Society, and the international amateur/professional collaboration μFUN (Microfun - Microlensing Follow Up Network). The observatory is also part of the PAWM collaboration, searching for transiting exoplanets around white dwarves
and monitoring variable white dwarves.
The MAGS Observatory was the official location of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
Education Section in 2008 and 2009.
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It teaches from year 9 to year 13. Mount Albert Grammar is one of the largest secondary schools in the country. It is one of the most multi-cultural schools in New Zealand, containing over 60 different ethnic groups.
History
Mount Albert Grammar was founded in 1922 as a subsidiary of Auckland Grammar School, but now the two schools are governed separately. Mount Albert Grammar School was originally boys only, but it opened its roll to girls in 2000. While the school is now basically co-educational, the junior school classes (years 9 and 10) are still single-sex.Headmasters since the opening of the school:
- Frederick Gamble (1922–1946),
- William Caradus (1946–1954),
- Murray Nairn (1954–1969),
- Maurice Hall (1970–1988),
- Gregory Taylor (1988–2006),
- Dale Burden (2006-).
Gregory Taylor was the First Albertian to become headmaster.
The school has a boarding hostel on a site known as School House (briefly known as Towers Hall until 2009). It has full-time accommodation for up to 101 male students.
The school’s motto is Per Angusta Ad Augusta, translated from Latin to “Through Hardship to Glory". The School Hymn, which is sung at all formal assemblies, was written by a student, J. A. W. Bennett, in 1928.
Academia
Departments are: Agriculture and Horticulture Science, ArtArt
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, Commerce, Dance and Drama, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, ESOL, Languages, Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, PE, Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, Social Science and Technology. The school also offers some sporting codes as academic subjects in the form of sporting academies, including rugby, football, cricket and netball. The school offers NCEA
National Certificate of Educational Achievement
The National Certificate of Educational Achievement is, since 2004, the official secondary school qualification in New Zealand.It has three levels, corresponding to the levels within the National Qualifications Framework, and these are generally studied in each of the three final years of...
and Scholarship, but does not offer Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge International Examinations
University of Cambridge International Examinations is a provider of international qualifications for students between the ages of 14 and 19, offering examinations and qualifications in more than 150 countries. It is an Examination Board under Cambridge Assessment, founded in 1858 as a department...
.
Sport
In 2009 and 2007 MAGS won Auckland major senior titles in Rugby, Soccer and Netball. The 1st XI girls football and the Premier Girls Basketball won their first Auckland championship in 2009. The 1st XI Girls Football and Premier Netball teams were both national champions in 2010 for the first time.The schools 1st XI Football team has a record unequalled by any school in New Zealand winning the Auckland Premier League championship 37 times since 1928. In 1999 the 1st XI won the Auckland Premier League, Knockout Cup and the New Zealand title. In 2008 the 1st XI won all three titles again. Also in 2009 won the 1A comp for the 6th year in row and equalled a record also set by M.A.G.S in the 1930s.
The 1st XV Rugby team has played since 1922 when it joined the Auckland Secondary Schools Rugby competition, winning the Championship in 1924 and 1925 . Since then it has won 19 times, the latest being 2010, winning back to back titles. It was also the New Zealand Champions in 1938, 1982 and 2010. In addition, the 1st XV has finished runners-up on numerous occasions, the most recent being runners-up to Gisborne Boys' High School
Gisborne Boys' High School
Gisborne Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school situated in Gisborne, New Zealand that was originally founded as a Co-Ed school in 1909 and was known as Gisborne High School. In 1956 the school became Gisborne Boys High School when the original school was split into two single-sex...
in 2007.
The Premier Netball team performs strongly in the Auckland competition winning the title in 2007 for the first time since girls were introduced into the school in 2000. The Premier Netball team won the Upper North Island championship in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. They became runners up in the national tournament in 2008 and won in 2010. They also won the Auckland title again in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
The Premier Boys Badminton team won the Auckland Championship in 2008 and finished in third place at the national tournament.
