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Waitaki Boys' High School

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nameWaitaki Boys' High School
motto
motto_translationHow valuable is Wisdom
established1883
rectorDarryl Paterson
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typeState, Boys, Secondary years 9–15
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decile6N
MOE365
homepagewaitakibhs.school.nz

Waitaki Boys' High School is a secondary school for boys located in the northern part of the town of Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, with day and boarding facilities, and was founded in 1883. , it has a school roll of approximately 400 students.

The school has a house system with four houses, Don, Forrester, Lee and Sutherland. It organises some cultural activities together with its nearby sister school, Waitaki Girls' High School.

The school is notable for its British colonial architecture, encompassing such historic buildings such as the Hall of Memories, an assembly hall, built to honour its former pupils who died in various wars. Most of the blocks of classrooms at Waitaki Boys High School are named after famous past students, also known as Waitakians or Old Boys. The main, and oldest block of the school is named after Denis Blundell.

History

The idea of establishing a boys' high school in Oamaru originated with Samuel Shrimski, who was one of the two members of parliament representing the Waitaki electorate.

Enrolment

As of , the school has roll of students, of which (%) identify as Māori.

As of , the school has an Equity Index of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 4 under the former socio-economic decile system).

Rectors

The following is a complete list of the rectors of Waitaki Boys' High School:

NameTerm
1John Harkness
2John Robert Don
3Frank Milner
4Jim Burrows
5Malcolm Leadbetter
6John Hammond Donaldson
7Keith Albert Laws
8Geoff Tait
9Benjamin Rory Gollop
10Paul Baker
11Paul Jackson
12Clive Rennie
13Darryl Paterson

Notable alumni

Main article: People educated at Waitaki Boys' High School

  • Peter Arnett – journalist
  • Fraser Barron – bomber pilot during World War II
  • James Bertram – professor, journalist
  • Denis Blundell – lawyer, governor-general
  • W. D. Borrie – demographer and academic
  • Charles Brasch – poet
  • Douglas Carter – former National MP for the Raglan electorate
  • Ian Cathcart – basketball player
  • Bramwell Cook - Salvation Army officer and doctor
  • Gonville ffrench-Beytagh (1912–1991) – Dean of Johannesburg and an anti-apartheid activist.
  • Sir Malcolm Grant – chairman of NHS England and Chancellor, University of York (former Provost and President of University College London (2003–2013)
  • Ron Guthrey – Mayor of Christchurch (1968–1971)
  • Dean Hall – video game designer, mountaineer
  • A. M. Hamilton – engineer
  • Brian Henderson – newsreader in Australia
  • Lindsay Merritt Inglis (1894–1966), a senior officer in the New Zealand Military Forces
  • Chris Jackson – medical oncologist and professor at University of Otago
  • Donald Gilbert Kennedy, DSO, Navy Cross (U.S.) (1898–1976) – teacher, colonial administrator and Coastwatcher during the Solomon Islands campaign (World War II).
  • Dylan Kennett (1994–) – Olympian and World Champion Track Cyclist
  • Nigel Latta (1967–2025) – clinical psychologist, author and broadcaster
  • Douglas Lilburn – Professor, composer
  • Robert Macintosh (1897–1989), first Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics, Oxford
  • Terry McCombs – politician, headmaster
  • Greg McGee – rugby union player and playwright
  • Ian McLean – politician, economist
  • Arnold Nordmeyer (1901–1989) – politician, Labour Party Minister of Finance 1957–1960
  • David Sewell – cricketer
  • Foss Shanahan – diplomat
  • Angus Tait – electronics innovator and businessman
  • Des Wilson – campaigner in Britain

Footnotes

References

  1. "Appointment of new Rector for 2017". Waitaki Boys' High School.
  2. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education.
  3. "Waitaki Boys' High School". Ministry of Education.
  4. Tyrrell, A. R. (Ron). (1983). "STRONG TO ENDURE, Waitaki Boys' High School 1883 – 1983". Waitaki High School Old Boys' Association (Incorporated).
  5. "School Equity Index Bands and Groups".
  6. (1905). "Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Otago & Southland Provincial Districts)". Cyclopedia Company.
  7. (21 April 1909). "New inspector of schools". [[Otago Daily Times]].
  8. Lee, Gregory. "Milner, Frank".
  9. Ogilvie, Gordon. "Burrows, James Thomas".
  10. (11 June 1997). "Mr John Hammond Donaldson, educator". [[The Press]].
  11. (2014). "Paradise trustees 2014". Friends of Paradise.
  12. Guild, Ben. (20 August 2011). "Time for a change of direction and pace". [[Otago Daily Times]].
  13. Jamieson, Lee. (6 October 2015). "Waitaki Boys' High School rector resigns". Timaru Herald.
  14. [http://www.ngaitahu.iwi.nz/IM_Custom/ContentStore/Assets/12/52/e8350378abdf5119d93de51de5242ceb/TEKARAKA27.pdf From Bluff to Baghdad], Te Karaka, Winter 2005.
  15. Gustafson, Barry. (1986). "The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party". Reed Methuen.
  16. (21 June 2008). "125th anniversary to be 'momentous' occasion". [[Otago Daily Times]].
  17. Ryan, Rebecca. (31 May 2013). "Living Everest dream". [[Oamaru Mail]].
  18. (5 August 2021). "Newsman engendered something close to reverence in viewers". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
  19. "Nigel Latta at speakers New Zealand".
  20. "Greg McGee". The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi.
  21. {{DNZB. Brown. Bruce. 5n12. Nordmeyer, Arnold Henry – Biography. 6 October 2012
  22. McConnell, Lynn. (10 October 2000). "Hore making up for lost time".
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