Education in Nelson - 1842-2002
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The Nelson Province played an important role in the history of New Zealand education. It was the first Province to initiate free public education, based on Matthew Campbell's secular school system, which became the model for the country. It had the first secondary school in New Zealand (Catholic) and the first secular secondary school, plus there is Wakefield School; the oldest continuous public school in New Zealand.
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March 27 - the first private school in the Nelson settlement opens in a house made of toi toi, in December it moves to a specially built room in Tasman Street
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September 12: The Nelson Branch of the British and Foreign School Society, with land and financial support from the Nelson Wakefield Company (forerunner of New Zealand Company), opens the first public school in Nelson, located in Bridge Street near the eel pond. The headmaster is William Moore. It closes following the Wairau Affray in June 1843.
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October: The Nelson School Society under the leadership of Matthew Campbell establishes the Nelson Day school [note - some sources say the School was established February 1844].
1844
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January 1: Wakefield School is formally opened. Wakefield is the oldest continuous public school in New Zealand.
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January 21: ‘Bishop's School' (Bishop Selwyn's Anglican School), a Church of England Elementary School is built in Nile Street, Nelson.
1845
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May 18: Spring Grove School is opened.
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December 28th: A school opens in Brook Green (the original name for Stoke) Later to become Stoke School
1846
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February 16: The Nelson School Society opens Richmond School on the corner of Salisbury Road and Main Street, Richmond.
1848
- The Lutheran's open Ranzau School in Waimea East
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Riwaka School opens
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The Roman Catholic School (later St. Josephs School) opens
1851
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The first secondary school for boys in New Zealand opens in Nelson - a Marist (Catholic) School run by Brother Moreau. Earlier in the year, Father Garin opens a Catholic boys "first" school.
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The Nelson School Society opens "Hope School" in Waimea East and Spring Grove School.
1852
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Hope Public School opens in Hope
1856
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July: The Nelson Education Act of 1856 is passed, based on Matthew Campbell's school system. The Act made the Nelson Province the first in New Zealand to have public schools at which no fees are charged - a Central Board is established to run them. The schools are to be funded through taxation and public revenue.
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Nelson College opens in temporary premises in Manuka Street.
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October 8th: Richmond Primary School opens. Attendance is compulsory for both girls and boys.
1857
- Richmond Primary School's present site is purchased for 50 pounds
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A School opens in the home of Pastor Heine in Sarau. It later becomes Upper Moutere School
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Motueka Primary School opens in Motueka (it's becomes Parklands School in 1956)
1859
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Schools are established in Appleby and Collingwood. Bridge Street School is handed over to the Central Board
1862
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The Lower Moutere Public School is established
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The Takaka District High School (later Golden Bay High School) is established
1868
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Hampden Street School opens
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Haven Road School made an independent school (formerly a branch of Bridge Street School, when it was also known as Saltwater Bridge School)
1871
- St Marys School for Girls (Roman Catholic secondary school for girls) established
1874
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East Takaka School is established. In Nelson a school is built at junction of Bridge and Tasman Streets (known as Bridge Street School, Town Boys or Tasman Street School)
1877
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New Zealand Education Act passed (modelled on the Nelson education system)
1878
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Nelson Central School is established.
1879
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Toi Toi Valley school opens
1880
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A new Haven Road School built ( it became Nelson's largest school in the 1890's)
1880-1881
- A new school for girls and junior boys is established in Brightwater and is called Brightwater School. Mrs Bryant is the Head Mistress.
1882
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Brook Street School opens (2 Brook Street)
1883
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February 2nd: Nelson College for Girls opens, with Kate Edger as Headmistress
1888
- October: A new school for boys is officially opened in Brightwater. Thomas Warnock is the first principal.
1889
- Brightwater School (for girls) closes and pupils move to the Boy's School which becomes the new Brightwater School.
1892 - 1893
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Hampden Street School, Bridge Street School and Nelson's new Central School are set alight by an arsonist. The arsonist is caught in March 1893 and later sentenced to four years hard labour.
1893
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Land purchased for Nelson Central boys school - now the current site of Nelson Central School
1894
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The Nelson School of Music is established. The new boys Central School is burned down. Johann Blecher is arrested for arson. August rebuilt boys Central School opened
1895
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Central School's lime trees are planted
1897
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Hardy Street Girls School closes
1900
- St Marys School for Girls renamed Sacred Heart College
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Mixed education discussed; Boys Central remains for boys, Toi Toi for girls, Tasman Street and Brook Street are joined under one head and Hampden Street and Haven Road under another head.
