Kaikorai Valley College

Kaikorai Valley College is a medium-sized co-educational secondary school in Dunedin, New Zealand. Initially starting as Kaikorai Valley High School in 1958, the school combined with Kenmure Intermediate School in 1996 to become Kaikorai Valley College.^[3] The school caters for students in years 7 to 13. It celebrated its 50th jubilee in 2008.

Kaikorai Valley College
Location
500 Kaikorai Valley Rd, Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin New Zealand
Coordinates	45.88206°S 170.466995°E / -45.88206; 170.466995
Information
Type	State, Co-educational, Secondary
Motto	Latin: Quaerite Et Invenietis (Seek and ye shall find)
Established	1958
Ministry of Education Institution no.	381
Principal	Jatin Bali
School roll	439[1] (July 2025)
Socio-economic decile	5M[2]
Website	www.kvcollege.co.nz

The college has approximately 65 international students, and has sister school relationships with Sakuragaoka High School, Kun-ei Girls High School and Myojo Gakuen in Japan; Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College in Hong Kong; and Harbin Number 13 Middle School in China.^[3]

Facilities include its own theatre and dance studio. The college had continual improvements to facilities with new computer suites, well equipped science laboratories, a new full sized gymnasium and open plan design and technology areas. Furthermore, the brand new administration block was opened by John Key in 2012.^[4] The school also has a disabled and special needs unit.

The school has its own radio show on Otago Access Radio.^[5]

Kaikorai Valley College students study the stream flow.

Measuring equipment used to study hydrology

Pupils of Kaikorai Valley College use the adjacent Kaikorai Stream for outdoor education, studying water quality and flow, learning fly fishing and monitoring waste water.^[6]

Enrolment

As of July 2025, Kaikorai Valley College has roll of 439 students, of which 85 (19.4%) identify as Māori.^[1]

As of 2025, the school has an Equity Index of 499,^[7] placing it amongst schools whose students have many socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 under the former socio-economic decile system).^[8]

Notable alumni

Main category: People educated at Kaikorai Valley College

• Professor Richard Blaikie – Deputy Vice Chancellor Otago University^[9]
• Howard Broad – former New Zealand Commissioner of Police 2006–2011.^[10]
• Shayne Carter – singer and songwriter for Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer^[11]
• Robert Sarkies – film director^[12]
• Clayton Weatherston – dux in 1993, former University of Otago economics tutor and convicted murderer.^[13]