By BRONWYN SELL
George Clark could not have imagined as a teenager at staunch Mt Albert Grammar in the 1930s that his daughter, the Prime Minister, would one day honour the school's first female students.
Helen Clark yesterday visited her father's alma mater to present foundation badges to the 132 girls who started there this year, taking the school into a new co-educational era.
Leo Savaiinaea, aged 13, said it was the first time she had met the Prime Minister and she would wear the badge every day she spent at the school.
Being one of the few girls at the school did not matter, she said, because it was like being part of a family.
Koha Alpass-Waru, also 13, said the girls got a few hassles when they first started, but they could handle it.
Boys and girls were getting used to the idea.
"Now it's cool. The boys stick up for you and stuff like that."
She said there was a bit of pressure on the girls, because they were setting the standard for those who followed, but she would not want to be at any other school.
During her visit, Helen Clark had lunch at the boarding hostel her father lived in from 1936.
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