Kuranui College
| Kuranui College | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
|
East Street Greytown 5712 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 41°05′30″S 175°27′00″E / 41.091619°S 175.450083°ECoordinates: 41°05′30″S 175°27′00″E / 41.091619°S 175.450083°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-educational secondary school |
| Motto | Tatau Tatau |
| Established | 1960 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 249 |
| Principal | Geoff Shepherd |
| School roll | 445[1] (November 2015) |
| Socio-economic decile | 6N[2] |
| Website | kuranuicollege.school.nz |
Kuranui College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Greytown, New Zealand. The college opened in February 1960 to replace the three district high schools in Greytown, Featherston, and Martinborough. Serving Years 9 to 13, the college has a roll of 445 students as of November 2015.[1]
The name Kuranui in the Maori language means "'large school" (kura = school of education + nui = big, large), describing the aspect it was formed from three former high schools, and also being a secondary school ("bigger" than a primary school.). Like many secondary schools in New Zealand of the era, Kuranui was built to the Nelson plan, based on two-storey H-shaped "Nelson blocks", of which three were built at Kuranui and two of which still stand (the third was demolished in 2010).
The school has had four principals - O. Sam Meads (1960–); Peter Werry; Joye Halford; and R. Grey Tuck (1998–2008). Geoff Shepherd, the then deputy principal, superseded Grey Tuck as principal of Kuranui in May 2008.
References
- 1 2 "Directory of Schools - as at 01 December 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.