The schools Premier Tennis teams have recently put Mount Albert Grammar at the top in the country at tennis with the boys becoming second in the nation whilst the girls become first in 2009.
In 2008 one sports staff member and a parent coach were suspended by the schools' sport body College Sport and nine students who had transferred to the school were prevented from playing by rules designed to prevent poaching of young players.
Mt Albert Aquatic Centre
The Mt Albert Aquatic Centre is a joint venture between Mount Albert Grammar School and the Auckland City Council. It was opened by the Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1998. The facility contains a 25-metre competition pool with variable depth, and a leisure pool with wave action and a water slide. The complex has two spa pools, a sauna and a steam room.School farm
The school has a 10.8 haHectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
farm in the middle of Auckland city, home to sheep, pigs, rabbits, goats, cows, bees, and poultry. The farm is adjacent to the school and operates as a separate entity funding itself since 1933. The land it is situated on belongs to an ASB Bank trust and cannot be used as land for class rooms by the school.
It has a farmer's cottage with a live-in manager. Students are able to study agriculture from Year 10 onwards with numbers growing each year. Agriculture students are provided with opportunities to travel around the country on day trips and camps. They annually attend the Field Days at Mystery Creek, attend a six day camp at the Taratahi Rural Polytechnic, and Telford Rural Polytechnic.
As well as a classroom for theoretical study the farm has a one-stand wool shed with wool-handling facilities; pens to hold 150 sheep overnight; a two-stand walk-through milking shed with milking plant; an implement shed; and a unit for small animals.
Observatory
Mount Albert Grammar School is one of the few schools in New Zealand with an astronomical observatory.The observatory was completed in 2008, when a computer controlled Meade LX200
Meade LX200
The Meade LX200 is a family of commercial telescopes produced by Meade Instruments launched in 1992 with 8″ and 10″ schmidt-cassegrain models on computerized mounts.Rod Mollise - The Past, Present and Future of the Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope , . 12" and 16" models quickly followed...
R 12" Schmidt-Cassegrain F/6.8 telescope was installed. Observers use an SBIG ST7XME CCD
Charge-coupled device
A charge-coupled device is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value. This is achieved by "shifting" the signals between stages within the device one at a time...
camera and filterwheel for imaging and photometry with LRGB or Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey or SDSS is a major multi-filter imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey using a dedicated 2.5-m wide-angle optical telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, United States. The project was named after the Alfred P...
g'r'i' photometric filters. Image resolution is increased by using an SBIG AO8 adaptive optics
Adaptive optics
Adaptive optics is a technology used to improve the performance of optical systems by reducing the effect of wavefront distortions. It is used in astronomical telescopes and laser communication systems to remove the effects of atmospheric distortion, and in retinal imaging systems to reduce the...
unit.
The observatory is used for education and amateur research. Students and their supervisors participate in research activity by acquiring data for use by professionals and other amateur groups engaged in research, such as the search for exoplanets by gravitational microlensing
Gravitational microlensing
Gravitational microlensing is an astronomical phenomenon due to the gravitational lens effect. It can be used to detect objects ranging from the mass of a planet to the mass of a star, regardless of the light they emit. Typically, astronomers can only detect bright objects that emit lots of light ...
or the transit method. Transit measures of several known exoplanets have been submitted to a global amateur exoplanet transit database, e.g. WASP-19b
WASP-19b
WASP-19b is an extrasolar planet, notable for possessing the shortest orbital period of any known planetary body: 0.7888399 days or approximately 18.932 hours....
. The MAGS Observatory has submitted data to the amateur TRESCA Exoplanets Project of the Czech Astronomical Society, and the international amateur/professional collaboration μFUN (Microfun - Microlensing Follow Up Network). The observatory is also part of the PAWM collaboration, searching for transiting exoplanets around white dwarves
White dwarf
A white dwarf, also called a degenerate dwarf, is a small star composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. They are very dense; a white dwarf's mass is comparable to that of the Sun and its volume is comparable to that of the Earth. Its faint luminosity comes from the emission of stored...
and monitoring variable white dwarves.