1904
- The site of Salisbury School in Richmond is used as a boy's school - and used continuously for children with special needs for the next century
1907
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Reduction in number of Nelson schools to two: Nelson Boys Central (encompassing Brook Street and Tasman Street) and Nelson Girls Central (encompassing Haven Road and Hampden Street)
1908
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Nelson Central Girls opened in Shelbourne Street
- Tahuna (initially Tatahi) School, opens as a side school to Stoke. it becomes independent in 1913 and is renamed Tahunanui School in 1922.
1913
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Aporo School (later Tasman School) is established
1915
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Mapua School is established
1916
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Richmond Special School for Girls (later Salisbury School for Girls) opens on Salisbury Road Richmond.
1923
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Hampden Street School becomes Nelson's first mixed School
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Auckland Point School opens - Haven Road School site sold to City Council
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Nelson Central Boys School is renamed Nelson Central School with the admittance of girls. The newly constituted school is made up of a main building in Nile Street and two separately located side schools - Brook Street School for Standards one and two and Tasman Street School for infants.
1929
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The present Upper Moutere School is built. The original classroom is towed by traction engine to the current site. It is thought to be the oldest classroom still in use in New Zealand.
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June 17: The Nelson College clock tower is destroyed and other school buildings are damaged during the Murchison earthquake
1930
- New Central Street school building opened.
1939
- Renwick House becomes part of Nelson Cental School
1945
- Brook Street School closes as a school.
1948
- Nelson first free kindergarten was established in a public hall at Nelson South in October .
1949
- Bridge Street Kindergarten opened in May
1951
- Nelson Intermediate opens
1955
- Motueka District High School opens in Whakarewa Street, Motueka
1956
- Grove Steet Kindergarten opened in their own buildings December
1957
- February 5th: Waimea College opens
1958
- Nelson South Kindergarten opens in present location in July
1959
- February 5th: Waimea Intermediate opens
1960
- Stoke Kindergarten opened in November
1962
- November 28th: Henley School opens. Its name is decided by public vote, following a "name the school" competition. Henley was the name given to the area by one of the early settlers who came from Henley on Thames, England.
1963
- Richmond Kindergarten oped in September .
1966
- Nayland College opens
1970
- Sacred Heart College renamed Redwood College
1971

- Nelson Polytechnic established as a separate institution (was part of Nelson College for a period)
1980
- Tasman Street School for infants is relocated to Nelson Central School
1982
- The first Kohanga Reo is established in Nelson
- Redwood College closes
1984
- Kohanga Reo at Te Awhina Marae, Motueka opens
1985
- Te Pouahi, the bi-lingual Maori/English language unit which began in Nelson Central School
1999
- January 27: Saint Paul's Catholic Primary School opens on Salisbury Road, Richmond.
2002
- February 23: Garin College in Champion Road, Stoke is blessed and officially opened. The college is named after Nelson's first Parish Priest who established schools in his time.
- July: Motueka Rudolf Steiner School (Primary school) opens
2012
- Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tuia Te Matangi opens in Richmond.
Timeline originally drafted 2002 for the Nelson Provincial Museum and published on the Prow March 2010 with additions
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Further sources - Education in Nelson - 1842-2002
Books
General
- Lundy, D. J. (1963). Development of the Nelson Provincial school system 1842-1878. Unpublished masters thesis, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154632658 - Nelson Education Board. (1956) Historical Booklet 1856-1956. Nelson, New Zealand: Nelson Education Board, p.3.
