Kuranui College

Kuranui College
Aerial view of Kuranui College in 2003
Address
Map
East Street
Greytown, 5712
New Zealand
(Māori: Te Hupenui, 5712 Aotearoa)
Coordinates41°05′30″S 175°27′00″E / 41.0916°S 175.4501°E / -41.0916; 175.4501
Information
Other nameKC[2]
TypeState co-educational secondary day school
MottoMāori: Tatau Tatau[1]
(We Are All One)
Established2 February 1960; 64 years ago (2 February 1960)[3]
Ministry of Education Institution no.249
DeanEleanor Leadbeater (international)[6]
PrincipalMaree Patten[5]
Staff100 (2023)[7]
Years offered9–13[9]
GenderCoeducational [10]
School roll789[8] Increase (August 2024)
Colour(s) Maroon, White & Blue
Socio-economic decile6[11]
BudgetNZ$6,243,183 million (31 December 2021)[4]
Websitekuranuicollege.school.nz

Kuranui College is a state co-educational secondary day school for the South Wairarapa located in Greytown, New Zealand.[12] The college opened in February 1960 to replace the four district high schools in Greytown, Featherston, Martinborough, and Carterton.[13] The college was built in Greytown, for it was the midpoint of the towns.[14] In the midst of the post-World War II baby boom. It has been said to have as many as 900 students in the mid-1970s, but since the end of the baby boom, that number has dropped.[15]

Then Education Minister Lockwood Smith disbanded the college's Board of Trustees due to it being dysfunctional. Brian Lochore was appointed commissioner after sacking of the board of trustees in 1994.[16][17] Board in-fighting had reached the stage where the students rebelled, staging a lunchtime student strike.[18] In 2005, Trevor Mallard visited Kuranui College due to the Wairarapa schools project, WELCom. He first announced the project at Kuranui College. The project aims to establish a 'virtual' secondary school community for the Tararua and Wairarapa region using broadband.[19] Kuranui is one of 15 rural secondary schools in New Zealand with agricultural subjects in their curriculum.[20] Kuranui is a busload college with over eighty per cent of the students who go to college travel to and from school daily by bus.[21]

The college serves Years 9 to 13; the college has a roll of 789 students as of August 2024.[8]

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  2. ^ Report of Survey Interviews held with Representatives of Service and Educational Organisations for the Wairarapa Social Sector Trial (SST) Snapshots and mapping
  3. ^ "Calling out for the Kuranui College originals". Times Age. 28 August 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ^ "KURANUI COLLEGE Annual Report 2021". Kiwi Park School. 31 December 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Staff". Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  6. ^ "» Kuranui College | Outdoor Education New Zealand". www.outdoorednz.co.nz. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  7. ^ Wairarapa Times-Age 2023, p. 24.
  8. ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Kuranui College – Programmes". www.kuranuicollege.school.nz. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Kuranui College | Study in New Zealand, New Zealand". www.studyinnewzealand.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Teacher of English". gazette.education.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Education Funding Strategy" (PDF). greytowntrustlands.org.nz. 1 August 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  13. ^ "The changing face of Greytown over the years". Times Age. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  14. ^ "2010 WCOBA Lampstand". The Lampstand. No. 20. September 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021 – via Issuu.
  15. ^ "Four decades of fantastic memories". NZ Herald. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Tributes flow for our Sir Brian". Times Age. 5 August 2019. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Wellington.Scoop » Death of Brian Lochore, former All Blacks captain and coach". Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Kuranui principal going in 2008 after 10 years". NZ Herald. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  19. ^ "$220,000 Wairarapa schools project WELCom | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  20. ^ Fuller & Bamford 1974, p. 21.
  21. ^ Henri & Asselin 2005, p. 63.