Principal’s Notes
International students returning to New Zealand are on the horizon from July onwards and we are on the lookout for homestay families to host them. We pay a generous amount to households who take on international students – see ad.…
2022 Leaver’s Gear
The Year 13s have voted for their Leaver’s Gear this year to be sourced from Canterbury Clothing and the options are below. An order form has been emailed to all Year 13 students to be completed by Friday 13/5/22 and…
WSCW 2022 School Ball – update
Following the PM's announcement that vaccine passes will no longer be required (unless venues want to continue enforcing them), Ellerslie Event Centre has confirmed they will NOT be requiring a vaccine pass for our ball attendees. Year 13 and Year…
ASB Polyfest 2022 – Nga Puna o Waiorea 3 Kapa Haka Roopu Performances Live Streamed on Maori Television!!!
We hope you enjoy the performances of Waiorea, O Rehu & Nga Oho, along with all the other Kura in attendance.
Pā Harakeke o Waiōrea – Official Opening
On the 9th of March, the kura officially opened our pā Harakeke, NgaUri o Pakoti (the descendants of Pakoti). Pakoti's offspring according to Maori tradition was harakeke (flax). This opening and naming brought to fruition the vision of one of our students,…
Construction Works at Seddon Fields
We have received the following communication from Western Springs Football Club. The resurfacing of the Artificial turf fields at Seddon Fields commences on Monday 14th March. The turf fields will be fenced off and will be taking up a significant amount of…
Library News
It has been a busy start to the year in the library with over 25 class visits, orientations, and research sessions. 500 books have gone out since term began! We were excited to receive our first shipment of books from…
Solar power going strong.
Our community funded solar array continues to generate clean power for us, the sun is very reliable! Here are the latest figures… The sun has generated 67,712kW of power since January 2021. The KHCL and surrounding buildings have used 212,631kW.…
News from the International Department
Living and studying in a foreign country as a teenager is a challenging but valuable experience. It can be more challenging than usual when students are faced with the pandemic. Asal Ghaderi, our Year 11 student from the United Arab…