https://wellington.gen.nz/te-papa/geotagged Geotagged Te Papa newsitems https://www.friendsoftepapa.org.nz/event/museums-and-national-identity/ Friends of Te Papa invite you to an illustrated talk exploring how museums across Central and Eastern Europe express national identity shaped by centuries of empire, conflict, and cultural change. te-papa museumsandgalleries art communitygroups events Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.friendsoftepapa.org.nz/event/museums-and-national-identity/ Friends of Te Papa 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.acwellington.org.nz/age-concern-and-te-papa-collaborate-on-a-pilot-programme/ Age Concern recently collaborated with Te Papa on a pilot programme to bring Kaumatua to Te Papa to experience the culture and history of the museum, some for the very first time. Vanessa, our Events Coordinator, along with Te Papa staff, were able to share this opportunity with the Manners St Coffee Group and Omai ... Read more te-papa museumsandgalleries art communitygroups elderly Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.acwellington.org.nz/age-concern-and-te-papa-collaborate-on-a-pilot-programme/ Age Concern Wellington 2026-02-24T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=177079 te-papa museumsandgalleries art media Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=177079 Wellington Scoop 2026-01-14T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2025/11/nga-rarangi-korero-o-te-tiriti-i-hunaiaredacted-treaty-panels-debut-as-art Ka whakarewatia tētahi whakaaturanga hou ki Te Pātaka Toi i Te Herenga Waka. Ka whakaaturia ētahi taonga mai Te Papa, arā, i ngā rārangi kōrero o te Tiriti i whakarerekētia e ngā ringa toi me ngā kaiwhakatumatuma tata tonu i te rua tau ki muri. art te-papa museumsandgalleries kelburn places vuw education Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2025/11/nga-rarangi-korero-o-te-tiriti-i-hunaiaredacted-treaty-panels-debut-as-art Victoria University of Wellington 2025-11-11T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.acwellington.org.nz/age-concern-wellington-and-te-papa-sharing-pacific-knowledge-together/ Age Concern Wellington is proud to collaborate with Te Papa in offering unique opportunities for our social connection group participants to connect with Pacific heritage. On two recent occasions, Te Papa welcomed groups made up of participants from some of Age Concern’s regular programmes for a very special experience. The visits began in a private ... Read more te-papa museumsandgalleries art communitygroups elderly Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.acwellington.org.nz/age-concern-wellington-and-te-papa-sharing-pacific-knowledge-together/ Age Concern Wellington 2025-09-25T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://ttwellington.org.nz/2025/06/29/2025-new-world-wellington-open-july-19-20/ Mark your calendars for the 2025 New World Wellington Open on 19 & 20 July 2025. For the 10th consecutive year, this event’s main sponsor is New World Wellington City, 279Wakefield Street, Wellington City (near Te Papa). Enter online! Details: te-papa museumsandgalleries art tabletennis sport wcnhosted Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://ttwellington.org.nz/2025/06/29/2025-new-world-wellington-open-july-19-20/ Table Tennis Wellington 2025-06-29T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/12/13/sniffing-out-seabirds-on-mana-island/ Te Papa vertebrates curator Colin Miskelly recently spent 3 days on Mana Island following a conservation dog searching for well-concealed petrels in the lush vegetation. He kindly agreed to share a ‘blog with a dog’ with us. Miro is a 4-year-old German short-haired pointer cross. He is one of the dogs animals museumsandgalleries art blogs te-papa Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/12/13/sniffing-out-seabirds-on-mana-island/ Te Papa's blog 2024-12-13T00:00:00Z -41.087307499999994 174.7814791743982 Mana Island, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/06/12/matariki-korero-whats-in-an-exhibition/ As part of this year’s Matariki celebrations, Exhibition Experience Developer Dan Parke talks about creative storytelling in the Mānawatia a Matariki exhibition space on Rongomaraeroa, the marae here at Te Papa. This piece originally appeared in The Post on Wednesday 12 June.Read more exhibitions matariki te-papa art events museumsandgalleries blogs Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/06/12/matariki-korero-whats-in-an-exhibition/ Te Papa's blog 2024-06-12T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/05/02/another-phd-student-flies-the-nest/ Each year, several biology and ecology postgraduate students are co-supervised by Te Papa natural history researchers. One of these students, Weixuan Ning, has completed his PhD at Massey University in Plant Biology. His co-supervisors – Botany Curator Heidi Meudt and Associate Professor Jen