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154311143 - Street, I.E. (1932) A history of education in the Nelson Province, 1842-1877. Thesis. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University College
http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-education-in-nelson-province-1842-1877-embracing-the-period-from-the-early-beginning-to-the-establishment-of-a-national-system-for-new-zealand/oclc/262296640
Specific schools
- 150 years of education, Stoke School, 1845-1995 (1995) Nelson, New Zealand: Jubilee Committee.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/150-years-of-education-stoke-school-1845-1995/oclc/154296425 - As we remember: Ranzau school (1998). Nelson, New Zealand: Ranzau School.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/as-we-remember-ranzau-school/oclc/154203943 - Batchelor, B., & J. Marris. (1979). Centennial history, Brightwater and district schools: Waimea West, Brightwater Girls, Garden Valley, River Terrace, Brightwater Boys, Wairoa Gorge, Totara Bush Household. Brightwater, New Zealand: Centennial Organising Committee.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/centennial-history-brightwater-and-district-schools-waimea-west-brightwater-girls-garden-valley-river-terrace-brightwater-boys-wairoa-gorge-totara-bush-household/oclc/153873707 - Brightwater School. (2013). 125th Reunion of Brightwater School 1888-2013: Brightwater History & District Schools. Brightwater, New Zealand: Brightwater School. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/843800406
- Centenary of the Spring Grove School: 1845-1945: historical record. (1945). Nelson, New Zealand: Centennial Committee. http://www.worldcat.org/title/1845-1945-centenary-of-the-spring-grove-school-historical-record-spring-grove-nelson-saturday-may-19th-1945/oclc/154580703
- Chapman-Cohen, G (1949). Early Takaka and the Lower Takaka School, a history, 1860-1949. Takaka, New Zealand: The Schools http://www.worldcat.org/title/early-takaka-and-the-lower-takaka-school-a-history-1860-1949/oclc/18306589
- Clark, A. (2018). Into the 21st century: A history of Wakefield School, 1993-2018. Richmond, New Zealand: Wakefield School Board of Trustees. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1108255580
- Clark, John Robertson (1956). Richmond Public School centenary: 1856-1956. Nelson, New Zealand: R.Lucas & Son http://www.worldcat.org/title/richmond-public-school-centenary-1856-1956/oclc/429698326&referer=brief_results
- Clifton Terrace School, 1856-2006 : 150th celebrations, 20-22 October 2006 (2006). Nelson, New Zealand: The School
http://www.worldcat.org/title/clifton-terrace-school-1856-2006-150th-celebrations-20-22-october-2006/oclc/156823820&referer=brief_results - Collingwood School and District High School: souvenir brochure of schools history 1859-1959. (1959). Nelson, New Zealand: R.Lucas & Son
http://www.worldcat.org/title/collingwood-school-and-district-high-school-souvenir-brochure-of-schools-history-1859-1959-centennial-celebrations-april-4-5-and-6-1959/oclc/152405404 - Dovedale schools, 1864-1994: a collection of memories (1994). Nelson, New Zealand: Nelson Education Centre; Christchurch, New Zealand: Christchurch College of Education
http://www.worldcat.org/title/dovedale-schools-1869-1994-a-collection-of-memories/oclc/154151890&referer=brief_results - Dunn, T. (1990) Mapua School 75th jubilee, 1915-1990. Mapua, New.Zealand: Jubilee Committee, 1990]
http://www.worldcat.org/title/mapua-school-75th-jubilee-1915-1990/oclc/154288495 - Dungan, J. (2007). Waimea College: the first 50 years 1957-2007. Richmond, New Zealand: Waimea College Reunion Committee.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/waimea-college-the-first-50-years-1957-2007/oclc/191882584 - Dunstan, M. and Dodson, M. (2006). Nelson College: images of an era. Nelson, New Zealand: Nelson College Old Boys' Association
