Waitaki Boys' High School
| Waitaki Boys' High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 45°04′37″S 170°59′41″E / 45.0769°S 170.9946°ECoordinates: 45°04′37″S 170°59′41″E / 45.0769°S 170.9946°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State, Boys, Secondary years 9-15 |
| Motto | Quanti est sapere |
| Established | 1883 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 365 |
| Rector | Clive Rennie (acting)[1] |
| School roll | 459[2] (November 2015) |
| Socio-economic decile | 6N[3] |
| Website | waitakibhs.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.[4] As of 2012, it has a school roll of just under 500.[5]
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.
In keeping with its unisex colonial past (echoes of the British class system and single-sex schools) the achievements of Waitaki's school leavers were the usual mixed bag. Some were exceptional old boys (ex-pupils) with meritorious achievements who moved on to achieve greatness, while others left and faded into obscurity.
Rectors
The following is a complete list of the rectors of Waitaki Boys' High School:
| Name | Term | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Harkness | 1883–1896[6] |
| 2 | John Robert Don | 1897–1906[7] |
| 3 | Frank Milner | 1906–1944[8] |
| 4 | James Thomas Burrows | 1945–1949[9] |
| 5 | Malcolm Leadbetter | 1950–1960 |
| 6 | John Hammond Donaldson | 1961–1976[10] |
| 7 | Keith Albert Laws | 1976– |
| 8 | Tait | –1987 |
| 9 | Benjamin Rory Gollop | 1988–1998[11] |
| 10 | Paul Baker | 1999–2011[12] |
| 11 | Paul Jackson | 2012–2015[13] |
Notable alumni
- Peter Arnett - journalist[14]
- Fraser Barron - bomber pilot during WWII
- James Bertram - professor, journalist
- Denis Blundell - lawyer, Governor-General
- Dean Hall - video game designer, mountaineer[15]
- Charles Brasch - poet
- Douglas Carter - former National MP for the Raglan electorate[16]
- Gonville ffrench-Beytagh (1912 - 1991), Dean of Johannesburg and an anti-apartheid activist.
- Malcolm Grant - Provost and President of University College London[4]
- Ron Guthrey - Mayor of Christchurch (1968–1971)
- A. M. Hamilton - engineer
- Lindsay Merritt Inglis (1894–1966), a senior officer in the New Zealand Military Forces
- Douglas Lilburn - Professor, composer
- Robert Reynolds Macintosh (1897–1989), first Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetics, Oxford
- Terry McCombs - politician, headmaster
- Arnold Nordmeyer (1901–1989), politician, Labour Party Minister of Finance 1957–1960[17]
- Foss Shanahan - diplomat
- Angus Tait - electronics innovator and businessman
- Des Wilson - campaigner in Britain
- David Sewell- Former New Zealand and Otago Cricketer
Footnotes
- ↑ Jamieson, Lee (21 January 2016). "Waitaki Boys' readvertises fulltime rector role". Timaru Herald. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "125th anniversary to be 'momentous' occasion". Otago Daily Times. 21 June 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ "Waitaki Boys' High School". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Secondary schools". Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Otago & Southland Provincial Districts). Christchurch: Cyclopedia Company. 1905. p. 514. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ "New inspector of schools". Otago Daily Times. 21 April 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ Lee, Gregory. "Milner, Frank". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ Ogilvie, Gordon. "Burrows, James Thomas". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ "Mr John Hammond Donaldson, educator". The Press. 11 June 1997. p. 24.
- ↑ "Paradise trustees 2014". Friends of Paradise. 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ Guild, Ben (20 August 2011). "Time for a change of direction and pace". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ Jamieson, Lee (6 October 2015). "Waitaki Boys' High School rector resigns". Timaru Herald. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ From Bluff to Baghdad, Te Karaka, Winter 2005.
- ↑ Ryan, Rebecca (31 May 2013). "Living Everest dream". Oamaru Mail. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ↑ Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 303. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
- ↑ Brown, Bruce. "Nordmeyer, Arnold Henry - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 October 2012.