Waimea College
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Waimea College | |
Motto | |
Type | State Co-educational Secondary, years 9-13 |
Year established | 1957 |
Address | Salisbury Road, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand |
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Principal | Larry Ching[1] |
School roll | 1277 |
Socio-economic decile (10 is highest) | 8 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 296 |
Website | www.waimea.school.nz |
Waimea College is a secondary school in Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand. It was opened in 1957 and is also going to celebrate its first 50 year class reunion, in October 2007.
All students are split into four houses named after four famous New Zealanders. Rutherford, named after Ernest Rutherford, Sheppard, named after Kate Sheppard, Hillary, named after Edmund Hillary and Cooper, named after Whina Cooper.