http://www.worldcat.org/title/nelson-college-images-of-an-era/oclc/156578446&referer=brief_results - Early history of Stoke School 1845-1945 (1945). Nelson, New Zealand: The School.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/early-history-of-stoke-school-1845-1945/oclc/154166189&referer=brief_results - Gallas, F. E. (1982). Waimea College, silver jubilee, 1982: a souvenir booklet Richmond, New Zealand: Stiles Printing.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/waimea-college-silver-jubilee-1982-a-souvenir-booklet/oclc/154284034 - Gee. M. (1978). 1878-1978 Nelson Central School: A History. Nelson, New Zealand: Nelson Central School Centennial Committee.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/nelson-central-school-a-history/oclc/152750768 - Gregson, Peggy (1997). Hira School 125th reunion. Hira, New Zealand: The School.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/hira-school-125th-reunion/oclc/154666788 - Haldane, Olive L. (1957). Centennial celebrations, 1857- 1957, Motueka schools: Motueka primary and secondary, Pangatotara, and Hau. Nelson, New Zealand: R. Lucas & Son
http://www.worldcat.org/title/centennial-celebrations-1857-1957-motueka-schools-motueka-primary-and-secondary-pangatotara-and-hau/oclc/429698420&referer=brief_results - Hall, J (2002). Hope School 150th anniversary: 1852-2002. Richmond, New Zealand: Dry Crust. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/813432330
- Hoult, M.J. Kevin (1973) A history of the Foxhill and Gordon Schools. [Nelson, New Zealand: The Centennial Committee. http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-the-foxhill-and-gordon-schools/oclc/153874094
- Langston, Nigel (1954). Dovedale stories. Nelson. New Zealand: Enterprise Publishing Co. Ltd http://www.worldcat.org/title/dovedale-stories/oclc/154087435&referer=brief_results
- Lower Moutere & Wills' Road schools: souvenir brochure of schools' history 1857-1957: centennial celebrations January 25, 26, 27, 1957 (1957). Lower Moutere, New Zealand: Brochure Committee
http://www.worldcat.org/title/lower-moutere-wills-road-schools-souvenir-brochure-of-schools-history-1857-1957-centennial-celebrations-january-25-26-27-1957/oclc/154813710&referer=brief_results - McHardy, J. (1991) Nayland college the growing years. Nelson, New Zealand: Nayland Jubilee Committee
- Marris, John S. (1980) Hampden Street School, Nelson: reunion, 1868-1980. Nelson, New Zealand: Reunion Organising Committee.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/hampden-street-school-nelson-reunion-1868-1980/oclc/153312542& - Miller, Kerry (2006). Clifton Terrace School 1856 - 2006. Nelson, New Zealand: The Author.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/clifton-terrace-school-1856-2006-150th-celebrations-20-22-october-2006/oclc/156823820 - Mills, C. B. (1933). Nelson College for Girls: fifty years 1883-1933. Nelson, New Zealand: A.G. Betts & Son, Printers
http://www.worldcat.org/title/nelson-college-for-girls-fifty-years-1883-1933/oclc/154130804&referer=brief_results - Motueka District High School & Parklands School celebrate 125 years of schooling (1983) Nelson, New Zealand: Stiles
- Ngatimoti schools reunion 125yrs: 1868-1993 (1993). Ngatimoti, New Zealand: The Reunion Committee
- Newport, J. N. W. (1979). Rockville schools centenary, 1879-1979 : Rockville, Dall's Creek, Bedstead Gully, Kaituna-Aorere, Bainham, Silverstream. Rockville, New Zealand: Rockville Schools Centennial Committee. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/153676975
- Nicholls, Murray (1973). Ranzau School : 125th Anniversary, 1848-1973. Ranzau, New Zealand: 125th Ranzau School Anniversary Committee http://www.worldcat.org/title/ranzau-school-125th-anniversary-1848-1973/oclc/153876775&referer=brief_results
- O'Connor, M. E. (2008). Salisbury School: a lesson in special education. Auckland, New Zealand: Te Whānau o Salisbury.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/salisbury-school-a-lesson-in-special-education/oclc/313744700 - O'Connor, Myles (1959). Appleby School, Nelson: centennial history, 1859-1959. Richmond, New Zealand: Appleby School Centennial Committee http://www.worldcat.org/title/appleby-school-nelson-centennial-history-1859-1959/oclc/154529147
- O'Connor, Myles (1984). Appleby School, Nelson: centennial history, 1859-1959 and supplement to centennial history 1959-1984. Richmond, New Zealand: Appleby School Centennial Committee
