School News

  • 14 Nov

    Term 4 Alternative Programme

    Most of our international students are not sitting their NCEA exams so they are participating in an alternative programme. Grete, Clara, Ric...

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  • 06 Nov

    2024 Senior Prize Giving

    Congratulations to our Senior students who received awards at the 2024 Senior Student Prize Giving this year. .hail-inline figure img{max-wi...

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  • 06 Nov

    Waka Ama success!

    Some of our students recently represented Te Hono o Nga Waka’s Youth Development Program in the Ki Uta Ki Tai Waka Ama Challenge. Read on ...

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  • 06 Nov

    Farewell Year 13’s

    In week 3, this term, we said farewell to our Year 13’s with a week full of events. It was a busy week of fun with our Year 13’s...

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  • 23 Oct

    International 2025

    The Westland High School International Department is looking forward to welcoming seven new students in January! We’re excited to be w...

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  • 23 Oct

    Rotary Leadership camp

    Recently two of our students participated in a Rotary Leadership Camp. Two of our students, Jackson Gamble and Reuben Eyre, were selected fo...

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  • 22 Oct

    Dame Sophie Pascoe visits

    Last week we were extremely lucky to have Dame Sophie Pascoe, visit our school as part of her Dare to Dream programme. Dame Sophie has achie...

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  • 09 Sep

    South Island Secondary School Winter Tournament 2024

    This year our school participated in several tournaments with some fantastic successes. This year, our school participated in several tourn...

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  • 06 Sep

    2025 Senior Course Selection

    23rd September, 3pm to 5pm, is an informal opportunity for Year 10 to 12 and their whanau to look at available courses for 2025 to help with...

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  • 06 Sep

    Poetry week

    We held Poetry week at Westland High this year. What a great way to celebrate students literary aspirations. Poetry Week was held here at sc...

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  • 05 Sep

    Te hui Ahurei o ngā kura o Te Tai Poutini – Kapa haka festival 2024

    What a fantastic performance from our Kapa haka roopū who competed at the annual West Coast Kapa Haka competition, Te hui Ahurei o ngā kur...

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  • 30 Aug

    Find out why our international students love Westland High School.

    Clara from Germany, Rina from Japan and Tommaso from Italy share their impressions of Westland High School and Hokitika. .hail-inline figure...

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