{{more citations needed|date=September 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = Aotea College | seal_image = Aotea College Logo004.png | motto = | established = 1978 | principal = Jason White | address = Okowai Road, Aotea. [[Porirua]], [[New Zealand]] | coordinates = {{coord|-41.125156|174.854396|type:edu_region:NZ-WGN|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |year=2025 |title=New Zealand Schools |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/directories/list-of-nz-schools |website= |location= |publisher=Ministry of Education |access-date=14 July 2025}}</ref> | fundingtype = State | gender = Co-educational | years = 9–13 | enrollment = {{NZ school roll data|253|y||y}} <small>({{NZ school roll data|||y}})</small> | decile = 5M<ref name="decile2015">{{cite web |url= http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls |title= Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools |publisher= Ministry of Education |accessdate= 12 February 2015}}</ref> | MOE = 253 | website = {{URL|http://www.aotea.school.nz/}} }}
'''Aotea College''' is a state co-educational secondary school located in [[Porirua]], [[New Zealand]]. Founded in 1978, the school serves students for Year 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18) across the northern suburbs of Porirua.
==Demographics== At the September 2013 [[Education Review Office]] (ERO) review, Aotea College had 936 students enrolled, including seven [[international student]]s. Forty-seven percent of students were male and 53 percent were female. Thirty-seven percent of students identified as [[European New Zealanders|European]] (Pākehā), 28 percent identified as [[Māori people|Māori]], 26 percent as [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]], seven percent as [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]], and two percent as another ethnicity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports/Aotea-College-04-11-2013 |title=Aotea College Education Review |publisher=Education Review Office |date=4 November 2013 |accessdate=21 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165332/http://www.ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports/Aotea-College-04-11-2013 |archivedate=2 April 2015 }}</ref>
As of {{NZ school equity index data|203||y|||}}, Aotea College has an [[Equity Index (New Zealand)|Equity Index]] of {{NZ school equity index data|253|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have {{NZ school equity index data|253b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 7 under the former [[Socioeconomic decile|socio-economic decile]] system).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School Equity Index Bands and Groups |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
== Redevelopment == In late 2015, it was announced that Aotea College would receive $24 million from the New Zealand Ministry of Education to fund an upgrade of the school's ageing facilities. Work was scheduled to begin in early 2017, which would see the construction of new flexible learning spaces with high standards of heating and lighting. Such an upgrade was warranted after recent storms and decades of deterioration had led to an estimated half of the college's buildings becoming leaky.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/73683659/Aotea-College-to-undergo-24m-redevelopment |title= Aotea College to undergo $24m redevelopment |publisher= Stuff |date= 10 November 2015 |accessdate= 16 August 2016}}</ref> Furthermore, the Te Manawa building was closed in 2015 due to the presence of black mould. These renovations were completed in late 2019 and the building was occupied from January 2020.
== Sport and cultural activities == Sport and cultural activities are a major part of Aotea College. Students are encouraged to take at least one winter sport and summer sport. Aotea College competes in the New Zealand National Secondary Schools Barbershop competition – in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 the girls' chorus won first place in both the regional and the national competition in Wellington.
==Notable alumni== {{main category|People educated at Aotea College}} * [[Tania Tupu]] – basketball player * [[Serge Lilo]] – rugby union player * [[Tayi Tibble]] – poet and writer
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==External links== * [http://www.aotea.school.nz/ Aotea College official website] * {{ERO reports|253}}
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