The MAGS Observatory was the official location of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
The Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand is the New Zealand national astronomical society. It is an association of professional and amateur astronomers with the prime objective to the promotion and extension of knowledge of astronomy and related branches of science.- History :The society was...
Education Section in 2008 and 2009.
Notable alumni
Academia
- J.A.W. (Jack) Bennett - former Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, 1964-1978. Fellow of the British Academy 1971.
- Bruce BiggsBruce BiggsBruce Grandison Biggs became an influential figure in the academic field of Māori studies in New Zealand...
- Māori academic - Sir Graeme DaviesGraeme DaviesSir Graeme Davies, FREng, FRSNZ, FRSE is a New Zealand engineer, academic and administrator. He is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool and the University of Glasgow and recently retired as Vice-Chancellor of the University of London in the United Kingdom.Davies graduated with a...
, KBE - Vice-chancellor of the University of London, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, and University of Liverpool. - Sir Keith SinclairKeith SinclairSir Keith Sinclair, CBE was a poet and noted historian of New Zealand.Born and raised in Auckland, Sinclair was a student at Auckland University College, which was then part of the University of New Zealand. He was awarded a Ph.D...
- historian
The Arts
- Sir Donald McIntyreDonald McIntyreThis page is about the singer. For others of similar name see Donald MacIntyreSir Donald McIntyre, CBE is a celebrated operatic bass-baritone. He made his formal debut as Zaccaria in Nabucco, at the Welsh National Opera, in 1959...
- opera singer - Eddie Muliaumaseali’i - opera singer
- Nathan KingNathan KingNathan King is a pop/rock singer-songwriter from Christchurch, New Zealand.-History:King's musical career began with his band Zed who released two multi-platinum albums Silencer and This Little Empire...
- Hip hop singer/producer.
Broadcasting
- Simon Mercep - news and current affairs reporter for TVNZ since 1990. Reporter for Fair Go consumer affairs television programme.
Business
- Sir Woolf FisherWoolf FisherSir Woolf Fisher was an East Tamaki, New Zealand, businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Fisher & Paykel, a major appliance manufacturing company, and the Ra Ora Stud, an important Thoroughbred racehorse breeding operation.Born in Wellington, his family moved to Auckland where he studied at...
- co-founder of Fisher & PaykelFisher & PaykelFisher & Paykel is a major appliance manufacturing company based in East Tamaki, New Zealand.Originally an importer of domestic refrigerators, Fisher & Paykel now holds over 420 patents and bases its identity on innovative design, particularly in the areas of usability and environmental... - Dr Chris LiddellChris LiddellChristopher P. Liddell was the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of General Motors . Liddell joined GM in January 2010, and led the company’s global finance operations until March 2011....
- Chief Financial Officer MicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions... - Sir Daniel James Matthews - former Chairman of the BNZ
- Sir Alexander Ross - former New Zealand Reserve Bank deputy governor and former chairman British Commonwealth Games Federation.
Religion
- Reverend Brother Michael J. ForanRoman Catholic Diocese of Wagga WaggaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga is a Latin rite suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, erested in 1917, covering the Riverina region of New South Wales in Australia....
(1948–2000) - founder of a Catholic religious community - the Mother of God Brothers. - The Very Reverend Barry Graves - Anglican clergyman, Associate Dean of Holy Trinity Anglican CathedralHoly Trinity Cathedral, AucklandHoly Trinity Cathedral is situated in Parnell, a residential suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.The first Anglican place of worship in Auckland was "Old" St Paul's, at the bottom of Princes Street, but Parnell residents tired of walking about over paddocks to reach their church. The first church...
