Latin: Pietas Probitas et Sapientia (Loyalty, honesty and wisdom)
Established
7 April 1856; 168 years ago (1856-04-07)
Sister school
Nelson College for Girls
Ministry of Education Institution no.
294
Headmaster
Richard Dykes
Gender
Boys
School roll
930[1] (February 2024)
Houses
Barnicoat
Chaytor
Domett
Kahurangi
Monro
Robinson
Rutherford
Colour(s)
Navy and light blue
Socio-economic decile
7
Website
www.nelson.school.nz
Nelson College is the oldest state secondary school in New Zealand, a feat achieved in part thanks to its original inception as a private school.[2] It is an all-boys school in the City of Nelson that teaches from years 9 to 13. In addition, it runs a private preparatory school for year 7 and 8 boys. The school also has places for boarders, who live in two boarding houses adjacent to the main school buildings on the same campus.
A Nelson College old boy, Charles Monro, was instrumental in introducing the game of rugby into New Zealand.[3][4]
^"New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
^"First state secondary school opens". New Zealand History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^"1870s". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^"New Zealand's First Game of Rugby". theprow.org.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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