Southland Boys' High School (SBHS) is an all-boys school in Invercargill

Invercargill

Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, and has been the only one in the city since Marist Brothers was merged with St Catherines to form Verdon College

Verdon College

Verdon College is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school in Invercargill, New Zealand, teaching students from year 7 to 13 . The college is named after Bishop Michael Verdon who was the second Catholic Bishop of Dunedin ....

 in 1982.

History

SBHS was founded in 1881 and, in 1926, the original brick building was opened on the present Herbert St site. This building is called the Pearce Block in memory of Mr T. Pearce who was rector from around 1904 to 1929. Subsequent buildings were named after George Uttley, Malcolm Leadbetter, Don Grant and Laurie Cornwell. The gymnasium was named after Jim Page.
The west end of the Pearce Block suffered a fire during Easter 1980 which was well recorded in the 1980 year book "The Southlandian". The fire extensively damaged three class rooms on the upper floor whilst the Rector's, DP's and Senior Master's offices on the ground floor were water damaged (in the right hand side of the photo).

The school co-hosted the 2006 State Twenty20 Cricket Knock-Out Tournament

2006 State Twenty20 Cricket Knock-Out Tournament

The 2006 State Twenty20 Cricket Knock-Out Tournament was a domestic Twenty20 tournament in New Zealand. The tournament was held in Invercargill on 10-12 November 2006.A prize of $30,000 was on offer for the winners of the tournament...

 in Invercargill.

Notable alumni

Well-known former students include Jeremy Waldron

Jeremy Waldron

Jeremy Waldron is professor of law and philosophy at the New York University School of Law and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College, Oxford University.-Career:...

, who graduated in 1970 and is now a prominent legal and political philosopher in the United States, and Andrew White, who played rugby for the All Blacks

All Blacks

The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....

in the 1920s. Back in the early 1980's there were several rows of framed photos in the downstairs corridor of the Grant Block of Old Boys who had gone on to represent New Zealand at rugby or cricket. The Leadbetter Wing also had framed photos of the First 15 rugby team dating back to around 1913.

Former rectors

Former rectors of the school include:

• Mr Blanchflower (1881 - c. 1885)
• Mr Highton (??)
• Mr Fowler (?? - c. 1904)
• Mr T.Pearce (1904 - 1929)
• Dr George Uttley (1930 - 1946)
• Mr Malcolm Leadbetter (1947 - 1950)
• Mr Don Grant (1950 - 1963)
• Mr Laurie Cornwell (1963 - 1981)
• Mr Jack Alabaster (1981 - 1988)
• Mr Rowly Currie (1989 - 1999)
• Mr Ian Baldwin (2000 - Present)