Tate – talk about his time as a Massey and Te Papa student, and the mahi he has been involved in.Read more te-papa museumsandgalleries art blogs Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2024/05/02/another-phd-student-flies-the-nest/ Te Papa's blog 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://architecture.org.nz/2024/03/02/review-the-drifting-room/ By Paul Harvey What: ‘The Drifting Room’ by Stephen Bain, an event part of The Performance Arcade – Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts Where: Waterfront, East side of Te Papa When: Thursday 22nd February (2pm) How: 8 people enter a tent-like, lightweight structure with the intention to move around, sense and observe the world beyond its […] waterfront te-papa places museumsandgalleries art architecture communitygroups Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://architecture.org.nz/2024/03/02/review-the-drifting-room/ Architectural Centre Inc 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://architecturalcentre.wordpress.com/2024/03/02/review-the-drifting-room/ By Paul Harvey What: ‘The Drifting Room’ by Stephen Bain, an event part of The Performance Arcade – Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts Where: Waterfront, East side of Te Papa When: Thursday 22nd February (2pm) How: 8 people enter a tent-like, lightweight structure with the intention to move around, sense and observe the world beyond its […] waterfront te-papa places museumsandgalleries art architecture communitygroups Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://architecturalcentre.wordpress.com/2024/03/02/review-the-drifting-room/ Architectural Centre Inc 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/10/24/leslie-adkins-excursion-to-kapiti-island/ Leslie Adkin (1888–1964) was a farmer by profession, based in Levin. localhistory museumsandgalleries art blogs te-papa Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/10/24/leslie-adkins-excursion-to-kapiti-island/ Te Papa's blog 2023-10-23T00:00:00Z -40.8550388 174.91513390786122 Kapiti Island, Kāpiti Coast District, Wellington, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/10/04/the-digby-woolf-project-is-wrapping-up/ For almost two years, Te Papa has been digitising the Spencer Digby / Ronald D Woolf collection of photographic negatives. Now the project has reached the end of its funding, here's some highlights from the current team members. Read more te-papa photography museumsandgalleries art business blogs Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/10/04/the-digby-woolf-project-is-wrapping-up/ Te Papa's blog 2023-10-03T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/03/16/mana-taonga-in-action-cyclone-gabrielle-recovery-in-ngati-kahungunu/ Iwi and hapū in regions affected by Cyclone Gabrielle suffered damage to marae, urupā, and taonga – some irrevocable – causing long-term impacts on these communities. Te Papa staff had their boots on the ground to help out at four marae in Ngāti Kahungunu. Here, they share their kōrero.Read more te-papa museumsandgalleries art blogs Thu, 16 Mar 2023 01:59:08 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/03/16/mana-taonga-in-action-cyclone-gabrielle-recovery-in-ngati-kahungunu/ Te Papa's blog 2023-03-16T01:59:08Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/02/14/growing-up-with-te-papa-celebrating-25-years-of-te-papa-tongarewa/ Thousands of people have worked at Te Papa – while it was being designed, then constructed, and since it opened to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand on 14 February 1998. te-papa museumsandgalleries art blogs Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:00:39 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2023/02/14/growing-up-with-te-papa-celebrating-25-years-of-te-papa-tongarewa/ Te Papa's blog 2023-02-13T20:00:39Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.innercitywellington.nz/latest-news/2023/1/29/free-concerts-te-papa-is-celebrating-mori-language-musi From Te Papa Nau mai, haere mai! Welcome! Minaaka Music invites you to celebrate Māori language music during Waitangi weekend 2023. te-papa museumsandgalleries art communitygroups Sun, 29 Jan 2023 01:48:17 GMT https://www.innercitywellington.nz/latest-news/2023/1/29/free-concerts-te-papa-is-celebrating-mori-language-musi Inner-City Wellington 2023-01-29T01:48:17Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2022/10/17/thomas-kirks-new-species-of-veronica-from-newtown-park-wellington-in-1896/ Recently the Botany team at Te Papa dedicated a week to curating several boxes of plant specimens – we called it the Botany Blitz! Our aim was to crack open boxes that have been patiently waiting – months, years, or in some cases decades – to be processed and databased. newtown newtown-park te-papa places museumsandgalleries art blogs Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2022/10/17/thomas-kirks-new-species-of-veronica-from-newtown-park-wellington-in-1896/ Te Papa's blog 2022-10-16T00:00:00Z -41.3206306 174.78273176115312 Newtown Park, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://wellingtonista.com/2022/09/22/review-krishnans-dairy/ Review by Talia Carlisle. A wise man once told me that real loves grows, and so does my love of Indian Ink’s now legendary tale of Krishnan’s Dairy that wound up its final season in Wellington this week. The production is a well polished gem in the crown of creative team Jacob Rajan and Justin […] te-papa theatre museumsandgalleries art performingarts blogs featured Thu, 22 Sep 2022 01:31:47 GMT https://wellingtonista.com/2022/09/22/review-krishnans-dairy/ The Wellingtonista 2022-09-22T01:31:47Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2022/07/new-book-explores-lauga-samoas-premier-cultural-oratory-practice In early June, Dr Sadat Muaiava from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Languages and Cultures launched his new book, Lāuga: understanding Sāmoan oratory (Te Papa Press). te-papa museumsandgalleries art kelburn places vuw education Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:18:07 GMT https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2022/07/new-book-explores-lauga-samoas-premier-cultural-oratory-practice Victoria University of Wellington 2022-07-26T00:18:07Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.acwellington.org.nz/a-little-insight-into-the-new-zealand-meat-board-history/ Meeting Change – The New Zealand Red Meat Story 1997 to 2022, co-authored by Ali Spencer and Mick Calder, was officially launched at Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand, in Wellington recently. Mick, our Age Concern Wellington Region (ACWR) office volunteer, worked for the NZ Meat Producers Board and its affiliated organisations for ... Read more te-papa museumsandgalleries art communitygroups elderly Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:44:13 GMT https://www.acwellington.org.nz/a-little-insight-into-the-new-zealand-meat-board-history/ Age Concern Wellington 2022-06-30T00:44:13Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.innercitywellington.nz/latest-news/2022/5/29/counting-down-to-the-matariki-festival-theres-lots-happening From Wellington City Council website Festival highlights Thursday 23 June | 6pm: Karakia and blessing outside Te Papa by Toa Waaka, Tikanga advisor and Matauranga Māori specialist in Tatai Aorangi (Māori Astronomy) with taonga puoro artist Tamihana Katene. matariki te-papa wcc events museumsandgalleries art government communitygroups Sun, 29 May 2022 06:47:05 GMT https://www.innercitywellington.nz/latest-news/2022/5/29/counting-down-to-the-matariki-festival-theres-lots-happening Inner-City Wellington 2022-05-29T06:47:05Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2022/04/29/collecting-from-an-exotic-wonderland-plant-specimens-from-the-bell-garden-added-to-te-papas-herbarium/ Scarlet honey myrtle (Melaleuca fulgens subsp. te-papa museumsandgalleries art blogs Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:49:09 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2022/04/29/collecting-from-an-exotic-wonderland-plant-specimens-from-the-bell-garden-added-to-te-papas-herbarium/ Te Papa's blog 2022-04-28T21:49:09Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2021/11/24/the-eye-and-the-turtle-students-create-posters-with-a-personal-connection-for-te-papa/ Taita College students Ema Pasikala, Vika Tupou, Jaspreet Singh, Hunter Robinson, and Junior Misa with their posters, 2021. We’ve just pasted some eye-catching new posters around town, made by students from Taita College. Communications Advisor Sasha Borissenko and Senior Digital Editor Daniel Crichton-Rouse hear their stories. Next time you’re out and about in Wellington, there’s a chance you might spy a giant eye and a turtle. Take a closer look – they’re rich with detail. te-papa art museumsandgalleries blogs Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2021/11/24/the-eye-and-the-turtle-students-create-posters-with-a-personal-connection-for-te-papa/ Te Papa's blog 2021-11-23T00:00:00Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2021/07/16/the-100-year-moth-project-spotting-species-in-the-sanctuary/ One hundred years ago, Wellington naturalist George Hudson walked the forest near his home – now Zealandia wildlife sanctuary – in search of fascinating New Zealand insects. sanctuary conservation museumsandgalleries art blogs te-papa Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2021/07/16/the-100-year-moth-project-spotting-species-in-the-sanctuary/ Te Papa's blog 2021-07-16T00:00:00Z -41.2917079 174.7521904 Zealandia, Lake Road, Mitchelltown, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand http://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/mollie-whitworth/ Te Papa holds a wonderful collection of 3000 glass negatives that were found in a cupboard