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The King's College Foundation

The King's College Foundation is the vehicle providing financial security for the future of the school. Its goal is to create a substantial financial base to ensure the ongoing independence of King's.

Created in 1980 to address the potential loss of 'state aid' (to private schools) and integration of private schools with the state school sector, it has changed focus over the years but remains dedicated to financially supporting the College, its endeavours, and its independence. The Foundation is also able to provide scholarships to students who would benefit from a King’s education as well as fund other projects and purchase resources that support the ongoing provision of excellence in education.

A long-lasting impact

The Foundation supports King's to flourish in a variety of ways: funding capital projects, ensuring the ongoing independence and excellence of the College, and providing bursaries and scholarships that make the school accessible to more prospective students. Through the Foundation, Old Collegians and other valued members of the King's Community can contribute to the enduring legacy of the school.

Meet our Foundation Board

The control, management and conduct of the affairs of our Foundation are vested in the Foundation Board of Management, which meets regularly to review progress on the goals of the Foundation. 

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Message from the Foundation President

King’s College values the importance of reciprocity and service to others, and we look to impart this philosophy in our students so that they recognise their part in the circle of philanthropic giving. 

Support for King’s College comes in many different forms: donations and major gifts, bequests, scholarships and bursaries, prizes, in kind products and services, through to contributions to annual fundraising activities. 

We also receive hundreds of volunteer hours each year through committee membership and support.

Being an active member of our community helps us to preserve the future of generations of King’s College students.

If you would like to support King’s College, I encourage you to formalise your contribution through membership of the Foundation or by discussing with our Development team how we can identify where your contribution can be of most value.

Virtus Pollet.

Michael Harper
President of the King’s Foundation 

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Message from a scholarship recipient

The impact of the Foundation’s work is felt most strongly here: the words of a student who received a scholarship to attend King’s. This message from Rita Shasha (Year 13, Middlemore), our 2017 Headgirl and recipient of the James Webster Memorial Scholarship, speaks volumes.

A thank you to the Foundation: 

I think I can speak for all of us students here today when I say we would not have been able to do what we do without the support of the Foundation, scholarship donors and of course the College. Not only are we all extremely grateful for the financial support we have received, but also the knowledge that people out there who we may have never met that believe in us and believe that we can be truly successful.

My time here at the College has been one that has undoubtedly shaped me to become the person I am today. I have been able to grow and flourish more in the past two years than I ever have in my life, and that would not have been possible without the amazing support systems us students find in the Foundation, the Old Collegians and the College as a whole.

As we all know, the College provides a caliber of education that all of us are lucky to receive. For many of us, we would not have been able to experience such a world-class education without your support. We are all able to compete in more sports than I thought possible, with everything from clay target shooting to archery, waterpolo and equestrian, we are not short of opportunities out on the sports field. We also have the chance to be a part of so many different arts and cultural showcases such as the annual Glee Club Production or Senior Drama, which help many to express their passion for the theatre and the arts. Us students would not be receiving an ‘allround education’ if the College wasn’t prepared to give it to us, so I say thank you on behalf of all us students for giving us the ability to explore so many different opportunities through the College.

Walking away from my final year at school I know myself to be prepared for anything uni can bring. King’s has taught me the work-ethic and discipline required to nail my law lectures; the selfconfidence required to make new friends and most of all how to take pride in my work and what I have achieved. As well as this, community service has taught us all to have an ever present sense of gratitude that we are able to have such an amazing education that we are lucky to continue. It is this sense of gratitude that will be carried with us into the future, and I’m sure many of us will definitely be looking to give back to the College in some way.

Perhaps what I will always be most grateful for, is the close friendships I have formed over my past two years at King’s. I have met so many amazing people that I am going to be so sad to leave at the end of this year. Now, this is where the Old Collegians network comes in handy. I know that even though I will finish my time at school in just a few weeks it is not the end of my journey with King’s. I think what is so special about the College is that not only do you grow up with it, but that it is with you all your life. I know that in a little while I’ll be back in the Pavilion, sipping on some afternoon tea and reminiscing on my time spent running through the halls of Middlemore house.

