Feilding High School

Feilding High School is a co-ed Secondary School (Year 9-13) in Feilding, New Zealand. It is the only secondary school in the town of Fielding.

Feilding High School
Address
Churcher Street, Feilding, Manawatu
Coordinates	40.2143°S 175.5727°E
Information
Type	State Co-Ed Secondary School (Year 9-13) with boarding facilities
Motto	Māori: Kia Toa Kia Ngakaunui "Have Courage, Desire Greatly" [1]
Established	1921 as Feilding Technical High School
Ministry of Education Institution no.	197
Principal	Nathan Stewart[2]
School roll	1560[3] (March 2020)
Socio-economic decile	5M[4]
Website	www.feildinghigh.school.nz

History

Pupils at the Feilding Agricultural High School

The school was originally named the Feilding Technical High School and subsequently became known as the Feilding Agricultural High School (FAHS).[5][6] The school's foundation stone was laid on the 7th of February 1921 by the then Minister for Education the Honourable Christopher James Parr.[7] In 2000 the school had its name changed to FAHS Feilding High School.[8]

In 2015 Feilding High School was rated as having at Decile 5 socio-economic rating.[4] In 2018 Nathan Stewart was appointed as principal of the school.[2]

Logo

Feilding High School's logo was gifted by Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa) in 1922. It also features on the crest of Manawatu District Council.[9]

Notable alumni

• Bob Bell (1929–2011), former National Party MP[10]
• Mihingarangi Forbes, television journalist[11]
• Ted Thomas (judge), Former judge of the Court of Appeal

Rugby players

• Mitchell Crosswell
• Nick Crosswell
• Sarah Goss, Black Fern, NZ Women's Sevens, Manawatu Cyclones XV and 7s representative
• Aaron Smith, All Black, Highlanders and Manawatu Turbos representative
• Codie Taylor, All Black, Maori All Black, Crusaders and Canterbury representative
• Adam Whitelock, Crusaders and Canterbury representative
• George Whitelock, Crusaders and Canterbury representative
• Luke Whitelock, Crusaders and Canterbury representative
• Sam Whitelock, All Black, Crusaders and Canterbury representative

See also

• List of schools in New Zealand

References

1. History
2. Kilmister, Sam (20 March 2018). "Feilding High School names Nathan Stewart as new principal". Stuff. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
3. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
4. "Ministry of Education - Education Counts". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
5. "Technical Day School". Feilding Star. 29 July 1921. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
6. "Feilding Technical High School Architectural Plans". archivescentral.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
7. "New school for Feilding". New Zealand Herald. LVIII (17699). 7 February 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
8. "Our History". Feilding High School. 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
9. "Council Crest". www.mdc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
10. Gustafson, Barry. (1986). The first 50 years : a history of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland [N.Z.]: Reed Methuen. p. 299. ISBN 0-474-00177-6. OCLC 20247757.
11. "Student stood down over Sonny-Bill Williams inspired haircut". ONE NEWS. TVNZ. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

External links

• Education Review Office (ERO) reports for Feilding High School