, ParnellParnell, New ZealandParnell is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is often billed as Auckland's "oldest suburb" since it dates from the earliest days of the European settlement of Auckland in 1841...
AucklandAucklandThe Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
. - Reverend Father Robert SteeleRoman Catholic Diocese of AucklandThe Latin Rite Catholic Diocese of Auckland is one of the two original dioceses in New Zealand. Although formally a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Wellington, both were erected on 20 June 1848...
: Catholic priest; ordained for the diocese of AucklandRoman Catholic Diocese of AucklandThe Latin Rite Catholic Diocese of Auckland is one of the two original dioceses in New Zealand. Although formally a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Wellington, both were erected on 20 June 1848...
by Bishop Patrick Dunne on 1 November 2008.
Public service
- Michael BassettMichael BassettMichael Edward Rainton Bassett, QSO is a former Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in the reformist fourth Labour government...
, QSO, NZ Medal - former senior lecturer in History at the University of Auckland 1964-1978. J.B. Smallman Professor of History at the University of Western Ontario 1992-1993. Former Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. - Dr Alan BollardAlan BollardAlan Bollard is the current governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, having been appointed on 23 September 2002. He succeeded Donald Brash in this role....
- Governor of the Reserve Bank of New ZealandReserve Bank of New ZealandThe Reserve Bank of New Zealand is the central bank of New Zealand and is constituted under the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989. The Governor of the Reserve Bank is responsible for New Zealand's currency and operating monetary policy. The Bank's current Governor is Dr. Alan Bollard... - Judge Mick Brown - former Principal Youth Court Judge. Past Chancellor of the University of AucklandUniversity of AucklandThe University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
1986-1991 - G. S. CarterG. S. CarterMajor Gordon Senior 'Toby' Carter DSO was a New Zealand surveyor and road engineer who worked in Sarawak, Borneo prior to World War II for Shell Oil...
DSO - Z Special UnitZ Special UnitZ Special Unit was a joint Allied special forces unit formed during the Second World War to operate behind Japanese lines in South East Asia...
commando and founder of Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens - Sir Robert (Bob) MahutaRobert MahutaSir Robert Te Kotahi Mahuta, KNZM was a prominent Maori politician. He was born Robert Jeremiah Ormsby but changed his name by deed poll...
- Commissioner of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission. Chairman Maori Development Corporation. - Les MillsLes MillsLeslie Roy Mills CNZM, MBE, is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in shot put, discus and weightlifting events...
- former Mayor of Auckland and athlete - Sir Robert MuldoonRobert MuldoonSir Robert David "Rob" Muldoon, GCMG, CH served as the 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984, as leader of the governing National Party. Muldoon had been a prominent member of the National party and MP for the Tamaki electorate for some years prior to becoming leader of the party...
- Prime Minister of New Zealand: 1975 - 1984 - Mac PriceMac PriceMacalister "Mac" Price, , was a senior New Zealand Foreign Affairs official, who held diplomatic postings in Japan, Australia, Indonesia, the South Pacific, Samoa, and Malaysia....
- diplomat - Mr. G. Gregory Taylor, ONZM - former history teacher and past Headmaster of Mount Albert Grammar School.
Science
- E.G. (Ted) Bollard - former Research scientist at DSIR 1948-1980 and director of the horticulture and processing division. Pro-chancellor of The University of Auckland, 1989–1991
- Richard DellRichard DellDr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
– scientist - Richard Matthews, Order of New ZealandOrder of New ZealandThe Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in New Zealand's honours system, created "to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity"...
. New Zealand 1990 Medal, Hector Medal of Royal Society of NZ, FRSNZ, FNZIC, FRS - former Chairman of Toxic Substances Board, Health Department. Former President NZ Microbiological Society. - Sir John Scott, KBE - former Professor of Medicine, The University of Auckland.
- Sir Alan StewartAlan StewartAlan Stewart may refer to:*Alan Stewart *Alan Stewart *Alan Carl Stewart , Canadian provincial and federal politician*Alan Stewart , Australian politician...
