Feilding High School is a co-ed Secondary School (Year 9–13) in

Feilding Feilding is a town in the Manawatū District of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on New Zealand State Highway 54, State Highway 54, 20 kilometres north of Palmerston North. The town is the seat of the Manawatū District Council. ...

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. It is the only secondary school in the town of Feilding.

History

The school was originally named the Feilding Technical High School and subsequently became known as the Feilding Agricultural High School (FAHS). The school's foundation stone was laid on 7 February 1921 by the then Minister for Education the Honourable James Parr. In 2000 the school had its name changed to FAHS Feilding High School. In 2015 Feilding High School was rated as having at Decile 5 socio-economic rating. In 2018 Nathan Stewart was appointed as principal of the school.

Principals

The school has had nine principals since 1921:

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.

Enrolment

As of , Feilding 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 5 and 6 under the former

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system).

Notable alumni

* Bob Bell (1929–2011), former National Party MP * Mihingarangi Forbes, television journalist *

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, Former judge of the Court of Appeal

Rugby players

* Nelson Ball: All Black (1931–36), Wanganui and Wellington representative *

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: England Women's Rugby, and Harlequins Women * Mitchell Crosswell:

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, Chiefs, Manawatu, Taranaki and East Coast representative * Nick Crosswell:

, Chiefs, Highlanders, Hurricanes, Manawatu and

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representative *

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: All Black (1946) and Manawatu representative * Stu Freebairn: All Black (1953–54) and Manawatu representative *

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: All Black (1974–1977) and Manawatu representative – Captain Ranfurly Sheild. *

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: All Black (1976) and Manawatu representative * Sarah Goss: Black Fern, NZ Women's Sevens, Manawatu Cyclones XV and 7s representative *

Vilimoni Koroi Vilimoni Koroi (born 17 April 1998) is a New Zealand rugby union player. Koroi was born to Fijian parents Taniela and Seruwaia in Whanganui and was a student at Feilding High School. Koroi played his first match for the New Zealand national ru ...

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, Highlanders and Otago representative *

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, Waikato and Manawatu representative * Aaron Smith: All Black (2012–), Highlanders and Manawatu Turbos representative *

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: All Black, Maori All Black, Crusaders and Canterbury representative * Tiny White: All Black (1946–57) and Poverty Bay representative * Adam Whitelock: Crusaders and Canterbury representative * George Whitelock: All Black (2009), Crusaders and Canterbury representative *

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: All Black (2013–18), Crusaders and Canterbury representative *

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: All Black (2010–), Crusaders, and Canterbury representative

References

External links

Education Review Office (ERO) reports
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