Pakuranga College
| Pakuranga College | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
| 180 Pigeon Mountain Road Half Moon Bay Auckland 2012 New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 36°53′52″S 174°54′10″E / 36.8978°S 174.9028°ECoordinates: 36°53′52″S 174°54′10″E / 36.8978°S 174.9028°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed Secondary School Year 9-13 |
| Motto | Caelum Certe Patet ('Reach for the skies) |
| Established | 1960 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 80 |
| Principal | Michael Williams |
| School roll | 2253(February 2017) |
| Socio-economic decile | 7O |
| Website | pakuranga.school.nz. . |
Pakuranga College is a co-educational secondary school in east Auckland, New Zealand. The school is named after the suburb it is located in, Pakuranga. The school emblem is the pegasus and the motto "Caelum Certe Patet".
The school takes pride in its cultural diversity and its high achievement in Academics, Sports and Leadership. The current principal is Michael Williams, as of 2009.
The school was built on part of an old dairy farm that was known for its swampy soil in winter. The school initially opened on 7 October 1961 by R M Algie. The founding principal was Kenneth Rae with an initial roll of 312 students and 17 staff members.
In total, the school has seen a total 7 principals: Kenneth Rae was the head of the college till 1967, taken over by Ernest Rive. From 1978, Stan Seager was the principal. The school then saw leadership from Pamela Stone from 1987 to 2003. Bali Haque was principal during 2003 - 2006. Prior to being principal, Haque was formerly president of the Secondary Principal's Association and also was principal at Rosehill College. He then went on to be the Deputy Chief Executive of NZQA. After Haque, Heather McRae, who was Associate principal under Haque, became principal of 2006 to 2009. McRae left on a promotion to be principal of Diocesan School for Girls and was replaced by the current principal, Michael Williams from Aorere College.
As part of a school science project in 2004 at Pakuranga College, two 14-year-old school girls (Anna Devathasan and Jenny Suo) discovered that Ribena, a blackcurrant fruit juice drink sold in 100 ml ready-to-drink containers contained very little Vitamin C, contrary to advertising for the product. Approaches by the two teens to the company did not resolve the issue but the matter was publicized on national consumer affairs television show Fair Go and came to the attention of the Commerce Commission (a government funded 'consumer watch-dog'). The commission's testing found that Ribena contained no detectable vitamin C. On 27 March 2007, GlaxoSmithKline pleaded guilty in an Auckland District Court to 15 charges relating to misleading conduct, and was fined $217,000.
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