Mount Albert Grammar School
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| Motto | Per Angusta Ad Augusta
Through Hardship to Glory |
| Type | State co-ed secondary (Year 9-13) with boarding facilities |
| Year established | 1922 |
| Address | Alberton Avenue, Mt Albert, Auckland |
| Principal | D. M. Burden |
| School roll | 2242 |
| Socio-economic decile (10 is high) | 5 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 69 |
| Website | www.mags.school.nz |
Mount Albert Grammar School (MAGS) is a secondary school in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand. It 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, becoming co-educational in 2000. Junior classes are mostly single-sex while senior classes are mostly co-educational.
The school has a boarding hostel on a site known as Towers Hall (known as School House until 2000) and has full-time accommodation for up to 100 male students during school terms.
The school has a reputation of having a very strong soccer 1st XI thanks largely to coach Kevin Fallon.
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[edit] Recent news
The new school year started on the 7th of February 2007 for new year 9 students. On the 19th of February the School Prefects will be announced at an assembly in the afternoon.
Dale M. Burden became Headmaster on 12 April 2006, replacing Mr G. Gregory (Greg) Taylor who was Headmaster for the previous 18 years. Mr Taylor was the fifth Headmaster in the school's history, and the first Albertian to be Headmaster. Mr Taylor was awarded an O.N.Z.M. (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit) for Services to Education on 5 June 2006. He retired mid-2006.
From term 4, 2006 the Associate Principal is Paul K. McKinley, previously Deputy Headmaster at Westlake Boys' High School. This was announced at a school assembly on Friday 30 June 2006. He joins a team of former colleagues from Westlake Boys' High School which include Mr Burden and Mr Matthew P. C. Bertram (DP - Senior Boys). Current staff member Ms Jo M. Williams has been appointed to a DP - Junior Girls position within the Girls' School.
[edit] Philips Aquatic Centre
The Philips Aquatic Centre is a joint venture between Mount Albert Grammar School and the Auckland City Council. The facility contains two heated indoor swimming pools - a 25-metre competition pool with variable depth. This is to ensure people of over average weight may be able to enter and exit the pool. It also has a leisure pool that features wave action and a water slide. The complex also features two spa pools, a sauna, a steam room, a pool shop and a cafe.
[edit] Headmasters
- Mr Fredrick W Gamble (1922 - 1946) - Foundation Headmaster
- Mr William Caradus (1946 - 1954)
- Mr Murray D Nairn (1954 - 1969)
- Mr G Maurice Hall (1970 - 1988)
- Mr G Gregory Taylor, ONZM, MA (Hons) (1988 - 2006) (First Old-boy Headmaster)
- Mr Dale Burden, BA (2006 - present)
[edit] Notable alumni
- Sir Robert Muldoon - Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984
- Dr Alan Bollard - Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
- Dr Peter Snell - Athlete and winner of two gold medals at the Olympic games (1960 and 1964)
- Sir Woolf Fisher - Co-Founder of Fisher & Paykel
- Dr Chris Liddell - Chief Financial Officer Microsoft
- Sir Keith Sinclair - New Zealand historian
- Emeritus Professor Russell Stone - Historian
- Arthur Lydiard - Runner and athletics coach
- Mac Price - Diplomat
- Richard Dell - Scientist
- Les Mills - Former Mayor of Auckland and athlete
- Judge Mick Brown - Former Principal Youth Court Judge and vice-patron of the Auckland Cricket Association and Child Development of NZ. Also Chancellor of the University of Auckland 1986-1991
- The Hon George Warren Hawkins - Former NZ Cabinet Minister for Police and current MP for Manurewa
- Mr. G. Gregory Taylor, ONZM - Former Headmaster of Mount Albert Grammar School. First Old-Boy to become Headmaster.
- Fred Ah Kuoi - former captain of the NZ rugby league team, attended MAGS 1970-1974
- Bryan Williams - former All Black star
- Sonny Bill Williams - International rugby league player for the Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition and also for New Zealand.
- Michael Bassett, QSO, NZ Medal - former senior lecturer in History at the University of Auckland 1964-1978. Also was the J.B. Smallman Professor of History a the University of Western Ontario 1992-1993. Member of Parliament for Waitemata 1972-1975, Te Atatu 1978-1990. Held a variety of portfolios in the Labour Government, 1984-1990, including Health, Internal Affairs, Local Government, Arts and Culture and Civil Defence.
- J.A.W. (Jack) Bennett - former Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, 1964-1978. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy 1971 and was the first Old Boy to achieve this distinction.
- E.G. (Ted) Bollard - former Research scientist at DSIR 1948-1980 and director of the horticulture and processing division. Pro-chancellor of The Unversity of Auckland, 1989-1991
- Simon Mercep - News and current affairs reporter for TVNZ since 1990. Current part of the Fair Go team.
- Eddie Muliaumaseali’i - Opera singer.
- Sir Alan Stewart, KBE, CBE - former vice-chancellor of Massey University 1964.
- Sir John Scott, KBE, - former Professor of Medicine, The University of Auckland.
- The Rev Barry Graves - Associate Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland.
- Sir Graeme Davies, KBE - Vice-chancellor University of Glasgow.
- Sir Alexander Ross - former Reserve Bank deputy governor, NZ and former chairman British Commonwealth Games Federation.
- Maria Tutaia - current player for the New Zealand Silver Ferns (Netball).
- Sir Donald McIntyre - Opera Singer.
- Greg Moyle - Current Board Chairman, Financial Advisor.
- Sir Robert (Bob) Mahuta - Commissioner Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission. Member of Ngarimu VC Scholarship Board and Tainui Maori Trust Board. Chairman Maori Development Corporation.
- Richard Matthews, Order of New Zealand. 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.
- Matthew Ridge - Auckland rugby representative, All Black. Played rugby league for Manly Club, Sydney and for the Auckland Warriors. He represented NZ at league 1990, 1992, 1994-1996, captain since 1995.