As well as this, as a young aspiring lawyer, the Old Collegians network has provided me with some pretty awesome opportunities. It was in fact at an Old Collegians lunch that I was passed the card of the Right Honourable Paul East who happens to be a QC, something I am very much interested in doing in the future. Now whilst I am studying in Wellington next year, Mr. East kindly offered for me to visit his offices one day, an opportunity I am glad to receive.

To conclude, I cannot begin to say how much your support means to us students. Your scholarships have been helping develop New Zealand’s next best Rowers, Cricketers, Rugby Players, Business Men and Politicians. You have helped to shape New Zealand's next generation of leaders. So thank you, for everything you have done and continue to do for the College. Your generosity never does go unnoticed.


Thank you.

Virtus Pollet.

Rita Shasha

 

Our generous donors

King’s is fortunate to have received significant gifts which have funded major capital campaigns for important building and grounds developments. Additionally, the school receives donations from individuals and trusts to establish scholarships and bursaries.

These are just a few examples of the generosity of some of our donors. We are thankful to each and every person who makes it possible for young men and women in New Zealand to have access to the excellent education provided by King’s College.

  • Phil Ryall Bursary

    Old Collegian Phil Ryall (School, 1943 –44) has been supporting the College through his namesake Bursary for more than ten years.

    His story of how he got to be at King’s is a touching one. “I came from a pretty hard up family in the heart of the King Country,” explains Mr Ryall. “We lived in a real back-country location and I had no way of getting to a high school – there simply weren’t any in the area!

    “My father had a pretty hard time in the War, but he was determined that I would receive a high school education. Through his persistence and determination, I was able to attend King’s. I was never able to complete my King’s education, however, because my father became really sick while I was at school so I had to leave to help my mother on the farm.I enjoyed my time at King’s in the short time I was there. I was never a top athlete or anything like that, but I made some good friends there,” says Mr Ryall.

    Over the years, Mr Ryall worked hard on his farm – rearing sheep and cattle – and did reasonably well for himself, to the point where he was finally in a position to set up a bursary which would give children from rural New Zealand the opportunity to receive a good high school education. 

    “I wanted to help people who came from the sort of rural life I came from, and that’s what I did.” Mr Ryall hopes that all the recipients of his namesake bursary enjoy their time at King’s and try their utmost to make the best of the opportunities that they are lucky to now have exposure to.

    Thank you, Mr Ryall, for your generosity to the King’s Foundation, and the College.

  • Mark and Angela Clatworthy Scholarship

    Since 2014 Old Collegian and Orthopaedic Knee Surgeon Mr Mark Clatworthy (Averill, 1978-82) and his wife Angela have chosen to provide yearly boarding scholarship solutions for promising students as their focus.

    Up to five scholarships can be awarded to students of Maori or Pasifika descent who have a strong academic and/or sporting ability or who because of financial disadvantage might otherwise have been unable to receive an education at the College. This support represents over a quarter of a million dollars.

    The Clatworthy family encourages those in the King’s community to consider supporting a scholarship so as to provide a young person with an education and networks that will hopefully allow them to reach their full potential as an individual and in their prospective careers.

  • Richard and Yvette Hall Scholarship

    The Hall Family Scholarship was established by Old Collegian Richard Hall (Major, 1977-81), to support female student(s) of Māori decent; with preference given to members of Ngāti Kahungunu to study at King's College, Auckland. 

    Richard is proud of his Ngāti Kahungunu ancestry. The family are direct descendants of the Paramount Chief Takamoana Karaitiana of Hawkes Bay. Takamoana Karaitiana was born in the 1820s and involved in the New Zealand Māori Wars; he also became an influential chief. in 1871 he stood in the House of Representatives for the Eastern Māori seat.

    Richard and Yvette wish to provide better opportunity for a female student of Māori family background to join the College from Year 11 and enjoy the same rewards as the Hall families have over several generations. 

Annual report and financial statements

The Foundation’s annual report and financial statements are publicly available; you can download them here:

 

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Become a Foundation member

King's College has been built on the generosity of our community. Find out how you can play your role in securing the future of the College for generations to come.