Waitaki Boys' High School

Infobox NZ school
name = Waitaki Boys' High School
motto = "Quanti est sapere"
established = 1883
principal = Dr.Paul Baker
head_label = Rector
address = Waitaki Avenue,
Oamaru,
New Zealand
type = State, Boys, Secondary years 9-15
roll = 536
decile = 6
MOE = 365
homepage = [http://www.waitakibhs.school.nz/ www.waitakibhs.school.nz]

Waitaki Boys' High School is a secondary school for boys near Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, with boarding facilities, founded in 1883. It currently has a school roll of just over 530.

The school has a house system with four houses, Don, Forrester, Lee and Sutherland. It organises some cultural activities together with its nearby sister school, Waitaki Girls' High School.

The school is notable for its historic buildings like the Hall of Memories, an assembly hall, built to honour the men who died in the first world war.

Notable ex-pupils

* Peter Arnett - Journalist [ [http://www.ngaitahu.iwi.nz/IM_Custom/ContentStore/Assets/12/52/e8350378abdf5119d93de51de5242ceb/TEKARAKA27.pdf From Bluff to Baghdad] , Te Karaka, Winter 2005.]
* Denis Blundell - Lawyer, Governor-General
* Charles Brasch - Poet
* James Bertram - Professor, Journalist
* A. M. Hamilton - Engineer
* Douglas Lilburn - Professor, Composer
* Terence McCombs - Politician, Headmaster
* Ian Milner - Professor
* Arnold Nordmeyer - Politician, Labour Party Minister of Finance 1957-60.
* Foss Shanahan - Diplomat
* Des Wilson - Campaigner in Britain

Websites

* [http://www.waitakibhs.school.nz/ School Website]
* [http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=365 Ministry of Education website page]
* [http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/providers/details.do?providerId=100820001 New Zealand Qualifications Authority website page]