Piki ko tahi ki te taumata
Experience success together

About Our School

Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education

Hokitika’s expansive and dramatic environment is the perfect adventure playground for our vast and exciting outdoor education programme. Its practical course designed to equip students with real-world experience is bolstered by passionate, fully trained and qualified instructors. There’s something for everyone from the beginner to the adrenaline chaser. You’ll love the adventure!

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The Amazing West Coast

The Amazing West Coast

Hokitika is surrounded by the majestic mountains of the Southern Alps, lush rainforests, untamed rivers and a wild unspoilt coastline beach. With its relaxed and friendly environment, vibrant art and crafts community and strong history in Pounamu coupled with the many popular bushwalks, lakes and outdoor attractions, Westland is the perfect place to explore and unwind.

The Amazing West Coast
Kaupapa Mōori

Kaupapa Māori

The mana whenua iwi of the Westland region imbues the community and the school with the knowledge and pathways to a sense of respectful belonging within the community that has formed on their whenua (lands) awa (rivers) moana (seas) and with their iwi (peoples). We acknowledge as a school the privilege we have as we partner with Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae and Te Rūnanga o Makaawhio, our mana.

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Upcoming Events

Mon28 Oct
School closed – Public holiday commemorating the struggle for an eight-hour working day. New Zealand workers were among the first in the world to claim this right when, in 1840, the carpenter Samuel Parnell won an eight-hour day in Wellington.
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Mon2 Dec
School closed – Public holiday celebrating Westland anniversary
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Fri13 Dec
Term 4 ends 13th December
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School news

  • 17 Sep

    Physical Education and Health

    In Health and Physical education, the focus is on the well-being of the students themselves, of other people, and of society through learnin...

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  • 17 Sep

    Te Whare Māori

    There is an inherent connection between language and culture: language is embedded in culture and also expresses culture. The culture and pr...

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  • 17 Sep

    Technology

    Technology is intervention by design. It uses intellectual and practical resources to create technological outcomes, which expand human poss...

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  • 17 Sep

    Social Science

    The Social Science Learning Area is about how societies work and how people can participate as critical, active, informed, and responsible c...

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  • 17 Sep

    Mathematics

    Mathematics underpins everyday life and is the tool which helps us make sense of what is around us, from everyday commerce through to the hi...

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  • 17 Sep

    English

    English is the study, use, and enjoyment of the English language and its literature, communicated orally, visually, and in writing, for a ra...

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  • 17 Sep

    Year 13 courses at Westland High School

    All learners will be working toward completing their NCEA Level 3 qualification. In Year 13 students are expected to select 5 subjects. Tra...

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  • 17 Sep

    Year 12 courses at Westland High School

    All learners will be working toward completing their NCEA Level 2 qualification. Students are highly recommended to take English, Mathematic...

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