Napier Boys' High School

Napier Boys' High School is a secondary boys' school in, Napier, New Zealand. It currently has a school roll of approximately 1,200 pupils. The school provides education from year 9 to Year 13.

Napier Boys' High School
Address
Chambers Street,
Napier,
New Zealand
Coordinates39.5145°S 176.9138°E / -39.5145; 176.9138
Information
TypeBoys Secondary with boarding facilities
MottoMahia Tika Mataku Kore
Justum Perficito Nihil Timeto
"Do Right and Fear Nothing"
Established1872
Ministry of Education Institution no.216
HeadmasterMatt Bertram
Teaching staff~80
GenderMale
School roll1200
Campus typeUrban
Colour(s)Navy Blue & Sky Blue   
Socio-economic decile6N[1]
Websitenbhs.school.nz
Aerial View of the campus

Notable alumni

Business
  • Rod Drury – Chief executive officer of Xero, accounting software.
  • Chris Tremain (born 1966) – Real Estate investor & entrepreneur.

Arts

Public service

Religion
  • Ralph Vernon Matthews – Bishop of Waiapu from 1979 to 1983
  • John Bluck – Dean of ChristChurch Cathedral from 1990 to 2002, Bishop of Waiapu from 2002 to 2008

Sport

Other

Sport

The school is Super 8 school and has an exchange program with Wairarapa College. It also has a rugby exchange with Palmerston North Boys' High School, the Polson Banner.

Houses

The school uses a house system; the houses are:

  • Scinde (blue) the hostel house
  • Napier (red)
  • Hawke (green)
  • Clyde (yellow)

History
Scinde house in 1926. Courtesy of architect, Frank L Moodie.

Napier Boys' High School was founded in 1872 and originally amalgamated with Napier Girls' High School on the 29 January 1884. Established 16 years after Nelson College, Napier Boys' High School remains one of the oldest schools in New Zealand. The school was previously located on Bluff hill. In 1927, Napier Boys' High School relocated to Te Awa for expansion space. In July 1915, William Allan Armour became the new headmaster. Armour revolutionized Napier Boys' High School's academic and sporting aspects. He established the school's credibility and public reputation. In 1928, Armour helped to redevelop the school's campus and to honour his commitment, 'A' block was named after him.[11] After the Napier 1931 earthquake, much of the campus was redeveloped in the Art Deco style. On the 20 November 1998, the Hawkes Bay [Harold] Holt Planetarium was built.[12] On the 19 April 2002, chemistry teacher Reuben John Martin was arrested and charged for manufacturing Class A MDA, Class B MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, and Class C TMAs. Martin pleaded guilty to drug manufacturing charges on the 11 August 2003 and was released in 2012.[13][14][15]

Campus

The school occupies a site of approximately 30 hectares.

The school's grounds accommodate four rugby and two soccer pitches in winter and eight grass cricket wickets in summer. The school has a swimming complex, a gymnasium, and home to the Hawkes Bay Holt Planetarium.

The boarding house (Scinde House) is located on-site, and accommodates 185 pupils.

Notable teachers

Notes
  1. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. Alpers, Oscar. "Oscar Thorwald Johan Alpers". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. Gustafson 1986, p. 319.
  4. Gustafson 1986, p. 324.
  5. "Olympic Rowing Team set to create history". New Zealand Olympic Team. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  6. "Richard Harrison". World Rowing.
  7. "New Zealand men's rowing four wait as Fisa considers Russian role at Olympics". Stuff. 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  8. "Patrick McInnes". Rowing New Zealand.
  9. "Richard Steven Turner : New Zealand All Black". www.rugbymuseum.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
  10. Anzac Day: From teen ratbag to hero Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine (April 25, 2012). Hawkes Bay Today. Retrieved 2012-05-02
  11. Ian A. McLaren. 'Armour, William Allan', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand,
  12. "History". Hawkes Bay Holt Planetarium. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  13. "Science teacher jailed for nine years for making ecstasy". NZHerald. 23 September 2003.
  14. "Bail for teacher on drugs charges". WYSIWYG New Zealand News. 10 May 2002. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008.
  15. "Two admit charges of manufacturing ecstasy". The New Zealand Herald. 11 August 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  16. "Irish Rugby : News : IRFU Announce Joe Schmidt As Ireland Coach". web.archive.org. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2020-07-29.

References
  • Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
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