Kuranui College is a state co-educational secondary day school for the South Wairarapa located in Greytown, New Zealand.

[12] The college opened in February 1960 to replace the four district high schools in Greytown, Featherston, Martinborough, and Carterton.

[18] In 2005, Trevor Mallard visited Kuranui College due to the Wairarapa schools project, WELCom.

[8] Prior to the establishment of Kuranui, secondary education in the South Wairarapa was catered for by the local district high schools in the four towns.

As early as 1950, the Greytown School Committee and Wellington Education Board members were discussing methods of fulfilling this need.

During the succeeding months, the location of the new college was the subject of much discussion, and though Greytown and Featherston agreed to the disestablishment of the local high schools, In July 1958, the Cabinet Works Committee approved the preparation of plans.

[23] The name "Kuranui" was selected by the Committee of Management at its inaugural meeting in Greytown District High School on September 19, 1959.

[31] This led to a sequence of Gilbert and Sullivan operas in the first few years such as The Gondoliers, The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard.

Kuranui College placed third in the open division and won the Thomas George McCarthy Trust Award of Excellence for Choreography.

[51] The school came in first place in the national stage performance competition Showquest 2021 with a dance based on the Waikeria Prison uprising.

[54] At the 2019 SGCNZ National Shakespeare Festival Kuranui College sets its take on Richard III at the time of the New Zealand wars.

[58] In 2016, the senior rock band Simplicity represented the college at the regionals of the Smokefree Rockquest competition, picking up the People's Choice Award.

[59] In 2021, Kuranui College students came away with several top music awards at the regional finals of Smokefree Rockquest.

[63] In 2022, a 40-minute short film was produced on location in the Wairarapa and written, directed, and starred by a group of Kuranui College students.

The college competed in the annual event and won the junior boys' triple jump to set a new record.

[81] The sign is a prank, in keeping with the annual tradition of Year-13 students playing jokes on their last day of school before heading off on study leave.

[86] New temporary classrooms have been added to the college located on the western and southern sides of Tararua (previously E-Block) and has formed Papawai Block (P-Block).

The classrooms at Kuranui College would remain open for up to five years while the ministry plans a permanent block.

[93] The South Wairarapa District Council has agreed to sign off on a NZ$1 million grant for the gymnasium project.

[94] Kuranui College and the Ministry of Education will foot the rest of the approximately NZ$5.5 million bill.

[96] In 2009, the college was inline for a NZ$2 million grant from the government to demolish C-Block and update the buildings.

[100] Refurbishments were made to T-Block in 2018–2019; work included painting the exterior of the building, replacing internal wall linings, and installing temperature control systems.

The principal, the board of trustees, and the management team made a decision to focus on elevating student achievement and learning expectations.

[104] The first step for the junior school project team was to develop a mission statement that outlined the goals.

Inspire time happened on Tuesday and Thursday[117][118] During December 2020, Kuranui College received NZ$22,112 for the programme from the Greytown Trust Lands.

[124] The school has four houses, which form classes are assigned to, which are named after important places or features of the Wairarapa, and each is represented by a native bird and tree.

They are Ruamahanga with the Pūkeko and Hīnau; Aorangi with the Tūī and kowhai; Tararua with the Kererū, and Rātā and Wairarapa with the Toroa and Ngaio.

[133] Throughout the year, a series of inter-house sporting and cultural competitions are held that earn points towards top house.

Since it was founded, Kuranui College alumni have made significant and creative contributions to society, the arts, sciences and business.

Notable Kuranui College students include: Notes Citations Bibliography Not by author; sorted by publication name