http://www.worldcat.org/title/appleby-school-nelson-centennial-history-1859-1959-and-supplement-to-centennial-history-1959-1984/oclc/152391920&referer=brief_results - Pestell, J., & Appleby School (2009). Lessons from the past: Appleby School history, 1859-2009. Nelson, New Zealand: Appleby School.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/lessons-from-the-past-appleby-school-history-1859-2009/oclc/456697840 - Price, K. (2008). The school on the hill: Nelson College for Girls 1883-2007. Nelson, New Zealand: Nelson College for Girls.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/school-on-the-hill-nelson-college-for-girls-1883-2007/oclc/213329438 - Riwaka School centenary 1848-1948 (1948). Riwaka, New Zealand: Stiles Printing.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/1848-1948-riwaka-school-centenary/oclc/154313593 - Rogers, B. (1006). East Takaka School, 1874 - 1968: the school's life. Takaka, New Zealand: Beryl Rogers.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/east-takaka-school-1874-1968/oclc/154068938 - School days..school days! 100 years of education - Tapawera and Districts (1981) Tapawera, New Zealand: Tapawera & Districts School Reunion Committee. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/429698302
- Stade, K (2008). The school by the sands: a century of Tahunanui School, Nelson : 1908-2008. Nelson, New Zealand: The School.http://www.worldcat.org/title/school-by-the-sands-a-century-of-tahunanui-school-nelson-1908-2008/oclc/250525973
- Stade, K (2006). Richmond Primary School: 150 years, 1856-2006. Richmond, New Zealand: Richmond Primary School. http://www.worldcat.org/title/richmond-primary-school-150-years-1856-2006/oclc/156773514
- Stade, K. (2003) Aim high = Ki runga rawa : the story of Nelson Central School, 1878-2003, 125th Jubilee. Nelson, New Zealand: K. Stade
http://www.worldcat.org/title/aim-high-ki-runga-rawa-the-story-of-nelson-central-school-1878-2003-125th-jubilee/oclc/155930017 - Stoke School 125 years, 1845-1970: a summary of the history of Stoke School (1970) Stoke, New Zealand: 125th Anniversary Committee http://www.worldcat.org/title/stoke-school-125-years-1845-1970-a-summary-of-the-history-of-stoke-school/oclc/153704608&referer=brief_results
- Stringer, Marion. J. (1993). 150 years of Wakefield schooldays, 1843-1993. Wakefield, New Zealand: Wakefield School 150th Anniversary Committee.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/150-years-of-wakefield-schooldays-1843-1993-includes-eighty-eight-valley-pigeon-valley-spring-grove-totara-bush-te-arowhenua-wai-iti/oclc/154499799 - Sutton, J. S. (1981). Richmond Public School 125th jubilee . Nelson, New Zealand: Stiles Printing.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/richmond-public-school-125th-jubilee/oclc/151637579 - Tasman School Jubilee, 1913-1963: celebrations -- 25-27 January, 1963 (1963). Tasman, New Zealand: Jubilee Committee
http://www.worldcat.org/title/tasman-school-jubilee-1913-1963-celebrations-25-27-january-1963/oclc/154587543&referer=brief_results - Timings, Pat (1995). Golden Bay schools register. Takaka, New Zealand: P. Timings
http://www.worldcat.org/title/golden-bay-schools-register/oclc/154567107&referer=brief_results - Timings, Pat (1996). Takaka Valley schools: slate and chalk to silicon chip. Takaka, New Zealand: P. Timings
http://www.worldcat.org/title/takaka-valley-schools-slate-and-chalk-to-silicon-chip/oclc/154634208&referer=brief_results - Voller, L.C. (1982). Sentinel at the gates: Nelson College for Girls 1883 - 1983. Nelson, New Zealand: Nelson College for Girls' Old Girls Assoc.(Inc.).
http://www.worldcat.org/title/sentinel-at-the-gates-nelson-college-for-girls-1883-1983/oclc/150732665 - Weston, John (1984). Collingwood Area School 125th anniversary, Easter 1984: supplement to centennial brochure, 1959-1984. Collingwood, New Zealand: Collingwood Schools Anniversary Committee
http://www.worldcat.org/title/collingwood-area-school-125th-anniversary-easter-1984-supplement-to-centennial-brochure-1959-1984/oclc/152557420&referer=brief_results - Win, Cheryl and Sandy Isbister (2009). Collingwood kids: 150 years of learning. Collingwood, New Zealand: Collingwood Area School
http://www.worldcat.org/title/collingwood-kids-150-years-of-learning/oclc/368143378&referer=brief_results
Articles
- Airey, E. (2009) The school house. Heritage New Zealand 113, p.24-25
- Baigent, L. (1957) An early incident [school arsonist] Journal of the Nelson Historical Society, 1(2) pp.14-15
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-NHSJ01_02-t1-body1-d4.html - Dakin, J. (1982). The elementary schools of early Nelson 1842-1856: A case of community development. Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Historical Societies, 1(2), p.11-25.
