Annual General Meetings

Annual General Meeting 2022

President Chris acknowledged the efforts of retiring Committee member, Rhondda Martin with a floral tribute. Chris spoke of the desire to get the membership of the Association up to 1000 old boys. Bob Glass and Bryan Frost are also standing down from the Committee. Chris put the proposal to amend the name of the association to” The Kingsmen” with “The Association of Kings High School Old Boys” added as a sub heading. This was passed by the meeting but may require some fine tuning to gain acceptance under the Incorporated Societies Act.

The Rector, Nick McIvor, addressed the meeting. He said that the intake for 2021 was 205 boys – our Scholarship Candidate ranked 1^st in Otago / Southland, 3^rd in the South Island behind Burnside High School and Christs College and in the top 10 in New Zealand. The school has been doing very well in debating and in the Shakespeare performance competition. The boys excel in fight scenes.

The small gymnasium is being converted into a “High Performance Centre and the large gym is being seriously upgraded. Our new hockey turf has made it possible for the Senior Men’s National Tournament to be held in Dunedin. The school should gain some major publicity from this event.

Our Webmaster, John Barr reported on the Facebook Page and the Website. “I try to keep a mix of profiles of successful old boys and important School events. These include boys who were School Dux, Head Boys and other boys we should consider special. All the profiles posted have been well received. Four have received over 1000 views and others between 4 and 8 hundred views.”

The Websites recent additions include the 2021 group photos, sports team photos and results, cultural activities, staff, prefects, the school dux, head boys … The school’s pupil and staff member’s databases have been updated and several hard-to-find profiles from earlier years have been researched and added. “ I will keep working on Head Boys and sporting personalities, Military personnel, and Special Old Boys who have made the news. It would be a pity if these people are not given recognition before, they vanish into history and become difficult to track down. Any suggestions or help in finding people would be appreciated.” (Send to barrnone@xtra.co.nz)

Statistics for the Website www.kingshigholdboys,co.nz

Best day 362 Views June 14, 2021

Best Month August 2021 2178 Unique visitors

We get over 1600 views per month on average.

Paul Miller gave a very interesting address to the meeting detailing his rugby career, his playing relationships with various teams, his battle with cancer and his successes with Māori apprentice training.

The 2022 -2023 Committee

President: Chris George, Vice President: Grant Howie, Secretary: David Horne,

Committee Members: Graham Helm, Mack Stephens, Hugh Kidd, Glenn Dickson, Andrew Miller, Mark Scott, Bradley Scott.

Patron: The Rector, Nick McIvor

Webmaster: John Barr


Grant Howie with Harold (Hec) Browett	The “Top Table”, Secretary, David Horne and President Chris George	Chris George, Neil Seaton, Mark Scott, Paul Miller and Grant Howie	Rhondda Martin presented with floral tribute by Chris George

Doug Jackson presenting the financial report	Rector Nick McIvor and Glenn Dickson	Mac Stephens after being presented with his commemorative cap by Chris George	Mac Stephens

Annual General Meeting 2021

This year we welcomed two new members to the Committee -Grant Howie and Mark Scott. President Chris George made a presentation to Christine Bell who retired from the Committee after five years of service.

Rector Nick McIvor reported to the meeting on the difficulties of last year when the school was in lock down and how well the boys had coped. Our academic results were excellent and King’s compares very well with schools that have twice our roll. Schools like the top North Island schools for example Auckland Grammar with a roll of 2606 pupils or Christchurch’s Burnside High School with a roll of 2499. The Hockey Turf which the School has use of until 4.30 each day is well under way. Major gymnasium developments and the creation of a Maori cultural space will be happening this year.

Guest Speaker Hugh Kidd was presented with a King’s High School Commemorative Cap by President Chris. Hugh spoke about his life from 1937 through the difficulties of the WW2 years and problems with school staffing. A large number of staff members were away at the war and untrained and retired teachers were helping to staff primary and secondary schools. Kings had nine staff who went to the war – quite a lot out of a staff of about 14. After the war returning soldiers who wanted to teach were given a 1 year “pressure cooker teacher training course and rushed into service to cope with the rapidly growing school populations. These were difficult years.

The evening was rounded off by President Chris gaining the meetings approval to purchases recognition badges for the Rector to award to pupils who were demonstrating good achievement with the School Strategic objectives of excellence, respect, integrity, fairness, responsibility, participation and compassion. It was resolved that our subscriptions remain at $20.


Top Table – Rector Nick McIvor, President Chris George and Secretary David Horne	New Committee Members – Grant Howie and Mark Scott	Chris George congratulate Christine Bell	George Munro, Bryan Frost and Glenn Dickson

Brian Farrant and Ron Cain	Chris George presents Christine Bell with flowers on her retirement from the Committee	Guest Speaker Hugh Kidd	Chris George and Christine Bell

Annual General Meeting 2020

Chris George was elected President of the Old Boys Association at the 2020 AGM. He is keen to see the involvement of our Old Boys in supporting sporting and other events that the School participates in. The newly appointed Vice President is Bradley Scott. These guys deserve all of our support in the coming year. Immediate Past President Doug Jackson was awarded a Life Membership for the great support he has given over many years. Doug will continue to work with the committee. Bob Glass retired from the committee after giving very long service as our treasurer and Chairman of the 60th reunion Committee. The other retiree was our loyal worker for several years, George Munro.

Rector Nick McIvor addressed the meeting – the School artificial turf go ahead has been finalized and the 3 million dollar project will start soon. The school has had remarkable success in both academic and sporting areas. Our Shakespearean Actors were recently successful in a national competition.

The Guest Speaker, Glenn Dickson told of his early relationships with the school. His Father and Uncles all attended Kings. He was most impressed when Richard Hokianga, then a Kings pupil, came to his primary school and taught the haka. Richard chose Glenn to be the haka leader. Glenn is now Director of Sport at the School. He has been excited with how five of the larger sports at the School have been very successful nationally. Our Hockey Boys being top in the country. Glenn is keen to see Old Boys supporting school sports in any way they can be it by attending games, helping with finance or by promoting events etc.


Bob Glass	Nick McIvor	Chris George	Glenn Dickson

Annual General Meeting 2019

The AGM and Autumn get together (Photos – John Barr)
The 2019 AGM and Autumn get together was held in the School Library on Tuesday the 30th of April. Former staff member Bryan Frost spoke to the assembled group on his experiences over the past 44 years at the School. He recalled the efforts made by various Rectors under some very changing social conditions. His address highlighted the importance of a strong Rector on the development and growth of the School.
Acting Rector for this term, the very capable Roger Moses, gave a brief but interesting address of his years at Wellington College. He demonstrated how he was up with the play, getting to know and working with King’s boys He spoke of how he was asked to be on the group that selected the new Rector, Nick McIvor. He was most impressed with the quality of the candidates and particularly impressed with Nick McIvor. He feels that Nick is a very experienced and suitable person to lead Kings in the coming years.
Officers elected for the coming year were Doug Jackson (President), Chris George (Vice President), Dave Horne (Secretary) Colin Nicholls (Treasurer).


Roger Moses speaks Mac Stephens and Hec Browett. Guest Speaker Bryan Frost looks on.	George Munro chats with Ron Cain. President Doug Jackson looks on.	Hugh Kidd and Simon Cushen talk with Dave Ashton.	Past staff member Bryan Frost, the evenings guest Speaker.


Bradley Scott and Simon Cushen engrossed with Bryan Frost’s talk.	Hugh Kidd with Ian Simpson and Hec Browett.	Vice President Chris George.	Treasurer Colin Nichols