Napier Boys' High School

Napier Boys' High School
Location
Chambers Street, Napier, New Zealand
Coordinates	39°30′52″S 176°54′50″E / 39.5145°S 176.9138°E / -39.5145; 176.9138Coordinates: 39°30′52″S 176°54′50″E / 39.5145°S 176.9138°E / -39.5145; 176.9138
Information
Type	State, Boys, Secondary with boarding facilities
Motto	Mahia Tika Mataku Kore Justum Perficito Nihil Timeto "Do Right and Fear Nothing"
Established	1872
Ministry of Education Institution no.	216
Headmaster	Ross G Brown
School roll	1170
Socio-economic decile	6[1]
Website	nbhs.school.nz

Aerial View of the campus

Napier Boys High School is a state secondary school on Chambers St, in Te Awa, Napier, New Zealand. It currently has a school roll of 1200 pupils.(aprx)

Sport

The school has a proud sporting history being a leading super 8 school and having a regular exchange with Wairarapa College. It also has a regular rugby exchange with Palmerston North Boys' High School, The Polson Banner, the oldest sporting trophy in the country. Napier Boys traditionally does very well in local Hawkes Bay sporting competitions.

Houses

There is a strong house competition in place with the four houses being:

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

Campus

The school has a large (approximately 30 ha), impressive site that is situated by the sea. Originally built in brick in 1926, the school has now been fully redeveloped in the Art Deco style, in keeping with the Napier City theme.

The spacious school grounds accommodate 4 rugby and 2 soccer pitches in winter and 8 grass cricket wickets in summer. There is also a large swimming complex on site. The school is also the site of the Hawkes Bay Holt Planetarium, which compliments the school's educational facilities.

The Boarding house (Scinde House) is located on-site, and accommodates 185 students in a mixture of motel and dormitory style accommodation.

Other features of the school include an adjacent 13-hectare farm, and an outdoor education camp (Camp Simmons, located at Puketitiri on the Mohaka River).

Recent property developments include:

• The complete refurbishment of computer suites (3) and pods(4)
• Networking of the entire school and hostel sites
• The complete refurbishment of four science labs
• A major swimming pool upgrade.
• Hall extension and redevelopment
• Cuisine suite construction
• Pavilion extension and upgrade
• Technology Block(6 rooms) redevelopment and upgrade
• Redevelopment of the school entrance
• Construction of a new art and design suite
• Demolition of Foster block and construction of Social Sciences centre

Notable alumni

Main category: Former students of Napier Boys' High School

The Arts

• John Psathas - internationally acclaimed music composer

Public service

• Frank Corner - diplomat
• Percy Valentine Storkey - Victoria Cross recipient in an Australian unit
• Chris Tremain - MP of Napier

Religion

• Ralph Vernon Matthews - Bishop of Waiapu from 1979 to 1983

Sport

• Zac Guildford - Crusaders All Black winger
• Chris Jackson - former New Zealand All Whites soccer captain
• Daniel Kirkpatrick - Wellington Lions and Hurricanes player
• Puke Lenden - basketball player of Waikato Pistons in the National Basketball League (New Zealand)
• Mark Paston - current All Whites goalkeeper
• Gabriel Rawcliffe - European League hockey player^[2]
• Jesse Ryder - Black Caps opener and amateur boxer
• Richard Turner - former All Black and rugby commentator^[3]

Other

• Garth Neil McVicar - founder and Chairman of the Sensible Sentencing Trust in 2001

Drug controversy

In 2002 Napier Boys' High School teacher, Reuben John Martin was arrested for manufacturing Class B MDMA, more commonly known as ecstasy. Martin is currently serving time for this offence.^{[4] [5]}

Notes

1. ^ New Zealand Schools list
2. ^ HOCKEY: Quantum career leap for Bay's young stars
3. ^ "Richard Steven Turner : New Zealand All Black". www.rugbymuseum.co.nz. http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=903. Retrieved 2010-06-16. 
4. ^ "Bail for teacher on drugs charges". WYSIWYG New Zealand News. 10 May 2002. http://www.wysiwygnews.com/2002_News/2002May10.html. 
5. ^ "Two admit charges of manufacturing ecstasy". The New Zealand Herald. 11 August 2003. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3517476. 

External links

• Schools Website
• NZQA page