Last updated October 2026
Hastings Girls’ High School – Ngā Rau Huia o Ākina is a state, girls’ secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 508 Pakowhai Road, Stortford Lodge, Hastings. It opened in 1955 and had 516 students on its roll at 1 September 2026.
Its home zone includes 9 suburbs in full and parts of 11 more, among them Twyford, Tōmoana, Camberley, Frimley, Waipatu and St Leonards; the zone map below shows the full boundary.
The school’s site lists subjects including te reo Māori, Gagana Sāmoa, visual and performing arts and sports science, with junior students choosing a themed learning hub each year and senior students able to dual enrol with Te Kura. International students have ESOL lessons and live with homestay families, and sports include waka ama, kī o rahi, hockey, netball and rugby.
At a glance
- Principal
- Lisa Akers
- Address
- 508 Pakowhai Road, Stortford Lodge, Hastings
- Phone
- 06 873 1133
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of St Leonards, Raureka, Mahora, Camberley, Tōmoana, Frimley, Ākina, Twyford and Waipatu.
Parts of Hastings City Centre, Pakipaki, Longlands, Mayfair Hastings, Poukawa, Parkvale, Raukawa, Woolwich, Havelock North Hastings, Pūkahu and Fernhill: 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 516 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
12 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 Tiro Maroro iwi evaluation report from December 2024, a kaupapa Māori review designed with Ngāti Kahungunu that looked at how well the school helps students and whānau take charge of their education.
ERO found Ngāti Kahungunu and te ao Māori perspectives increasingly built into learning across the school, te reo Māori pathways that include immersion learning for some junior students and te reo Māori through to NCEA Level 3, a strong voice for Māori students through Te Huia Kaimanawa, the school’s Māori council, and stronger pastoral care, including youth workers, that has helped lift attendance.
In 2023 a large majority of students gained NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3, about half gained University Entrance, and gaps between Māori and Pākehā students have narrowed, although a considerable gap remains for University Entrance.
ERO also noted that regular attendance, though much improved, is still below Ministry targets, and that achievement information for junior students is not yet collected and analysed consistently.
The agreed next steps are to deepen staff knowledge of Ngāti Kahungunu mātauranga for a mātauranga-led curriculum, build consistent assessment and moderation in the junior school, grow staff skill in analysing data, review how well the curriculum serves students most at risk of underachieving, widen learning and extra-curricular options, and support whānau to work as partners in their daughters’ learning.
Read the ERO reports for Hastings Girls’ High School – Ngā Rau Huia o Ākina
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol, and proof of address may be needed. Out-of-zone places are offered under the school’s enrolment scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places, and the enrolment page sets out the priority order, with siblings of current students first.
Families apply through an online enrolment form, with a copy of the student’s birth certificate or passport and proof of address.
Schools nearby
In Frimley
Hastings Girls' High School - Ngā Rau Huia o Ākina is in Frimley. Our suburb guide covers what it is like to live there, with parks, places and local businesses.
Read our Frimley guide →Questions parents ask
Is Hastings Girls' High School - Ngā Rau Huia o Ākina zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of St Leonards, Raureka, Mahora, Camberley, Tōmoana, Frimley, Ākina, Twyford and Waipatu and parts of Hastings City Centre, Pakipaki, Longlands, Mayfair Hastings, Poukawa, Parkvale, Raukawa, Woolwich, Havelock North Hastings, Pūkahu and Fernhill.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
516 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?
514. 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, 74.4% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 23 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). Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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