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On Wednesday 18 June the Feminist Club hosted Nicola Young, Sarah Free and Iona Pannett from the Wellington City Council. The City Council women talked about the individual, social and historical challenges that women have faced in roles such as theirs, and what they personally have done to overcome these barriers. They also outlined the […]

Last week Year 11 students Joseph Ivory, James Matheson, Jan Mueller, and Oliver Sundin competed in the Wellington Region Robocup senior rescue competition. They came 1st and will go to the nationals in September. The original  Robocup rescue competition was introduced to encourage researchers into disaster-rescue following the Kobe earthquake. The concept has been transferred […]

The junior premiere debating team, consisting of Kate Mills Workman, Ruby Medlicott, Ben Roberts and Ruby Douglas, continued their unbeaten run this year with a hard fought win over Queen Margaret College. We successfully argued that co-education schools provide a better education that single sex schools. Perhaps the Dominion Post should have consulted these students […]

Zach Mackie and Noah Allen-Collins came equal second and gained a Gold medal in the NZ Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge Regional final last week. They did this by cooking four entrees and four mains in 90 minutes and by losing less than 10 points in the process out of a possible hundred. Zach and Noah […]

The Wellington Regional Japanese Speech Competition was held on Friday 13 June. Three of our students had success with Jemma Jeong awarded a Year 10 Division Special Prize, Eva Tinga awarded Year 11 Division Special Prize and Alba Piles-Perea awarded Year 13 Division Second Prize. Left to Right – Jemma Jeong, Eva Tinga, Alba Piles-Perea

Lucy Edwards has been selected for the U18’s Wellington Schoolgirls rugby training squad. The squad includes players from Wellington, Manawatu and Horowhenua. She will be trialling for Wellington province representation. Congratulations and good luck Lucy!  

Qona Christie has been selected as part of the NZ Judo Youth Development Squad to train at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for a week in September. The athletes selected in this squad are seen as having the potential to represent NZ at events such as the Olympics in the future. It’s fantastic to […]

Sheryl Wong, Sasha Kapica, and  Oscar Thomas have been selected to have their DVC and Fashion design work showcased as NZQA National exemplars for level 2 external standards. It is a huge honour to be selected from a 2013 national cohort of 218 students who gained excellence in Level 2 DVC. Links to the work […]