New Zealand - Auckland - Papakura High School - Form 5E - 1981 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. Papakura High School - Papakura High School (PHS) is a co-educational state secondary school based in the Auckland suburb of Papakura - The school was established in 1954 and is now made up of a diverse student body, administering students from the greater southern Auckland area - The school is organised into three whānau: Kirikiri, Te Apārangi, and Otuuwairoa. The school consulted the kaumātua (leaders) of their local iwi, Ngāti Tamaoho. In partnership with them, the three whānaus were named after historic places in the Papakura area, which are locations of importance within the rohe of the local iwi