Naenae College

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Naenae College
Naenae Kāreti
Naenae College Logo.gif
Address
910 High Street, Avalon, Lower Hutt 5011, New Zealand
Coordinates41°11′48″S 174°56′29″E / 41.1968°S 174.9414°E / -41.1968; 174.9414Coordinates: 41°11′48″S 174°56′29″E / 41.1968°S 174.9414°E / -41.1968; 174.9414
Information
Funding typeState
MottoKia Ihi Kia Maru
(Be strong, be steadfast in your identity.)
Established1953
Ministry of Education Institution no.259
PrincipalNic Richards[1]
Years offered9–13
GenderCoeducational
School roll693[3] (November 2021)
Hours in school day8:45 am–3:05 pm
Houses
  •   Koruru
  •   Maihi
  •   Amo
  •   Tokomanawa
Colour(s)Red and Blue   
Socio-economic decile3G[2]
Websitewww.naenae-college.school.nz

Naenae College is a state coeducational secondary school located in north-central Lower Hutt, New Zealand. The school was opened in 1953 to serve the Naenae state housing development, although the school is located in the suburb of Avalon. A total of 693 students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18) attend Naenae College as of November 2021.[3]

History[]

Construction of Naenae began the late 1940s under Prime Minister Peter Fraser and the First Labour Government. It was supposed to become a "designer community" of suburban state housing. With the raising of the school leaving age from fourteen to fifteen in 1944,[4] the expansion of Naenae and wider Lower Hutt, and the start of the post-World War II baby boom, Naenae College was built to accommodate secondary school students north of central Lower Hutt.

Naenae College was a prototype for a standardised building design to be used at other new secondary schools across New Zealand. The school was built with long two-story wings of classrooms facing onto corridors, constructed with reinforced concrete on the first level and timber above that. However, construction of the so-called "Naenae type school" was too slow and expensive for a large scale building programme, and subsequently the Naenae type was largely replaced with a single-storey all-timber version known as the "Henderson type school". Both types lasted four years before being phased out in 1957 in place of self-contained classroom blocks.[5]

The school opened for instruction at the beginning of 1953. John Russell was principal from 2007 to 2017.[6][7] Russell won Senior New Zealander of the Year in 2016 for his work at the college.[8]

In 2019 it was announced that due to monetary trouble, the Ministry of Education wiped $760,000 of $1m owing by Naenae college from a loan it received in 2004. Principal Nic Richards had written to the Ministry advising that the servicing of the debt meant that the school's property was in "very poor condition", and it reduced the resources that was available to students.[9]

Naenae College is one of 790 low decile schools in New Zealand that is part of the free school lunch programme.[10][11]

Enrolment[]

Naenae College does not operate an enrolment scheme, so the school is open to enrolment from any eligible student. Its effective service area is central-north Lower Hutt, including the suburbs of Avalon, Belmont, Boulcott, Epuni, Fairfield, Kelson, Naenae and Wingate. Naenae College is easily accessible from most of the Hutt Valley, with bus routes to Petone, central Lower Hutt, Stokes Valley and Upper Hutt passing outside the school's front gate,[12][13] and Naenae Railway Station a five-minute walk away.

Naenae College has a roll of 748 students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18); with 34% Maori, 22% Pacifika, 23% European and 37% other nationalities. The college currently enrols 30 adult education students and 20 in a Year 12 service academy.[14]

The school has a socio-economic decile rating of 3G (low-band decile 3), meaning it draws its school community from areas of moderately-high socio-economic disadvantage when compared to other New Zealand schools. The current decile came into force in January 2015, after a nationwide review of deciles following the 2013 Census. Previously, Naenae had a decile of 2F (high-band decile 2).[2]

Notable staff[]

Notable alumni[]

Main category: People educated at Naenae College

References[]

  1. ^ Boyack, Nicholas (18 February 2018). "New Naenae College principal proud to celebrate cultural diversity". Stuff. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  4. ^ Swarbrick, Nancy (13 July 2012). "Primary and secondary education - Numbers and types of schools". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Post-primary Schools -- 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Naenae College Education Review". Education Review Office. 4 November 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  7. ^ Russell, John (December 2017). "This is my final newsletter".
  8. ^ Edwards, Jessy (19 February 2016). "Naenae College principal wins Senior New Zealander of the Year". The Dominion Post. Stuff. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  9. ^ Long, Jessica (27 February 2019). "Government steps in to bail out colleges crippled by debt". . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. ^ Sadler, Rachel (22 July 2021). "Principal lauds free school lunches that children want to eat despite concerns it's becoming too PC". Newshub. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  11. ^ Collins, Simon (12 October 2020). "Who will get free school lunches: Wellington and South Island". NZ Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Stop 8228 -- Naenae College, High Street". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Stop 9228 -- Naenae College, High Street (near 899)". Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  14. ^ "Naenae College - Prospectus 2021" (PDF). Naenae College.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ Romanos, Joseph (26 November 2009). "The Wellingtonian interview: Bruce Murray". The Wellingtonian (via Stuff.co.nz). Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  16. ^ Bourke, Chris (27 November 2013). "Bill & Boyd – Person". Audio Culture: The noisy library of New Zealand music. Digital Media Trust (Simon Grigg, Murray Cammick, Steven Shaw). Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  17. ^ MacDonald, Nikki (19 November 2011). "Brooke Fraser's long road to stardom". The Dominion Post (via Stuff.co.nz). Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  18. ^ "Sir Bob, Gareth Morgan clash over low decile schools". Television New Zealand. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  19. ^ , Wikipedia, 6 July 2021, retrieved 6 July 2021
  20. ^ "Kiwi musician Aaron Tokona, of Weta and Fly My Pretties fame, has died". Stuff. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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  22. ^ "Himalayan Adventures: Sir Ed Hillary's climbing companion recalls the daring Himalayan mission". The Dominion Post.
  23. ^ "Climber sets record straight after 59 years". Stuff. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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