Collingwood Area School
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(Together we ride the wave of lifelong success)
| Collingwood Area School | |
|---|---|
Te Kura o Aorere | |
 Waharoa (entrance structure) of school | |
| Location | |
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Lewis Street, Collingwood 7073 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 40°40′57″S 172°40′46″E / 40.68250°S 172.67944°E |
| Information | |
| School type | Government-funded, area school |
| Motto | Māori: Ka eke ngātahi tātou i te ngaru o te angitu (Together we ride the wave of lifelong success) |
| Opened | 1859 |
| Status | Open |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 290 |
| Principal | Kate Staniford |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age range | Years 1–13 |
| Enrollment | 148[1] (October 2025) |
| Language | English |
| Colours | Gold and black |
| Website | www |
Collingwood Area School (Māori: Te Kura o Aorere) is an area school in the Golden Bay / Mohua town of Collingwood in New Zealand. The school dates back to 1859, when it was founded as Collingwood School. It was known as Collingwood District High School from 1937 to 1978.
A few months after the beginning of the 1856 gold rush in Collingwood, parents were already petitioning the Nelson Board of Education for a school to be set up. Collingwood was established as a school district in 1858, and the school was established in 1859 as Collingwood School, at a cost of £150; the head of the school, John Edward Neame, was on a salary of £108, with an assistant mistress on a salary of £24.[2] The school building on Lewis Street was near the site of the present school; the decayed 1859 schoolhouse was replaced in 1880 by a building with an ornamental belfry and large porch.[2]
In 1936, it expanded to include a class for secondary students, with an initial roll of 12, and the following year it became a district high school. In 1978, it became an area school, and undertook a major reconstruction with many new buildings, including a new primary classroom and administration block, at a cost of $265,750.[3] Area schools, found in rural areas of New Zealand, educate years 1 to 13, with teachers able to work with any children in that range.[3]
The school has a roll of 148 as of October 2025.[1] In 2023, the school undertook a $9 million upgrade that included 10 new classrooms, a library, and technology, science and administration buildings, as well as a revamp of the school gym.[4]