by the tenants of a property in Cuba St, Wellington. The property was a former premise of Berry & Co, a Wellington photographer who operated from 1897. A few photos in the collection feature Karori Cemetery. As a contrast […] karori te-papa places museumsandgalleries art communitygroups localhistory Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:21:48 GMT http://friendsofkaroricemetery.co.nz/mollie-whitworth/ Friends of Karori Cemetery 2021-03-02T21:21:48Z -41.2762506 174.7510311704571 Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://www.newtownfestival.org.nz/synthetic-children/ Synthetic Children is a Te Papaioea electronic hardware project. te-papa museumsandgalleries art newtown places events wcnhosted Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:27:17 GMT http://www.newtownfestival.org.nz/synthetic-children/ Newtown Festival 2021-01-20T01:27:17Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://www.newtownfestival.org.nz/bambin/ Inspired by bees, trees and the magic (and grief) of existing in the world as a 22 year old, Bambin is a solo project by Jasmine Byrami (guitar + vocals) lovingly cultivated between Te Papaioea and Pōneke. te-papa museumsandgalleries art newtown places events wcnhosted Wed, 16 Dec 2020 11:33:22 GMT http://www.newtownfestival.org.nz/bambin/ Newtown Festival 2020-12-16T11:33:22Z -41.2903326 174.78192750276241 Te Papa, 55, Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-term-3-week-8-2/ Important Dates Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: September 14th – 20th Monday 21st – Friday 25th September: Mental Health Awareness Week Course choices for 2021 for current Years 9—12 to be entered in the portal: Sunday 20th September  Friday 25th September: End of Term 3 Important Information Year 9 Choices for Year 10 in 2021 The Year 10 Course Choice Booklet for 2021 is now available on our website: http://www.whs.school.nz/course-choice-booklet/ Your student is invited to explore the options available. They will receive a copy of the planning sheet in rōpū and the planning sheet is also included as the last page in the booklet online. Choices can be made online in the Student Portal from Monday 14th September. It would be appreciated if students can have their options entered by Sunday 20th September (note: this is earlier than reported in the email home). Senior Course Choices for 2021 The second part of senior course choice selection for 2021 is now underway. Students now need to re-confirm their subjects on the portal by Friday 18th September.  Please note there have been considerable movements with the lines to eliminate as many clashes as possible. It is unlikely there will be significant changes to the lines from now, so students are strongly advised to choose non-clashing subjects if possible. However, students who still have a problematic clash should indicate this on the updated lines sheet (which will be given out at rōpū) and give this to their rōpū teacher. Concerning online content  Netsafe has received several reports about a concerning video that was shared on social media. It has now been removed from Facebook. The video has been shared on other social media sites, such as Tik Tok and Instagram, and the platforms are actively removing this video.  Regardless of whether students have seen the video or heard about it second-hand, young people may experience emotional distress given the nature of this content. As a school, our best advice is to make sure that your students are supported and have avenues to talk about how this content may be affecting them.  If students do come across copies of the video being shared, we’d strongly encourage them to report it to the social media site or website that it’s on, and to report it to Netsafe. Netsafe has several helpful resources: Helping students exposed to upsetting content Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a wider framework for helping parents navigate online safety with their young people. If students would like further support they can contact Youthline on free text 234 or call 0800 376 633 Achievements Debating Finalists! A huge congratulations to our Junior Prem and Prem B teams who have made it through to their regional finals for debating! The Junior Prem team of Sky Gobbi, Liv Calder, Tom Bonert, and Fergus Martin-Edgar, won their semi-final debate last Tuesday against Samuel Marsden. The Senior Prem B team of Julia Randerson,  Alex Buyck, Corwin Heath-Cameron, and Rata Petherick won their semi-final debate this week against Scots. It is a very impressive result for Wellington High School debate teams to make it into two finals! We are very proud of both teams and wish them all the best for their finals.  