Kelston Boys' High School ("KBHS") (Te kura tuarua o nga tamatane o kerehana) is an all-boys state secondary school in

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, 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 Kelston Girls' College). 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

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and Speaker of the House of Representatives Jonathan Hunt 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.

Academia

The school offers Korean, French and Japanese courses with the option to visit a country upon completion. The school also have Samoan, Niuean and Tongan culture groups.

Athletics

The school provides various sport activities which include: *

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* Cross country * Football *

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* Sport climbing *

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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

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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 Mount Albert Grammar School and a 6–2 victory over

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. During the 1995 rugby season KBHS had won 27–0 against Papakura and had 98 wins over

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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.

Demographics

According to the 2012

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report the school had 949 pupils out of which 28 were international. Out of those, 20% are

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, 13% are

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, 29% are Samoan, 8% Tongan, 4%

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, 19% are identified as

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s, 3% are Cook Island Māori, 2% are Niuean, 8% are of other ethnicity, and 10%

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and Fijian (5% each).

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

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

Business

* Graeme Cameron - founder of Canam Construction *

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Ph.D (dec.) - mathematician, businessman

Public service

* Jack Elder - former MP & Minister of the Crown

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 * Faasao Mulivai - Samoa, former ICC East Asia-Pacific *

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- Former Black Caps *

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- Black Caps

Football

* Jake Butler All White * Rodger Gray - NZ Captain *

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- former Walsall, Leeds, Kingz and also for Perth Glory and All White *

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- 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 * David Fusitua - New Zealand Warriors * James Gavet - New Zealand Warriors *

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- Kiwis * Ben Henry - New Zealand Warriors * Epalahame Lauaki -

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, Mate Ma'a Tonga *

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- New Zealand Warriors *

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- former Kiwis Captain * Suaia Matagi - Toa Samoa *

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- former Kiwis captain *

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- former Kiwi * Iosia Soliola - Kiwis and Toa Samoa *

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- former Junior Kiwi * Misi Taulapapa - Toa Samoa * Va'aiga Tuigamala - Toa Samoa * Bill Tupou - New Zealand Warriors

Rugby Union

* Pita Ahki- New Zealand Sevens * Steven Bates - All Blacks * Loki Crichton - Manu Samoa * DJ Forbes - current All Blacks Sevens captain * Jason Hewett - All Blacks * Nathan Hughes -

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, England Rugby * James Johnston - Manu Samoa *

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- All Blacks, Pacific Island team member *

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- Manu Samoa, London Wasps (England), Stade Montois (France), Cheetahs (South Africa) * Willie Los'e - Tonga *

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- All Blacks * Jonathan Meredith - Manu Samoa *

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- All Black * 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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, Leicester Tigers, Newport Gwent Dragons * Andrew Suniula - US rugby *

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- US rugby *

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- All Blacks * Va'aiga Tuigamala - All Blacks & Manu Samoa * Anthony Tuitavake - All Blacks *

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- All Blacks * Lolagi Visinia - New Zealand Sevens

Softball

* Lyndon Andrews- Black Sox *

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-Black Sox

Touch Rugby

* Troy Nathan

References

External links

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