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Rongotai College
Rongotai College is a state single-sex boys' secondary school in the southeastern suburb of Rongotai, Wellington, New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), the school has 732 students as of March 2026.
About 55 percent of the students are of European heritage, 18 percent identify as Pasifika,18 percent identify as Asian, and 20 percent are Māori, and there are various Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African students (MELAA).
A highlight for the school is the annual McEvedy Shield athletics event.
The school stands on the Rongotai isthmus which separates Lyall Bay and the Cook Strait to the south from Evans Bay on Wellington Harbour to the north. Having the sea on two sides gives it a particularly bracing microclimate, with gusty winds from the north and, in winter, icy blasts from the south. It is bounded to the east by Wellington Airport, and residential Rongotai to the west. Wellington's city centre is a few kilometres to the northwest.
Rongotai College was opened in 1928 with Mr. Fritz Martyn Renner as its first headmaster and a teaching staff of seven. It was started as an "overspill" for Wellington College, which was overstretched, and Rongotai became the new school for Wellington boys in the eastern suburbs.
Rongotai College originally accepted enrolments from students of intermediate school age. However, when Evans Bay Intermediate School opened its doors in 1964, it became purely a secondary school, catering to boys in what are now years 9 to 13.
The assembly hall, known as Renner Hall, was opened in 1966 and is named after the founding headmaster.
The 2013 ERO report was favorable while pointing out areas for improvement, for example in monitoring achievement and attendance levels.
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Rongotai College
Rongotai College is a state single-sex boys' secondary school in the southeastern suburb of Rongotai, Wellington, New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), the school has 732 students as of March 2026.
About 55 percent of the students are of European heritage, 18 percent identify as Pasifika,18 percent identify as Asian, and 20 percent are Māori, and there are various Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African students (MELAA).
A highlight for the school is the annual McEvedy Shield athletics event.
The school stands on the Rongotai isthmus which separates Lyall Bay and the Cook Strait to the south from Evans Bay on Wellington Harbour to the north. Having the sea on two sides gives it a particularly bracing microclimate, with gusty winds from the north and, in winter, icy blasts from the south. It is bounded to the east by Wellington Airport, and residential Rongotai to the west. Wellington's city centre is a few kilometres to the northwest.
Rongotai College was opened in 1928 with Mr. Fritz Martyn Renner as its first headmaster and a teaching staff of seven. It was started as an "overspill" for Wellington College, which was overstretched, and Rongotai became the new school for Wellington boys in the eastern suburbs.
Rongotai College originally accepted enrolments from students of intermediate school age. However, when Evans Bay Intermediate School opened its doors in 1964, it became purely a secondary school, catering to boys in what are now years 9 to 13.
The assembly hall, known as Renner Hall, was opened in 1966 and is named after the founding headmaster.
The 2013 ERO report was favorable while pointing out areas for improvement, for example in monitoring achievement and attendance levels.