Hastings Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in Hastings, New Zealand. The school is part of the Super 8. The school was founded in 1904 as Hastings High School. In 1922, it became Hastings Technical School under the leadership of William Penlington, who remained headmaster until 1949.

In the mid-1950s, the school split into Hastings Girls' High School and Hastings Boys' School. It has four Houses, Te Mata (red), Heretaunga (blue), Te Kahu (grey) and Manu Huia (black). These houses compete in many sporting events with each other throughout the year.

Students at Hastings Boys' High School organised a conference in 1999 to consider cloning the Huia, their school emblem.Boys Cloning Birds , New Zealand Science Monthly, September 2000. Retrieved on 15 December 2008. The Māori tribe Ngāti Huia agreed, in principle, to support the endeavour, which would be carried out at the University of Otago, and a California-based Internet start-up volunteered $100,000 of funding. The cloning did not ultimately take place.

Headmasters L. F. Pegler: 1907–1922 William Penlington: 1922–1949 J. E. Tier: 1949–1964 W. F. Crist: 1965–1984 Graham Thomas: 1984–2002 Rob Sturch: 2002–2023 Mason Summerfield: 2024–Current Hawke’s Bay news in brief: Hawke’s Bay marathon returns next month 18 April 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024

Houses

+ Houses of Hastings Boys' High School Te Mata Named after the Heretaungan landmark, Te Mata Peak. Heretaunga Heretaunga is the original name of Hastings. Te Kahu Named after the hawk. Manu Huia Named after the huia bird.

Notable alumni

John Collinge – former president of the New Zealand National Party and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Neil Dawson (born 1948) – sculptor Hika Elliot – All Black Bob Fenton (born 1923) – National MP for Hastings (1975–1978) Tohu Harris – NZ Kiwi's, Melbourne Storm Moana Jackson (1945–2022) – lawyer Sydney Jones (1894–1982) – National MP for Hastings (1949–1954) Phil Judd (born 1953) – composer, songwriter, musician, producer, performer and visual artist Josh Kronfeld – All Black Danny Lee – All Black George Lowe – mountaineer, including 1953 Everest expedition Ross McEwan – CEO National Australia Bank Hubert McLean – All Black Alby Mathewson – All Black Bruce Robertson – All Black Roger Randle – All Black Ernest Tacon – senior officer in the Royal Air Force Kevin Tamati – NZ Kiwi's Paora Winitana – NZ Breakers

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