goals

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Keith Sainsbury talks to Mr MacDonald,  

Wellington High School seeks to develop a comprehensive list of ex-pupils and staff regardless of which intstitution they attended over the last 125 years.  

 

Despite the different names:
Wellington College of Design, Wellington Technical College  and Wellington High  all had a similar goal  - to provide an excellent education which was relevant and quipped the students for the time in which they lived.

Famous ex students include:

Eric Tindill  (WTC)   double international Rugby and Cricket and international referee for rugby and cricket
 
 Sir JonTrimmer  (WTC) ballet dancer
 Keith Sainsbury (WHS)       researcher and winner of the 2005 Japan Prize for fisheries research - ever grateful to his inspiration WHS science teacher Mr MacDonald
 Len Lye  (WTC)  kinetic sculpture
Peter Leitch  The Mad Butcher
 Luisa Burgess (WHS) actor

 Jon Toogood (WHS)
Tom Larkin  (WHS)

 Shihad
 King Kapisi   (WHS) singer
 Joseph Chuchwood(WTC) 1946 - 1950 pioneer of hand drawn fonts of type designer  - world expert
  
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Len Lye kinetic sculpture 

 

 

 

Click here to view former students in the Alumni list.

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