Waitaki Girls’ High School
Waitaki Girls' High School is a state high school for girls situated in Oamaru, on the East coast of New Zealand. It was founded in 1887 on the initiative of local parliamentarians, Samuel Shrimski and Thomas William Hislop, and presently has a roll of just over 400 girls from the ages of 13 to 18.Photo: Manfromatlantis2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: School
- Description: state secondary (year 9-15) school in Oamaru, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waitaki Girls High School” and “Waitaki Girls‘ High School”
- Address: Trent Street, 9400
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Patrick’s Basilica, Oamaru and St Joseph’s School, Oamaru.
St Patrick’s Basilica, Oamaru
Church
Photo: Andrew Cooper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The St Patrick's Basilica or Oamaru Basilica, as it is popularly known because of its style of architecture, is a Catholic church in Oamaru, New Zealand. St Patrick’s Basilica, Oamaru is situated 560 metres southwest of Waitaki Girls’ High School.
St Joseph’s School, Oamaru
School
St Joseph's School is a school in Oamaru, the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It was established by an order of Catholic nuns — Dominican Sisters — who started teaching in Oamaru in 1882. St Joseph’s School, Oamaru is situated 480 metres southwest of Waitaki Girls’ High School.
Waitaki District Council
Government office
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
The Waitaki District Council building, the former Oamaru Chief Post Office, is the seat of the Waitaki District in Oamaru, New Zealand. Oamaru's first post office was built in 1864 to a design by William Mason and William Clayton. Waitaki District Council is situated 1½ km south of Waitaki Girls’ High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oamaru and Weston.
Oamaru
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oamaru is a town in North Otago, New Zealand, with beautiful Victorian buildings crafted from the fine, white local limestone, and colonies of penguins.
Weston
Suburb
Weston is a town situated 5 km inland from Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand. It is regarded as one of the more affluent towns of the Waitaki District and had a population of 1,050 in the 2018 census. Weston is situated 4½ km west of Waitaki Girls’ High School.
Pukeuri
Hamlet
Pukeuri is a settlement to the north of Oamaru in the North Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located near the coast in the Waitaki District that straddles the border of Otago and Canterbury. Pukeuri is situated 7 km northeast of Waitaki Girls’ High School.
Waitaki Girls’ High School
- Categories: high school, public school, boarding school, secondary school, and education
- Location: Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-45.08856° or 45° 5′ 19″ southLongitude
170.97382° or 170° 58′ 26″ eastOpen location code
4V6GWX6F+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 168813109OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q7960461
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In Other Languages
“Waitaki Girls’ High School” goes by many names.
- French: “Waitaki Girls‘ High School”
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