, KBE, CBE - former vice-chancellor of Massey University 1964
Athletics
- Les MillsLes MillsLeslie Roy Mills CNZM, MBE, is a retired New Zealand athlete, who represented New Zealand at Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades. He competed in shot put, discus and weightlifting events...
- New Zealand Olympic GamesOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
and Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
representative - Peter SnellPeter SnellSir Peter George Snell, KNZM, MBE is a former New Zealand athlete, now resident in Texas, United States. He had one of the shortest careers of world famous international sportsmen, yet achieved so much that he was voted New Zealand’s "Sports Champion of the Century"...
- Olympic gold medalist - athletics
Football
- Michael BoxallMichael BoxallMichael Joseph Boxall is an New Zealander professional footballer who plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer....
- All Whites football player - Jeremy ChristieJeremy ChristieJeremy Christie is a New Zealand international footballer currently playing for FC Tampa Bay in the North American Soccer League.Christie can play in central midfield or as a defender...
- All Whites football player - Rory FallonRory FallonRory Michael Fallon is a New Zealand footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen as a forward. He has previously played for Barnsley, Shrewsbury Town, Swindon Town, Yeovil Town, Swansea City, Plymouth Argyle and Ipswich Town. He has been capped by New Zealand at international...
- All Whites football player - Chris JamesChris JamesDonald Chris James was a utility Major League Baseball player with a 10 year career from 1986 to 1995. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros all of the National League and the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and...
- former All Whites football player - Tony LochheadTony LochheadTony James Lochhead is a New Zealander football defender who currently plays for Wellington Phoenix of the A-League.-Club career:Lochhead went to America to play college soccer for UC Santa Barbara in 2001...
- All Whites football player - David MulliganDavid MulliganDavid James Mulligan is a New Zealand international footballer, currently playing for Auckland City FC in the ASB Premiership. Born in England, he made over 180 appearances in the English Football League between 2000 and 2008. He is able to play in both midfield and defence.His career began at...
- All Whites football player - Allan PearceAllan PearceAllan Pearce is a New Zealand football player who plays as a striker. In the 2004/05 season he played for Waitakere United, scoring 6 goals.-Club career:...
- former All Whites football player - Emma KeteEmma KeteEmma Jillian Kete , is a member of the Football Ferns, the New Zealand women's association football team.-Club career:Kete joined Ottawa Fury Women in July 2009, playing alongside fellow Kiwis Amber Hearn, Hayley Moorwood and Ria Percival at the Canadian W-League club.She signed for FA WSL club...
- Football Fern former Olympian - Alan Wilkinson – former New Zealand national football team player
Rugby League
- Fred Ah KuoiFred Ah KuoiFred "Freddie" Ah Kuoi is a former New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country.-Early years:...
- former Kiwi - Tevita LatuTevita LatuTevita Leo-Latu is a professional rugby league footballer for the Central Queensland Comets of the Queensland Cup. He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League...
- former Kiwi and Tonga national rugby league teamTonga national rugby league teamThe Tonga national rugby league team is a national sporting side, representing Tonga in rugby league football. Rugby league is a popular sport in Tonga, and the national team has become one of the best performed nations in the world... - Thomas LeuluaiThomas LeuluaiThomas Leuluai is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Wigan Warriors in the Super League. His position is at half-back...
- former Kiwi - Steve MataiSteve MataiStephen "Steve" Matai is a professional rugby league footballer for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles of the National Rugby League. He plays as a centre. He is a New Zealand international of Samoan Heritage...
- rugby league player for Manly Sea Eagles and New Zealand national rugby league teamNew Zealand national rugby league teamThe New Zealand national rugby league team has represented New Zealand in rugby league football since intercontinental competition began for the sport in 1907. Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name... - Sam McKendrySam McKendrySam McKendry is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League. He plays as a prop and is a New Zealand international.-Early years:...
