John MorrisJohn Morris

John Morris was headmaster of Auckland Grammar School from 1993 until his retirement in 2012. He is an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education.

These education reforms put the sector at the precipice of disaster

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Education policy should be evidence-based, informed by experts with real experience in the sector. Instead the never-ending drive to modernise every aspect of children’s lives at school is replacing genuine education with social engineering, argues former Auckland Grammar headmaster John Morris Having spent Queen’s Birthday Saturday at the ResearchED Conference in Auckland along with 300 … Read more

An obituary for All Black captain and education icon Sir John Graham

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Former Auckland Grammar School headmaster Sir John Graham has died. His successor, John Morris, pays tribute. Sir John Graham was a great New Zealander whose impact and legacy extended well beyond his 20 years as headmaster of Auckland Grammar School. John’s time at Grammar was what he was particularly known for but his involvement in … Read more