Waimea College
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(Always strive)
| Waimea College | |
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| Location | |
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60 Salisbury Road , 7020 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 41°20′18″S 173°11′48″E / 41.3383°S 173.1967°E |
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| Type | State co-educational secondary, years 9–13 |
| Motto | Latin: Semper contendite (Always strive) |
| Established | 1957; 69 years ago |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 296 |
| Principal | Fraser Hill[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,543 (October 2025)[2] |
| Socio-economic decile | 8 |
| Website | www |
Waimea College is a co-educational secondary school in Richmond, Tasman District, New Zealand. Opened in 1957, the college has over 1500 students, and is the largest school in the top of the South Island.[3]
Waimea College was established in 1957.[4]
Enrolment
As of October 2025, Waimea College has a roll of 1,543 students, of which 178 (11.5%) identify as Māori.[2]
As of 2026, the school has an Equity Index of 447,[5] placing it amongst schools whose students have below average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 7 under the former socio-economic decile system).[6]
House system
Waimea College has a house system, with six houses named after six famous New Zealanders:
- Cooper (red), named after Whina Cooper
- Hillary (yellow), named after Edmund Hillary
- Rutherford (green), named after Ernest Rutherford
- Sheppard (blue), named after Kate Sheppard
- Ngata (purple), named after Apirana Ngata
- Carrington (orange), named after Lisa Carrington
Students participate in various inter-house competitions throughout the year. At the end of each academic year, the house with the highest points total across all the events is awarded the House Shield.
Notable staff
- Harold Nelson, athlete[7]
