Greenacres School Whakapapa/History
Greenacres School was opened on 2 February 1972. The school was a full primary (Year 1 – 8) until 1976 when Tawa Intermediate opened and the senior students relocated there. Greenacres School was built to accommodate children east of the motorway and ease congestion at Linden School. To do this, the area needed extensive earthworks.
The opening roll was 101 students, 32 of these being in Y1. By June 1972, the roll had grown to 116 and by September to 136 students. At this stage, the school was comprised of three buildings, including the junior and senior block along with an administration block. The bottom field was made ready for students to use in late 1973.
Our hall was brought onto the school grounds from Porirua Hospital in the 1990s.
In 2022, through the Ngāti Toa Claims Settlement Act 2014, the land was acquired by Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira from the Crown, making them the landowners again. They immediately leased back the land to the Ministry of Education which owns the buildings.