Also — a special congratulations to Julia Randerson who qualified for Wellington Black (one of the two Wellington regional teams) a couple of months ago. Her team made it to the national semi-finals for debating after winning four of their preliminary debates! Katherine Mansfield Short Story success! Congratulations to Nadezhda Macey for winning the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award 2020 with her story ‘Matahiwi’, and to Cadence Chung for her Highly Commended story ‘The End of the World’. Wellington High School was the only school to have two students short-listed — a great achievement. Both pieces of writing received glowing praise and you can enjoy all the short-listed stories online at: https://www.katherinemansfield.com/creative-corner/km-short-story-competition. Nadezhda received a $500 cash prize and the eleven short-listed students were presented with certificates by guest judge Tina Makereti at the annual award ceremony at the National Library on Tuesday night. [Image right: Nadezhda and Cadence are pictured with Tina Makereti, Principal Dominic Killalea and Head of English Faculty, Caitlin Reilly.] What’s happening? Mural workshop with Sheyne Tuffery This week a group of art students joined Sheyne in developing a design for a mural for the level 2 linkwell. This is a WCC funded project that Sheyne has been working on for some months. Sheyne’s mural work can be seen on Wallace Street and Hopper Street. We look forward to seeing the final results — BSJ WHS Tramping Club heads to Atiwhakatu Hut Last weekend, 18 students tramped to Atiwhakatu hut. We walked from Holdsworth station car park along the river to Atiwhakatu hut and back. Students cooked their own meals and lit the fire for a cosy night. A little rain failed to dampen our spirits; there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear! — AEJ/PAB From the Greenhouse! From the school garden greenhouse this week orchids for WHS reception. Grown with care by the senior horticulture students. He Kākano news Our He Kākano students have enjoyed an outdoor education week. We visited the learning centre at the Botanical Gardens to learn about how produce grows from a seed to a fruit and vegetable. There were opportunities to pick our own carrots too! A visit to Toi Art at Te Papa had us in a colour room with some interesting group photos. Sports Underwater Hockey Congratulations go to Carlos Relph and Henry Murdoch from our Senior Open team for their selection to the U18 Central Zone B team, and to Milly Woodbury from our Senior Girls team for her selection to the U18 Central Zone A team. We wish them good luck at nationals. Well done to them, and something to aim for in future years for our junior players Junior Girls’ Football Our Junior Girls’ Football played their last game this week, this is the first team we have had in this grade for a number of years and we are looking forward to having a team in this grade for years to come. Huge thanks to Bea Gladding and Jennifer Argyle for really driving this team and making it fun for all the girls. Winter Tournament Our Girls’ Football 1st XI finished their Round robin the Regional Premier 2 competition in 3rd place with Semi Finals, and possibly Finals, to come. At the Winter Tournament, the girls place 12th which is their best finish to date. A special thanks to Isobel Smith, Heidi Coleman, Ella Blakely, Gala Baumfield, Emma Allen, Kayla Landers and Isla McInnes who all competed in their final tournament for the school. Also, thanks to Will Dewhirst who has done a great job coaching. Our Boys’ Football 1st XI finished their last game of the Round Robin D1 competition, finishing unbeaten after 7 games. So, we have finished 1st with 17 points (5 wins and 2 draw). We are heading now into Semi Finals on Saturday 12 September. Our Boys’ Hockey 1st XI are currently in 2nd place in the P3 division and are hoping to compete at the final in week 10. The boys competed hard at Winter Tournament week and finished it off with a win over Newlands. Big thank you to Will Pinckney, Jess Johnson and Kether Gati for looking after the team. Netball: Last year our Senior A netball team won their grade and this year they have done it again! Well done, too, to our Senior B team who won their grade too. Great things are coming from these young strong wāhine…and our Year 13s finishing on a high. Senior A – Isobel Smith, Tilly Coup, Rebecca Te Kahika, Senior B – Lily Parkin-Foon, Mai Cooper, Emily Rosemergy newlands libraries te-papa places museumsandgalleries art secondary education Fri, 11 Sep 2020 04:22:21 GMT http://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-term-3-week-8-2/ Wellington High School 2020-09-11T04:22:21Z -41.3002065 174.77512646827947 Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-term-3-week-8-2/ Important Dates Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: September 14th – 20th Monday 21st – Friday 25th September: Mental Health Awareness Week Course choices for 2021 for current Years 9—12 to be entered in the portal: Sunday 20th September  Friday 25th September: End of Term 3 Important Information Year 9 Choices for Year 