School News
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...
[Read more]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...
[Read more]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...
[Read more]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...
[Read more]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...
[Read more]Congratulations, Bruce!
Bruce Miller, one of our Year 12 students here at Westland High, has secured one of 3 international scholarships to play rugby in Italy in 2...
[Read more]BBG Rugby Tournament 1st XV Final
The WHS 1st XV had a stellar run this season on the rugby field which brought them to the final against Buller High. Westland High School...
[Read more]Te Tai Poutini Waka Hoe haerenga ki Ōtepoti
Some of our rangatahi compete in Dunedin in the ‘Fire in Ice Waka Ama Ice Breaker Challenge’ On the 31st of May, 12 rangatahi fr...
[Read more]Year 12 Physics go to Uni!
Recently our Year 12 Physics class had the opportunity to visit the University of Canterbury. The first thing we did on the trip was visit t...
[Read more]Battle of the Pans 2024
Recently Westland High School hosted the regional event from the National Service IQ Battle of the pans competition. The sizzle of pans and ...
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