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Congratulations to our 2020 students who excelled themselves in NCEA. We recognised Academic Colours at our formal Wednesday assembly this week.  A really important occasion to celebrate their hard work after such a disruptive academic year in 2020.  Congratulations to all those...

Kia ora tātou The school year finished formally for our students with the junior prizegiving, our final school event for 2020.  It was great to see a number of parents and whānau attend this ceremony, and to celebrate our students’ successes in 2020. While the prizegiving...

Finally after a delay due to Covid we got to recognise NCEA Academic Colours at Wednesdays formal assembly.  A really important occasion to celebrate some fantastic academic achievements for NCEA in 2019. Congratulations to everyone who walked across the stage and to those who...

A huge congratulations to our Future Problem Solvers for their recent success in America, with the utterly magnificent trophy and many other achievements.  Here’s to our lateral-thinking, research-maniacs, solution-seekers, brainiac heroes! In the group shot: front row L-R...

Academic Colours Assembly today (Wednesday 13th March), with Mr O’Shea presenting certificates to students who have gained NCEA Level 1 Endorsed with Excellence, NCEA Level 2 Endorsed with Merit, and NCEA Level 2 with Excellence. Congratulations to students for this huge...

High School entrepreneurs exceed limits with innovative NanoSign Six secondary school students from Nelson College have developed an innovative solution to temporary speed signage, and have been recognised at the Young Enterprise Scheme Awards 2018. Read more……

Congratulations to all our 2018 Senior Prize winners. Nelson College Senior Prizegiving 2018 Thursday 1 November 2018, 7pm Guest Speaker – Frances Valintine CNZM, MEd Founder of The Mind Lab and Tech Futures Lab, Board Member of Callaghan Innovation, NZ Artificial...

Nelson College Headmaster Gary O’Shea dons his black gown and walks on stage to address a sea of students. 1,100 curious faces stare back at him, from fresh-faced new entrants to seniors sprouting stubble. He starts to speak about strength, love, honour and mateship –...

A newly-released independent report by Dr Michael Johnston, Faculty of Education at Victoria University of Wellington, compares the performance of young men in Years 11 – 13 at single-sex schools with those at co-educational schools. It clearly shows that over the period from...

More than 40 Y9-Y13 boys from Nelson College joined colleges across the region to participate in the Nelson-Marlborough Model United Nations this year.  Each boy acted as the UN ambassador from that country, addressing issues of global significance and grappling with the cultural...