School Houses

At Dargaville High School we have numerous activities as interhouse competitions. Activities range from sporting and cultural to speech and Maths competitions. Students are allocated houses as soon as they enrol at the school encouraging team collegiality and a sense of belonging. The Houses have become very competitive over the last few years with a variety of codes in academic and cultural being added to the “sport” flavour of yesteryears.

Joseph Dargaville purchased land for a school to be built (for the children of the Gum Diggers to attend). Joseph Dargaville was Irish/Australian and an Anglican. His connection to his faith was represented in our current House names of St. Andrew, St. Davids, St. George, St. Patricks (people named as a Saint were one-step away from God). 

Further information and history about Joseph McMullen Dargaville and Dargaville High School can be found here: https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2d3/dargaville-joseph-mcmullen. The House system and naming was setup at the beginning of Dargaville High School (1920's).

Dargaville High School has four houses:

St Andrews (Blue) Patron Saint of Scotland
St Davids (Yellow) Patron Saint of Wales
St George (Red) Patron Saint of England
St Patricks (Green) Patron Saint of Ireland

House/Sport Leaders:
Marcus Kahi, Jaydee Taurua  (St Andrews)
Ashton Kareko, Finn Sloan  (St Davids)
Jack Valance, Kaliah Ngakuru, Hope Davis-Pulham  (St George)
Flynn Meyer, Tia Ara Holster, Kasey Wynyard  (St Patricks)