Welcome to Wainuiomata High School

Wainuiomata High School is a new multi-cultural co-educational school for girls and boys aged 13 years and above, with a roll of approximately 950 students. The school came into being on 1 January 2002, as a result of the merger of Wainuiomata College and Parkway College. An extensive rebuilding programme on the former Parkway College site has resulted in excellent modern facilities for staff and students. Over $8,000,000 has been spent on upgrading the school.

Facilities are among the best in the Wellington region and include:

• A well-designed auditorium
• A purpose-built student services centre
• Five computer laboratories
• A new technology centre
• Two full size gymnasiums and a weight training facility
• State-of-the-art library
• Six new science laboratories

A number of other classrooms have been refurbished or built new.

The school has well-developed systems to encourage students to perform at their peak, and emphasises traditional values of respect, honesty, courtesy, cooperation and concern for others. Support systems assist students with their problems and concerns. We believe a school must take a holistic view of the individual, and we understand that a student cannot be an effective learner if distracted by personal, family or health problems. Wainuiomata High School is therefore a "full service" school with extensive pastoral support available.

The sense of warmth and caring that we emphasise is also seen in the community which takes pride in being a close knit and progressive town. Wainuiomata is located only 15 minutes from the city centre of Lower Hutt and 30 minutes from central Wellington. It was one of the earliest European settlements in the Wellington region, and today is part of Lower Hutt City. Wainuiomata is the gateway to the Rimutaka Forest Park. The area is rich in mountains, rivers and native bush walks.

More information on Lower Hutt can be found here (Lower Hutt City Council website).
More information on Wainuiomata can be found here.

Wainuiomata High School will:

• Encourage the pursuit of excellence
• Foster the ability to make decisions and the exercise of responsibility
• Uphold the qualities of truth, justice, respect for others and tolerance
• Provide opportunities for, and encourage, life-long learning
• Enable student participation in a broad range of activities and events
• Help students to develop a positive self-image and social interpersonal relationships
• Offer a valuable and welcoming community facility, and be involved in our community
• Guarantee qualifications for all, or your money back

More information on the philosophy of Wainuiomata High School can be found here.

For more information about the college:

click on the links at the top of the page...

...or visit us:

• Wainuiomata High School
  Parkway Road
  Wainuiomata

...or phone:

• (NZ) (04) 938-3224
  (NZ 04 WETEACH)

...or write to:

• The Principal
  Wainuiomata High School
  PO Box 43-156
  Wainuiomata
  Lower Hutt
  New Zealand

...or fax:

• (NZ) (04) 939-7016

...or E-mail:

• office@wainuiomatahigh.school.nz

Additional information and enrolment forms are available from the Wainuiomata High School office, phone 938-3224.

A fuller list of contacts is available on our Contacts page.

Wainuiomata High School would like to see every student participating in at least one sporting activity, either at school or through a sporting organization. We offer 25 different sporting codes. Please contact Peter Cowan, our Sports Coordinator, for all enquiries:

• Phone: 938-3224 ext.7028
• E-mail: peterc@wainuiomatahigh.school.nz

The High School publishes a Sports Information Booklet every year. You can download the current version (MS Word format) by clicking here.

Recent updates:
1 March (February Newsletter);
8 March (Calendar of Events);
12 March (bad links in the News section cleaned up);
25 March (new navigation to Fees pages);
3 April (Activities Gallery added);
5 April (April Newsletter, more photos in the Activities Gallery, Contacts page updated);
6 May (photos added to Activities Gallery);
12 May (revised Staff List);
13 - 16 May (photos from the Kiwi Business Experience added to the Activities Gallery, revised Additional Information page);
30 May (May Newsletter),
8 July (July Newsletter),
21 July(revised International pages),
10 August (Gateway information),
23 August (Careers Events page).

The Uniform page features changes to uniform made in recent years (compulsory for Years 9, 10 and 11 students). It has examples of acceptable and unacceptable shoe styles (compulsory for all students).

The website was first created for the former Wainuiomata College in 1998. It was rebuilt after the merger of Wainuiomata and Parkway Colleges into Wainuiomata High School, January 1, 2002, and then redesigned in September 2003. It has been redesigned again over the last 12 months. We have converted all current pages from our .asp database (which proved frustrating to understand and maintain) back to classic HTML using stylesheets.

This site should be suitable for Netscape 4 / Explorer 4 and subsequent browsers, at most settings, although it will display best at 1024 x 768. Please let us know if it isn't: e-mail the webmaster.

version 7.5 ©Clive Grainger 2009 www.wainuiomatahigh.school.nz