Nelson College For Girls

I am deeply frustrated with this school. This school has a proud history of being inclusive to all ethnicities and cultures yet (in my opinion) the current school principal appears only interested in promoting and caring for Maori and Pacifica students because that is her culture. She doesn't seem to understand that 85 percent of her students don't whakapapa Maori. No matter how hard they try, they will never be Maori like she wants them to be. At assembly, they have opening and closing karakia, the principal wants to show off her Te Reo Maori skills half the time even though she knows almost the entire room has no idea what she is saying. She only allows the girls to sing Maori songs. The only performances allowed are kapa haka or waiata. At cultural clothing days, the NZ European kids are not allowed to dress in clothes that represent their culture - does the principal think they have no culture or history worth celebrating? This push for 'Maori view only' spills over into almost every subject at the school - art, health, history, social studies, science, cooking, maths and even English. It's just too much. It's a big wide world and is not helpful to any of the girls to be so laser focused on Maori everything. We need global citizens. The principal would be better suited to a Kura Kaupapa school. It is very self-serving to not consider and respect the identity and culture of 85 percent of the school who also have so much to offer and contribute. Rather bizarrely, she wonders why there is an attendance problem. I can understand why so many kids are unhappy here and feel like they don't belong. All kids should be free to honour their own culture and identity, not forced to pretend to be something they are not and feel ashamed.

some teachers are racist. And people care to much about genders even though where all girl's school (and there a quite a few boys here so its not really all girls)
they care to much Abt correct uniform(they took my socks away from me and never gave them back just bc they didn't like them) and not enough about the people.

I had a really awful time with my mental health and the school system didn’t really support as much as I needed. But overall the school has lovely staff and tries to stick to good morals!
And it’s Nelson college for girls and I would like to be called a girl because I am, and the students that make a major fuss on not being a girl probably should of chosen another school.

teachers have been known to be rascist and homophobic, administration is known primarily for covering up bullying and introducing rules that are dehumanising, especially to older students. uniform is expensive, especially the pants which were introduced partially to accommodate gender non-conforming and trans students and thus are not accessible to many of these students.
my biggest issue with the school is that some of the counsellors are not properly trained, which to my knowledge, has come very close to costing the lives of mentally ill students due to improper care. avoid this school if u can. if not, good luck

Nelson college for Girls is a school that preaches about diversity while discouraging students who don’t fit into the perfect student box.