Last updated October 2026
Tauranga Girls’ College is a state, girls’ secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 930 Cameron Road, Gate Pa, Tauranga. It opened in 1958 and had 1,439 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 17 suburbs in full and parts of 5 more, among them Lower Kaimai, Minden, Ohauiti, Te Puna, Tauranga City Centre and Tauranga South; the zone map below shows the full boundary. Its site lists Te Manawa, a learning support hub for students with diverse needs, flexible timetables through Flexi-Learn, and an eight-week exchange with Switzerland for students of French. It also lists dance, music, drama, visual arts and productions, a kapa haka group shared with Tauranga Boys’ College, Pasifika and Asian culture groups, summer, winter and all-year sports, and a programme for international students with ESOL support and homestays.
At a glance
- Principal
- Tara Kanji
- Address
- 930 Cameron Road, Gate Pa, Tauranga
- Phone
- 07 578 8114
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Te Puna near Tauranga, Gate Pa, Greerton, Tauriko, Ōmokoroa near Tauranga, Minden near Tauranga, Pyes Pa, Ohauiti, Welcome Bay, Parkvale, Poike, Tauranga South, Hairini, Bethlehem, Maungatapu, Lower Kaimai near Tauranga and Tauranga City Centre.
Parts of Ōmanawa near Tauranga, Waitao near Tauranga, Judea, Oropi near Tauranga and Whakamārama near Tauranga: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,439 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
50 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the school is a Te Ara Huarau School Profile Report from August 2022. This kind of report sets out what ERO and the school will evaluate together, here whether a stronger focus on whanaungatanga, or belonging and connection, lifts students’ engagement and achievement.
The school chose this after finding that not every student felt she belonged and that pastoral and academic care were split by year level. ERO noted a coherent plan for improvement, leaders who use evaluation to keep improving, a collaborative senior leadership team focused on student outcomes, and a school that values inclusion and diversity.
From here the school plans to firm up its expectations and processes for whanaungatanga, check how well personalised opportunities match students’ interests and pathways, and keep developing curriculum and assessment practice to improve outcomes for every student.
Read the ERO reports for Tauranga Girls’ College
Enrolling
Tauranga Girls’ College has an enrolment scheme, so students who live in the home zone are entitled to enrol once they provide proof of their home address. Enrolments are taken online at all year levels through the year.
Out-of-zone places are offered under the scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and the school sets out its out-of-zone procedure on its enrolment page.
Schools nearby
In Gate Pa
Tauranga Girls' College is in Gate Pa. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
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Questions parents ask
Is Tauranga Girls' College zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Te Puna near Tauranga, Gate Pa, Greerton, Tauriko, Ōmokoroa near Tauranga, Minden near Tauranga, Pyes Pa, Ohauiti, Welcome Bay, Parkvale, Poike, Tauranga South, Hairini, Bethlehem, Maungatapu, Lower Kaimai near Tauranga and Tauranga City Centre and parts of Ōmanawa near Tauranga, Waitao near Tauranga, Judea, Oropi near Tauranga and Whakamārama near Tauranga.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,439 at 1 Sep 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
466. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
Is it a single-sex school?
Yes. It takes girls only.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 81.1% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 22 Oct 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).