| Rongotai College | |
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| Location | |
| Coutts Street Kilbirnie Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Information | |
| Type | Boys state secondary Years 9 - 13 |
| Motto | Lumen Accipe et Imperti (Receive the Light and Pass it on) |
| Established | 1928 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 277 |
| Principal | Mr Kevin R. Carter, MA (Hons) |
| School roll | 674 |
| Socio-economic decile | 6 |
| Website | rongotai.school.nz |
Rongotai College is an all-boys state secondary school in the south-eastern suburb of Rongotai in Wellington, New Zealand. The students are aged 12 to 19.
The decile 6 school has a roll of over 650 students. About 40 per cent of the students are of European heritage, 20 per cent identify as Pasifika, 15 per cent Maori and there are various Middle Eastern and African students.
The students wear a school uniform which is predominantly grey and black with yellow trim.
A highlight for the school is the annual McEvedy Shield athletics event.
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The school stands on the isthmus separating Lyall Bay and Cook Strait to the south from Evans Bay on Wellington Harbour to the north. It thus has the sea on two sides, and this gives it a particularly bracing microclimate, with gusty winds from the north and, in winter, icy blasts from the south. It is bounded to the east by Wellington Airport. Wellington's city centre is a few kilometres to the north-west.
Rongotai College was opened in 1928 with Mr Fritz Martyn Renner as its first headmaster and a teaching staff of seven. It was started as an "overspill" for Wellington College, which was overstretched, and Rongotai became the new school for Wellington boys in the eastern suburbs.[1]
Rongotai College originally accepted enrolments from students of intermediate school age. However, when Evans Bay Intermediate School opened its doors in 1964, the school became purely a secondary school, catering for young men in what are now called years 9 to 13.
The Assembly Hall, known as the Renner Hall, was opened in 1968 and is named after the founding headmaster.
| Period | Principal |
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| 1928 - 19?? | Mr Fritz Martyn Renner |
| 19?? - 1954 | Mr H.A Heron |
| 1954–1964 | Mr A.E. Lock |
| 1964–1982 | Mr Noel Mackay |
| 1982–1992 | Mr A.D. Powell |
| 1992–2009 | Mr Graeme Jarrett |
| 2009–present | Mr Kevin Carter |
Dates denote period enrolled as student