New Zealand - Auckland - Coatesville School - Std 2 & 3, Room 8 - 1988 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. Coatesville - Coatesville is an affluent, rural community situated approximately 30 km north-west of Auckland - The area was called Fernielea until 1926, when it was renamed after Gordon Coates, the Prime Minister at the time - A school was first established in the area in 1916, but it closed in 1920. A new school opened in 1923