10 in 2021 The Year 10 Course Choice Booklet for 2021 is now available on our website: http://www.whs.school.nz/course-choice-booklet/ Your student is invited to explore the options available. They will receive a copy of the planning sheet in rōpū and the planning sheet is also included as the last page in the booklet online. Choices can be made online in the Student Portal from Monday 14th September. It would be appreciated if students can have their options entered by Sunday 20th September (note: this is earlier than reported in the email home). Senior Course Choices for 2021 The second part of senior course choice selection for 2021 is now underway. Students now need to re-confirm their subjects on the portal by Friday 18th September.  Please note there have been considerable movements with the lines to eliminate as many clashes as possible. It is unlikely there will be significant changes to the lines from now, so students are strongly advised to choose non-clashing subjects if possible. However, students who still have a problematic clash should indicate this on the updated lines sheet (which will be given out at rōpū) and give this to their rōpū teacher. Concerning online content  Netsafe has received several reports about a concerning video that was shared on social media. It has now been removed from Facebook. The video has been shared on other social media sites, such as Tik Tok and Instagram, and the platforms are actively removing this video.  Regardless of whether students have seen the video or heard about it second-hand, young people may experience emotional distress given the nature of this content. As a school, our best advice is to make sure that your students are supported and have avenues to talk about how this content may be affecting them.  If students do come across copies of the video being shared, we’d strongly encourage them to report it to the social media site or website that it’s on, and to report it to Netsafe. Netsafe has several helpful resources: Helping students exposed to upsetting content Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a wider framework for helping parents navigate online safety with their young people. If students would like further support they can contact Youthline on free text 234 or call 0800 376 633 Achievements Debating Finalists! A huge congratulations to our Junior Prem and Prem B teams who have made it through to their regional finals for debating! The Junior Prem team of Sky Gobbi, Liv Calder, Tom Bonert, and Fergus Martin-Edgar, won their semi-final debate last Tuesday against Samuel Marsden. The Senior Prem B team of Julia Randerson,  Alex Buyck, Corwin Heath-Cameron, and Rata Petherick won their semi-final debate this week against Scots. It is a very impressive result for Wellington High School debate teams to make it into two finals! We are very proud of both teams and wish them all the best for their finals.  Also — a special congratulations to Julia Randerson who qualified for Wellington Black (one of the two Wellington regional teams) a couple of months ago. Her team made it to the national semi-finals for debating after winning four of their preliminary debates! Katherine Mansfield Short Story success! Congratulations to Nadezhda Macey for winning the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award 2020 with her story ‘Matahiwi’, and to Cadence Chung for her Highly Commended story ‘The End of the World’. Wellington High School was the only school to have two students short-listed — a great achievement. Both pieces of writing received glowing praise and you can enjoy all the short-listed stories online at: https://www.katherinemansfield.com/creative-corner/km-short-story-competition. Nadezhda received a $500 cash prize and the eleven short-listed students were presented with certificates by guest judge Tina Makereti at the annual award ceremony at the National Library on Tuesday night. [Image right: Nadezhda and Cadence are pictured with Tina Makereti, Principal Dominic Killalea and Head of English Faculty, Caitlin Reilly.] What’s happening? Mural workshop with Sheyne Tuffery This week a group of art students joined Sheyne in developing a design for a mural for the level 2 linkwell. This is a WCC funded project that Sheyne has been working on for some months. Sheyne’s mural work can be seen on Wallace Street and Hopper Street. We look forward to seeing the final results — BSJ WHS Tramping Club heads to Atiwhakatu Hut Last weekend, 18 students tramped to Atiwhakatu hut. We walked from Holdsworth station car park along the river to Atiwhakatu hut and back. Students cooked their own meals and lit the fire for a cosy night. A little rain failed to dampen our spirits; there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear! — AEJ/PAB From the Greenhouse! From the school garden greenhouse this week orchids for WHS reception. Grown with care by the senior horticulture students. He Kākano