- rugby league player for New Zealand national rugby league teamNew Zealand national rugby league teamThe New Zealand national rugby league team has represented New Zealand in rugby league football since intercontinental competition began for the sport in 1907. Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name... - Malo SolomonaMalo SolomonaMalofou Solomona is a New Zealand rugby league player who has represented Samoa. He currently plays for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League...
- former rugby league player for New Zealand WarriorsNew Zealand WarriorsThe New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia... - Se'e SolomonaSe'e SolomonaMaseese David Solomona is a former rugby league player who represented both New Zealand and Western Samoa.-Playing career:...
- former Kiwi - James GouldingJames GouldingJames Wayne Goulding is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented his country five times.-Playing career:A Richmond Bulldogs player in the Auckland Rugby League competition, Goulding won the Bert Humphries Memorial Medal in 1985 for the most improved forward.In 1988 he joined the...
- former Kiwi
Rugby Union
- Andrew BlowersAndrew BlowersAndrew Francis Blowers is a rugby union player who played for Auckland Blues, Northampton Saints and Bristol. He played for the All Blacks between 1996 and 1999 in which he had played 11 tests and 7 games...
- former All BlacksAll BlacksThe New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
player, played for Auckland Blues, Northampton SaintsNorthampton SaintsNorthampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
and now plays for BristolBristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
in the Guinness PremiershipGuinness PremiershipThe English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership... - Mick Bremner - former All Blacks player
- Mark Brooke-Cowden - former All Blacks player
- Olo BrownOlo BrownOlo Max Brown was born 24 October 1967 in Apia, Samoa. He played 56 tests at prop for the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team from 1992 to 1998, missing only two tests in his career. He suffered neck and back injuries which ended his rugby playing days, and retired to become a lawyer.-External links:...
- former All Blacks player - Ronald BushRonald BushRonald George Bush in Auckland. He played one test match for the All Blacks in 1931 and he was also a New Zealand cricketer who played 10 first-class matches for the Auckland Aces in the mid-1930's....
- former All Blacks player - Vic Butler - former All Blacks player
- Rod HeepsRod HeepsThomas Roderick Heeps . He played ten matches for the All Blacks including five tests in 1962.-External links:...
- former All Blacks player - Valenese MalifaValenese MalifaValenese Malifa is an American rugby union fly-half. He is a member of the United States national rugby union team and participated with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup....
- USA national rugby union team member - Matthew RidgeMatthew RidgeMatthew John Ridge is a New Zealand television presenter as well as a former All Black, and rugby league captain for the Manly Sea Eagles, New Zealand Warriors and Kiwis....
- former All Blacks player, and rugby league captain for the Manly Sea Eagles, New Zealand WarriorsNew Zealand WarriorsThe New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...
and Kiwis. - Dave Solomona - former All Blacks player
- Joe StanleyJoe StanleyJoe Stanley is a former rugby union player. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand.-Career:Stanley played for the All Blacks, Ponsonby and Auckland as a centre. Joe is a member of the Stanley Rugby Clan which includes Chase and Benson...
- former All Blacks player - Ron Urlich - former All Blacks player
- Bryan Williams - former All Blacks player
- Sonny Bill WilliamsSonny Bill WilliamsSonny William 'Sonny Bill' Williams is a New Zealand rugby union player and former rugby league player. He is only the second person to represent New Zealand in rugby union after first playing for the country in rugby league. In rugby union he usually plays as a centre...
- All Black, represented New Zealand national rugby league teamNew Zealand national rugby league teamThe New Zealand national rugby league team has represented New Zealand in rugby league football since intercontinental competition began for the sport in 1907. Administered by the New Zealand Rugby League, they are commonly known as the Kiwis, after the native bird of that name...
External links
- Mount Albert Grammar School
- Mount Albert Grammar School Observatory
- Te Kete Ipurangi School Profile
- Microlensing Follow-Up Network, Department of Astronomy, Ohio state University