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Welcome to Hamilton Girls’ High School (HGHS)

Hamilton Girls’ High School is an inclusive girls’ state high school located in New Zealand’s fourth largest city. 

Students live with a homestay family. Some boarding spaces are also available at Sonninghill Hostel, a few minutes walk from the school.

Hamilton Girls’ High School provides consistently strong academic results, and a huge range of interesting subjects. We also offer a range of exciting leadership, sporting, cultural, music, and art opportunities. It does not take long for our international students to settle in and start to make friends.

Our school is located a short five-minute walk from the Central Business District of Hamilton City.


We are a New Zealand school with an International School feel. Come and be part of our inclusive Hamilton Girls’ High School student community.

Code of Practice

Hamilton Girls’ High School is a signatory to the Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students published by the Ministry of Education. This means that we have the necessary processes and resources in place to ensure that our international guests are looked after at all times, and any problems can be addressed quickly and effectively.

A full copy of the code is available to download Code of Practice.

Code for learner wellbeing and safety (PDF) and Code of Practice summary in different languages.