New Zealand - Auckland - Blockhouse Bay Primary School - 1968 Photo Courtesy of Diane G Do you have more information about the school or the people in this photo? Please use the comment section below to share. To search for other photos from this school, please type the schools name in to our search engine. Blockhouse Bay Primary School - In 1920 the school was officially opened with its own staff and named Avondale South School - With a third room added in 1922, it was then named Blockhouse Bay Primary School. - In Aug 1957 the three original rooms were re-sited to allow for additional classrooms, which though altered, are still in use. Blockhouse Bay - A residential suburb of Auckland, in New Zealand's North Island - It is sited on the northern coast of the Manukau Harbour - Close to the administrative boundary that existed between Auckland City and Waitakere, two of the former four cities of what was the Auckland conurbation before amalgamation into Auckland Council - According to the 2013 census, Blockhouse Bay has a population of 6132 (Reference: Wikipedia)