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((Use dmy dates|date=October 2020))
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((Infobox school
 | name                    = Westlake Girls High School
 | logo                    = logo wghs2.jpg
 | image                   = Westlake Girls' High School 20230823 131801.jpg
 | motto                   = Virtute Experiamur
 | motto_translation       = Let Courage Be Thy Test
 | type                    = Public school
 | established             = ((start date|1957)) (co-ed), 1962 (single-sex)
 | sister_school           = [[Westlake Boys High School]]
 | MOE                     = 38
 | principal               = Jane Stanley
 | city                    = [[Auckland]]
 | county                  = [[New Zealand]]
 | coordinates             = ((coord|-36.7825|174.7508))
 | years                   = 9–13
 | gender                  = Female
 | students                = ((NZ school roll data|38|y||y)) <small>(((NZ school roll data|||y)))</small>
 | colours                 = Red & Green
 | houses                  = 5
 | decile                  = 9Q<ref>((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 |access-date= 12 February 2015))</ref>
 | homepage                = ((URL|http://www.westlakegirls.school.nz/))
))

'''Westlake Girls High School''' is a state girls secondary school, located to the west of [[Lake Pupuke]] in [[Takapuna]], [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. The school was established in 1957 as a coeducational school, changing to girls only in 1962 when [[Westlake Boys High School]] opened. Westlake Girls has a roll of approximately ((NZ school roll data|38|y)) students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), making one of the largest single-sex schools in New Zealand.<ref name="NZ_school_roll_data"/>

The school is divided into five house groups: Akoranga (black), Hauraki (yellow), Onewa (red), Pupuke (blue) and Wairau (green).<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.westlakegirls.school.nz/house-history/|title=Westlake Girls High School House System|access-date=15 February 2017))</ref>

==History==
The school has its origin in 1957, when it opened as a [[co-ed]] institution. In 1962 Westlake Girls and [[Westlake Boys High School]] emerged as separate schools,<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/89522143/former-westlake-high-school-students-celebrate-60year-reunion|title=Former Westlake High School students celebrate 60-year reunion|newspaper=North Shore Times|date=17 February 2017|first=Zizi|last=Sparks))</ref> though they maintain relations.[[File:Westlake_Girls_High_School.jpg|thumb|right|alt=arial photograph of Westlake Girls High School (1988)|Westlake Girls High School (1988)]]

After three decades of service, principal Alison Gernhoefer retired at the end of 2011, succeeded by Roz Mexted.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/5181983/Westlake-Girls-new-head|access-date=9 April 2019|title=Westlake Girls' new head|date=23 June 2011|work=[[Stuff.co.nz]]))</ref> In the [[1994 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1994 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Gernhoefer was appointed a [[Companion of the Queen's Service Order]] for public services.<ref>((London Gazette |issue=53697 |date=11 June 1994 |page=35 |supp=2))</ref> The Gernhoefer Administration building is named in her honour. She died on 12 April 2022.<ref>((cite news |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/alison-gernhoefer-obituary?pid=201813517 |title=Alison Gernhoefer obituary |date=16 April 2022 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=16 April 2022))</ref>

Mexted was principal from November 2011 to November 2016. Changes during her tenure were the introduction of a new Junior and Senior uniform, and the development of the undercover netball and tennis courts visible from the motorway. The house system was also updated in an effort to increase school unity and spirit.

Jane Stanley was appointed to succeed Mexted and took up the position of principal at the beginning of the second term in May 2017.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/87763874/westlake-girls-high-school-finds-new-principal|access-date=10 April 2019|title=Westlake Girls High School finds new principal|date=20 December 2016|work=[[Stuff.co.nz]]))</ref> She is married to former Olympic rower [[Mike Stanley (rower)|Mike Stanley]].<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nzs-biggest-girls-school-has-a-new-hand-at-the-helm |title=New head for NZ's biggest girls' school |first=Alexia |last=Russell |date=18 April 2017 |work=newsroom |access-date=16 April 2022))</ref>

==Westlake Girls and Boys==
Physically merely a few hundred metres apart, Westlake Girls and Westlake Boys engage in an annual theatrical production together, several joint musical ensembles (including a joint choir, two orchestras, a concert band and a jazz band), and some social dances, among other things. The two schools share a motto – ''Virtute Experiamur'' (''Let Courage Be Thy Test'').

==Principals==
{| class="wikitable" 
!
!Name
!Term
!Notes
|-
| align=center | 1
| Sylvia Mollard
| 1962–1969
| 
|-
| align=center | 2
| Helen Ryburn
| 1969–1981
| 
|-
| align=center | 3
| Alison Gernhoefer
| 1981–2011
| 
|-
| align=center | 4
| Roz Mexted
| 2011–2016
| 
|-
| align=center | 5
| Jane Stanley
| 2017–present
| 
|}

==Notable alumnae==
((maincat|People educated at Westlake Girls High School))
* [[Rosie Cheng]] – tennis player
* [[Erin Nayler|Erin Naylor]] – association footballer<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/527575/Westlake-Girls-High-take-out-the-champs|title=Westlake Girls High take out the champs|date=31 January 2009|work=[[Stuff.co.nz]]|access-date=2 July 2019))</ref>
* [[Jo Aleh]] – sailor
* [[Alethea Boon]] – athlete, gymnast, weightlifter
* [[Cathie Dunsford]] – novelist, poet, anthologist, lecturer and publishing consultant
* [[Joanne Gair]] – artist, bodypainter
* [[Nikki Jenkins]] – gymnast
* [[Jenny Kirk (politician)|Jenny Kirk]] – politician
* [[Kayla McAlister]] – rugby sevens player
* [[Judy Millar]] – artist
* [[Carol Oyler]] – cricketer
* [[Anona Pak]] – badminton player
* [[Katie Perkins]] – cricketer<ref>((Cite web|url=https://aucklandcricket.co.nz/domestic-cricket/community-spirit-is-key-for-perkins/|title=Community spirit is key for Perkins|date=2011-08-14|website=Auckland Cricket|language=en-NZ|access-date=2019-12-23))</ref>
* [[Karen Plummer]] – cricketer
* [[Allison Roe]] – athlete
* [[Rebecca Sowden]] – association footballer<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/sport-archived2/794987/Soccer-takes-to-the-beach|title=Soccer takes to the beach|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23))</ref>
* [[Kate Sylvester]] – fashion designer<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/fashion/80890516/designer-kate-sylvester-on-celebrating-her-heroes-with-her-designs|title=Designer Kate Sylvester on celebrating her heroes with her designs|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23))</ref>
* [[Rosita Vai]] – singer
* [[Lisa Wallbutton]] – basketball player
* [[Diana Wichtel]] – writer and critic<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-profiles/diana-wichtels-long-search-for-her-holocaust-survivor-father|title=Diana Wichtel's long search for her Holocaust-survivor father|last=Noted|website=www.noted.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23))</ref>
* [[Chelsea Winter]] – celebrity chef

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.westlakegirls.school.nz/ Westlake Girls High School website]
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((Schools in Auckland))
((Takapuna))
((Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia schools|state=autocollapse))

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