Nayland College is a

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state secondary

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located in

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. It is one of three secondary schools in Nelson which are coeducational. The school was officially opened on 3 February 1966.

Crest

The crest is divided into quarters. The sailing

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represents discovery, the model of the

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represents research in reference to

Lord Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' considers him to be the greatest ...

's work. The

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references

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and the importance of this industry in

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. The migratory

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represents dispersal of students throughout the world.

Extra-curricular

Notable extra-curricular activities of the college include its well-regarded student produced newspaper and biennial musical productions. "The Circuit" is the longest running high school newspaper in New Zealand. The school has an active sports department with two gyms and multiple health and

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rooms. Nayland College's best finish at the New Zealand Secondary School Football Championship was second place in 2010. Former student Gagame Feni is a regular for

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side

Canterbury United Canterbury United Dragons are a semi-professional football club from Christchurch, New Zealand. The team plays most of its matches at English Park in Christchurch, though they occasionally play in Nelson. The club last played in the ISPS Handa ...

Jeremy Brockie Jeremy Russell Brockie (born 7 October 1987) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a forward. He has represented New Zealand at senior international level, including the 2010 FIFA World Cup and at the 2008 Olympic Games, and wa ...

is a former Nayland College student and more recently Coey Turipa, Jamie Doris and Alex Ridsdale have all gone on to star for their specific New Zealand age-grade side.

Notable alumni

Arts

Kristian Lavercombe Kristian Lavercombe is a Welsh-born actor and singer best known for playing Riff Raff in over 2000 performances of ''The Rocky Horror Show''. Described by the show's writer Richard O'Brien as "a fantastically talented Riff Raff", Lavercombe's int ...

– actor and singer *

Carthew Neal Carthew Neal is an Academy nominated film, television and interactive producer. Neal produced Taika Waititi's satire '' Jojo Rabbit'' for Fox Searchlight, which received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. He also produced Wai ...

– film, television and interactive producer *

Laura Solomon Laura Jane Solomon (28 June 1974 – 18 February 2019) was a New Zealand novelist, playwright and poet. She emerged as part of a new wave of young New Zealand writers in the 1990s anthologised in Mark Pirie's ''New Zealand Writing: The NeXt Wav ...

– prize-winning novelist, playwright and poet

Politics

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– member of parliament for

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Sports

– All White *

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– former All White defender; also a

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Brenda Lawson Brenda Catherine Lawson (born 30 October 1967) is a New Zealand rower. She was twice world champion in women's double sculls with Philippa Baker, and they were both inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. Lawson was born in ...

– World Double Sculls Champion, Olympian 4th place 1992 *

Robbie Malneek Robbie Malneek (born 3 April 1983) is a New Zealand rugby union player. Early career Malneek was born in Masterton, but moved with his family to Nelson aged eight. He attended secondary school first at Nayland College, where he played hooker, a ...

– Former professional rugby union player for * Liam Malone – 2016 Paralympic gold medallist

References

{{Authority control Secondary schools in Nelson, New Zealand New Zealand secondary schools of Nelson plan construction Educational institutions established in 1966 1966 establishments in New Zealand