Kuranui College
| Kuranui College | |
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| Address | |
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| Coordinates | 41°05′30″S 175°27′00″E / 41.091619°S 175.450083°E |
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| Type | State co-educational secondary school |
| Motto | Tatau Tatau |
| Established | 1960 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 249 |
| Principal | Simon Fuller |
| School roll | 821[1] (February 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 6N[2] |
| Website | kuranuicollege.school.nz |
Kuranui College is a state coeducational secondary school for the South Wairarapa 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 821 students as of February 2024.[1]
The name Kuranui in the Māori 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 six principals. Previous principals were O. Sam Meads (1960–?); Peter Werry; Joye Halford; R. Grey Tuck (1998–2008) and Geoff Shepherd (2008–2018). The current principal is Simon Fuller (2018–present).[3]
References
- ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Kuranui College Staff". Kuranui College. Retrieved 23 May 2019.