Kelston Boys' High School ("KBHS") () is an all-boys state

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in Kelston, a suburb in the Waitakere region of Auckland,

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. It was created in 1963 when the roll of Kelston High School (formed in 1954) became too large for the site on the corner of Archibald and Gt North Rds. The boys moved to a new site further down Archibald Road, leaving the original site to be the home of Kelston Girls High School (now

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). Although the school is known for the strength of its various sports teams, it has also had some notable achievements in music, dance and theatresports and produced some outstanding academic results. The school has consistently had strong

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teams in the top Auckland division, producing several

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and international players. Kelston Boys have won the National top 4 rugby tournament five times (1989, 1995, 1996, 1999, and 2011) sharing the most wins with Wesley College. Kelston Boys have also won the Condor National sevens tournament five times (2002, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013). The former All Black coach

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is a former headmaster. The previous principal, who retired in April 2011, Stephen Watt played for the Auckland regional team in the 1970s (where he was affectionately nicknamed 'The Kicking Prop' for his unusual goalkicking prowess). Brian Evans was the former principal; he coached the women's

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national side to rugby world cup victory in 2010. Currently, the principal of Kelston Boys' High School is Adeline Blair, who became the first woman to head a state boys' school in Auckland. Adeline Blair has been teaching at Kelston Boys' High School since 2002 but began teaching English for adults in the school's community education division in 1996. Long-standing Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Representatives

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taught history at Kelston Boys'.

History

In 1954, Kelston High School, a co-educational school, was established at the modern site of Kelston Girls College. In 1963, the school separated into two, with Kelston Boys' High School at a new campus to the south.

Enrolment

As of , Kelston Boys' High School has a roll of students, of which (%) identify as Māori. As of , the school has an

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of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 under the former

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system).

Academia

The school offers Māori Bilingual, Samoan Bilingual, and Tongan Bilingual classes for their students.

Athletics

The school provides various sport activities which include: *Athletics *

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*Kilikiti *Lawn Bowls *Netball *

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*Rugby League *

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*Tag *

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*Turbo Touch *

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In 1987 the school won 9–0 against Sacred Heart in Senior A1 Tennis but lost 5–4 to

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. The same year, the schools softball league lost only one game in the whole season. In 1995 the school won in debating against Western Springs AFC but lost to Green Bay. The same year the school had excelled in soccer by winning 1–0 against Avondale, a 4–4 draw with

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and a 6–2 victory over

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. During the 1995 rugby season KBHS had won 27–0 against

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and had 98 wins over Rotorua Boys' High School,

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and

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, all of which scored three each. The same year, the school won 17–0 against

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in a semi-final but then lost 30–10 to

. The school was also a winner in

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at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships which were held in

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in August 1995 and won 4 out of 5 games in

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. In 1995 the Junior A3 Tennis won all five games. In 1997 the school's trampoline diver Todd Anderson came in first place with 134.6 points while Bruce Utatao scored 78 in golf. The same year the school lost to

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in the

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final but won every other game prior to the loss. In 2006 the school won every match in football as well as softball but lost two games in that game.

Principals

*Les J. F. Colgan 1954–1965 *Robert M. Bean 1965–1976 *Jim R. Paton 1977–1987 * Graham W. Henry 1987–1996 *Stephen L. Watt 1996–2011 *Brian F. Evans 2011–2018 *Adeline Blair 2018–

Notable alumni

The Arts

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– comedian (and local body politician) * Ian Scott – painter * Sweet & Sour Dance Crew – World champion hip-hop dance crew

Business

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– founder of Canam Construction * Michael Erceg Ph.D (dec.) – mathematician, businessman

Public service

* Jack Elder – former MP & Minister of the Crown * Shane Henderson – current Auckland Councillor

Sport

Boxing

* Danny Codling – Bronze medalist (welterweight) 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games

Cricket

* Michael Bates – Black Caps *

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– Black Caps * Ronnie Hira – Former Black Caps * Benjamin Mailata – Samoa, former ICC East Asia-Pacific *

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– Samoa, former ICC East Asia-Pacific *

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– Former Black Caps *

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– Black Caps

Football

* Jake Butler – All White *

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– NZ Captain *

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– former Walsall, Leeds, Kingz and also for

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and All White * Tony Laus – former All White * John Morris – former All White and retired Headmaster at Auckland Grammar School *

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– former Barnsley FC, Football Kingz, Waterford United, Athlone Town AFC,

Rugby League

* Patrick Ah Van – New Zealand Warriors * Josh Aloai - Toa Samoa Cliff Beverly - New Zealand Warriors Steve Buckingham - New Zealand Warriors *

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– New Zealand Warriors * James Gavet – New Zealand Warriors *

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– Kiwis * Ben Henry – New Zealand Warriors * Jacob Laban - New Zealand Warriors * Epalahame Lauaki –

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, Mate Ma'a Tonga Valu Lisati - Melbourne Storm * Tuimoala Lolohea – New Zealand Warriors *Zyon Maii'u - New Zealand Warriors Brady Malam - New Zealand Warriors * Duane Mann – former Kiwis Captain * Suaia Matagi – Toa Samoa *

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– former Kiwis captain * Junior Pauga - Sydney Roosters and Kiwis *

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– former Kiwi * Iosia Soliola – Kiwis and Toa Samoa * Shalom Suniula – former Junior Kiwi *

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– Toa Samoa * Va'aiga Tuigamala – Toa Samoa * Bill Tupou – New Zealand Warriors * Raymond Tuaimalo Vaega –

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* Naufahu Whyte -Sydney Roosters and Kiwis

Rugby Union

* Pita Ahki – New Zealand Sevens *

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– All Blacks * Loki Crichton – Manu Samoa * DJ Forbes – previous All Blacks Sevens captain * Jason Hewett – All Blacks *

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– London Wasps, England Rugby * James Johnston – Manu Samoa *

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– All Blacks, Pacific Island team member * Trevor Leota – Manu Samoa, London Wasps (England), Stade Montois (France), Cheetahs (South Africa) *

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– Tonga * Kees Meeuws – All Blacks * Jonathan Meredith – Manu Samoa *

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– All Blacks * Apollo Perelini – Manu Samoan, North Harbour (NZ), Sale Sharks (England) * John Senio – Manu Samoa * Kevin Senio – All Blacks * Stephen Shennan – Romania * Boris Stankovich –

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, Newport Gwent Dragons * Andrew Suniula – US rugby * Roland Suniula – US rugby * Shalom Suniula – US rugby *

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– All Blacks * Va'aiga Tuigamala – All Blacks & Manu Samoa * Anthony Tuitavake – All Blacks * Sam Tuitupou – All Blacks * Lolagi Visinia – New Zealand Sevens

Softball

* Lyndon Andrews – Black Sox Carl Golan - Black Sox Donny Hale - Black Sox * Dean Rice – Black Sox

Touch Rugby

* Troy Nathan

References

External links

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