Kaikorai Valley College is a medium-sized co-educational secondary school in

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, New Zealand. Initially starting as Kaikorai Valley High School in 1958, the school combined with Kenmure Intermediate School in 1996 to become Kaikorai Valley College. The school caters for students in

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7 to 13. It celebrated its 50th jubilee in 2008. The college has approximately 65 international students, and has sister school relationships with Sakuragaoka High School, Kun-ei Girls High School and Myojo Gakuen in Japan; Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College in Hong Kong; and Harbin Number 13 Middle School in China. Facilities include its own theatre and dance studio. The college had continual improvements to facilities with new computer suites, well equipped science laboratories, a new full sized gymnasium and open plan design and technology areas. Furthermore, the brand new administration block was opened by

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in 2012. The school also has a disabled and special needs unit. The school has its own radio show on

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. Pupils of Kaikorai Valley College use the adjacent Kaikorai Stream for

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, studying

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and flow, learning

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and monitoring

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Enrolment

As of , Kaikorai Valley College has 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).

Notable alumni

*Professor Richard Blaikie – Deputy Vice Chancellor

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* Howard Broad – former New Zealand Commissioner of Police 2006–2011. *

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– singer and songwriter for

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and

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– film director * Clayton Weatherston – dux in 1993, former University of Otago economics tutor and convicted murderer.

References

External links

Official website
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