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Pietas Probitas et Sapientia
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State single sex boys secondary (year 9-13) with boarding facilities
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1856
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Waimea Road, Nelson
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Salvi Gargiulo (Headmaster)
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Ministry of Education Information
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is the oldest state secondary school in
New Zealand , founded on
April 7 ,
1856 . It is a mixed day and boarding school for boys aged 13 (Year 9/Form III) to 18 (Year 13/Form VII), and also runs a small Preparatory Department for Years 7 and 8 (Forms I and II). It has 3 boarding houses and 5 day houses. Nelson College currently educates just over 1200 boys.
A team from Nelson College took part in the first game of
Rugby played in
New Zealand , against the Nelson Rugby Football Club on
May 14 ,
1870 at what is now known as the Botanic Reserve,
Nelson . The Quadrangular Rugby Football Tournament occurs annually between Nelson College,
Wellington College ,
Christ's College and the
Wanganui Collegiate School . The Quadrangular is reputed to be one of the older organised rugby tournaments in New Zealand. The Quadrangular Tournament began in 1925 when Nelson College joined, turning the previously three-sided tournament into a four-sided one. At least 18 Nelson College old boys have gone on to play for the
All Blacks , the
New Zealand national
Rugby team.
- Leonard Henry Trent ( Victoria Cross )
- Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford Of Nelson ( Nobel Prize , Chemistry)
- Sir Wallace (Bill) Rowling ( Prime Minister Of New Zealand )
- Sir Geoffrey Palmer ( Prime Minister Of New Zealand )
- Don McKinnon (Deputy Prime Minister, now Commonwealth Secretary-General )
- Rex Sellers ( Olympic gold medal--Tornado yachting class, 1984)
- Frederick Augustus Bennett {First Bishop of Aotearoa}
- Tex Morton (Country music legend)
- Andrew Jones ( New Zealand Cricket representative, 1987-1995)
- Sir Jack Newman , ( New Zealand Cricket representative, 1931-1933, industrialist)
- Michael Baigent , co-author of '' Holy Blood, Holy Grail '' and other books
- Sir William Hudson , (civil engineer, chief engineer of the Snowy Mountains Scheme )
