[10] The development was initially opposed by the Tauranga City Council,[4] however work was underway in February 2014.

[9] As well as hard courts, a sports pavilion, horticultural building and an Early Childhood Education centre.

[4] The first public meeting was held in April 2014 at Trinity Wharf Hotel in Tauranga.

[2][6][15] Its first cohort of Year 13 students achieved a 100% pass rate in all A Level subjects in 2019.

In 2023, ACG Tauranga celebrated academic excellence in the Cambridge Examinations with the school’s first-ever ‘Top in World’ award (AS-Level Mathematics).