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-NHSJ04_02-t1-body1-d4.html - Harris, J. (2008) Education from the beginning [Wakefield School] New Zealand education review, 13(47), p.8-9
- McKay, J.G. (1961) The beginning of education in Nelson settlement. Journal of the Nelson Historical Society 1(5), p.8-10
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-NHSJ01_05-t1-body1-d4.html - State of Education in the Nelson Province (1868, September 5) Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, p. 6
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NENZC18680905.2.34&srpos=105 - Teal, F. (1987) Bishop's School roll : an analysis. Journal of the Nelson and Marlborough Historical Societies, 2(1), pp.3-17
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-NHSJ05_01-t1-body1-d1.html
Other
DVD
- Year 13 Computer Studies students. (2005).Motueka High School golden jubilee : slide shows, 1955-1960, 1961-1970, 1971-1980, 1981-1990, 1991-2005 . Motueka, New Zealand: Motueka High School. [held Tasman District Library]
Web Resources
Links to school sites are in text.
- Broad, L. & Jubilee Committee. (1892). The Jubilee History of Nelson: From 1842 to 1892. Nelson, New Zealand: Bond, Finney, and Co.157.
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-LowJubi-t1-body1-d11-d2.html - Broad, L. & Jubilee Committee. (1892). Foundation and History of Nelson College. In The Jubilee History of Nelson: From 1842 to 1892. Nelson, New Zealand: Bond, Finney, and Co . p. 164
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-LowJubi-t1-body1-d11-d7.html - Fowler, C. & Smith, S. (2008) Can A Poll Tax Ever Be Acceptable? - Evidence from Colonial New Zealand. Research Archive. Wellington, N.Z. University of Victoria
http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/263 - Henley School: Our School History.
http://www.henley.school.nz/school/index.htm - Motupiko School. On Living Heritage by the Tapawera Community:
http://www.livingheritage.org.nz/Schools-Stories/Tapawera-community/Motupiko-School - McLintock, A.H. (Ed.)(1966; 2009) Education - evolution of present system. In An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/1966/education-evolution-of-present-system/1 - Stoke School: historical [includes information on early education in Nelson]. Retrieved 23 march 2010
http://www.stoke.school.nz/admin/150celebrations.htm
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Another book for your list is
Scrimgeour, Enid (1973) Pakawau School Centenary. Pakawau School Centennial Committee.
(It also includes pieces on the Puponga & Rakopi Schools)
Posted by Denise James, 29/08/2019 2:38pm (1 year ago)
Interesting to have this record of Nelson schools. I went to school in Appleby, Bainham & Collingwood, and played sports with Rockville and Mangarakua schools. There were some excellent teachers that worked at these remote schools. Aorere and another school at the Devils Boots were closed by the time we got there. I presume they are not listed, as are many other country schools in the Nelson area, because they are now closed? They are part of our history. Later I taught in the Nelson Education Board area - a great Education Board.
Posted by Brian Baker, 12/01/2018 7:52pm (3 years ago)
Why is Tasman Street School not given a mention? I started there in 1946. I think it must be the school now called Matai School. It was a dear little school with very good teachers and it deserves to be remembered as Tasman Street School. My maiden name was McMahon. Ed. We will rectify this
Posted by Patricia Perry, 11/04/2014 9:47am (7 years ago)
Hello In 1965 and 1966 I was a pupil at Sacred Hear College on Manuka Street. I was intrigued that your website and the links do not mention this name. I know it was not always named as such and in became Redwood College but I wondered why it has been omitted. For the time line of St Josephs School, thre is a picture of the significant old Wooden convent but a considerable gap is present in a darker shade of grey when something might have been included about this school. When I was there I recall that there was also a boy's home run by the nuns too. I've studied the Nelson system when I studied the history of education in NZ and it is indeed a very interesting feature of education in NZ. I enjoyed reading your website. Kate Edgar I recall was given noteworthiness at Christchurch Girls' high School when I was there in 1965 beofore going to boarding school in Nelson was an Albertlander (intentional settlement of Non-conformists at Port Albert, Auckland). I am a descendent of Albertlanders and we've just celebrated the 150th anniversay and part of that was given to the Edgar family.
Posted by Robyn Lewis, ()
I too was at Sacred Heart College in Nelson and was a boarder there in 1966.
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