The HGHS boarding house, Sonninghill Hostel, is now accepting enrolments for 2023.

Boarding at Hamilton Girls’ High School Sonninghill Hostel provides a caring and supportive environment where students are encouraged to do well academically and participate fully in the school's sporting, cultural and social life. We assist our students to develop skills that will stand them in good stead throughout their lives. We help each girl develop an understanding of other cultures, respect for others, sound moral values, and leadership skills. 

Learning to live and work with others teaches independence, tolerance and co-operation with each other in our boarding community. There are many advantages to boarding at Sonninghill Hostel but none more so than the strong sense of community, the wonderful friendships which are formed and the brilliant support that the boarders extend to one another in times of need. Our community offers a warm welcome to all who enter.

Watch our Sonninghill Video to get a stronger sense of what life at Sonninghill is all about. Sonninghill Head Girl, Rachel Apiti, will take you through what we offer, from facilities to routines, expectations, food, and the special character of our whare.

Our Sonninghill Hostel Prospectus will provide further information that addresses most of the burning questions about hostel life.

All requests for information, applications and tours of the hostel are to be addressed to: 

The Director of Boarding
P.O. Box 512
Waikato Mail Centre
HAMILTON 3240
Email: director@sonninghill.school.nz

Sonninghill Hostel
Telephone: 07 839 0074
Email: admin@sonninghill.school.nz

Hamilton Girls’ High School
Phone: 07 839 1304
Fax: 07 834 1394
Email: principalsea@hghs.school.nz
Website: www.hghs.school.nz