news Our He Kākano students have enjoyed an outdoor education week. We visited the learning centre at the Botanical Gardens to learn about how produce grows from a seed to a fruit and vegetable. There were opportunities to pick our own carrots too! A visit to Toi Art at Te Papa had us in a colour room with some interesting group photos. Sports Underwater Hockey Congratulations go to Carlos Relph and Henry Murdoch from our Senior Open team for their selection to the U18 Central Zone B team, and to Milly Woodbury from our Senior Girls team for her selection to the U18 Central Zone A team. We wish them good luck at nationals. Well done to them, and something to aim for in future years for our junior players Junior Girls’ Football Our Junior Girls’ Football played their last game this week, this is the first team we have had in this grade for a number of years and we are looking forward to having a team in this grade for years to come. Huge thanks to Bea Gladding and Jennifer Argyle for really driving this team and making it fun for all the girls.   Skateboard success Congratulations to Gala Baumfield who top scored across all competitions with 85/100 to win the Senior Girls’ section at the regional Skateboard Champs this week.     Winter Tournament Our Girls’ Football 1st XI finished their Round robin the Regional Premier 2 competition in 3rd place with Semi Finals, and possibly Finals, to come. At the Winter Tournament, the girls place 12th which is their best finish to date. A special thanks to Isobel Smith, Heidi Coleman, Ella Blakely, Gala Baumfield, Emma Allen, Kayla Landers and Isla McInnes who all competed in their final tournament for the school. Also, thanks to Will Dewhirst who has done a great job coaching. Our Boys’ Football 1st XI finished their last game of the Round Robin D1 competition, finishing unbeaten after 7 games. So, we have finished 1st with 17 points (5 wins and 2 draw). We are heading now into Semi Finals on Saturday 12 September. Our Boys’ Hockey 1st XI are currently in 2nd place in the P3 division and are hoping to compete at the final in week 10. The boys competed hard at Winter Tournament week and finished it off with a win over Newlands. Big thank you to Will Pinckney, Jess Johnson and Kether Gati for looking after the team. Netball: Last year our Senior A netball team won their grade and this year they have done it again! Well done, too, to our Senior B team who won their grade too. Great things are coming from these young strong wāhine…and our Year 13s finishing on a high. Senior A – Isobel Smith, Tilly Coup, Rebecca Te Kahika, Senior B – Lily Parkin-Foon, Mai Cooper, Emily Rosemergy The post Weekly Wrap Up (Term 3, Week 8) first appeared on Wellington High School. newlands libraries te-papa places museumsandgalleries art secondary education Fri, 11 Sep 2020 04:22:21 GMT https://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-term-3-week-8-2/ Wellington High School 2020-09-11T04:22:21Z -41.3002065 174.77512646827947 Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-week-12-term-2/ Important Dates Monday 20 July: Start of Term 3 Wednesday 22 July: Parents’ Evening (Senior Students) Monday 27 July: Parents’ Evening (Junior Students) Monday 27 July: Board of Trustees meeting 6pm Important Information Principal’s message In his end of term Principal’s message, Dominic reflects on the events of the past month including our recent open evening and music evening, events which, not so long ago we felt would be unable to take place. To read Dominic’s full report, click here. What’s happening? Open Evening and 2021 enrolment We welcomed over 400 families and whānau to our open evening last Monday on what was possibly the coldest night of the year. Our team of student and staff guides took tours around the campus, students were actively involved in promoting different areas of school life, and everywhere was alive and buzzing with activity. Enrolments are now open for 2021. Our enrolment process starts online at: https://portal.whs.school.nz/index.php/enrolment. If you have any questions, please email Jude Aspinall, our enrolment officer on jude.aspinall@whs.school.nz        Music Evening Our Music Evening on Wednesday 1 July gave students the opportunity to showcase their talents. With a range of big band, groups and solo items, pieces in a range of styles and genres, it was a fabulous evening compered, as always by music teacher Fritz Wollner. To view the photo gallery, click here. Instrumental and vocal lessons update If your Junior student is interested in taking instrumental / vocal lessons but has not yet enrolled, please download the form from the Student Hub and hand in or email the completed form to Fritz Wollner Lessons will be reorganised for Terms 3 and 4. If students have not been attending regularly, they need to see Mr Wollner as soon as possible to ensure they do not lose their spot. Tamatha Paul – lunchtime lecture The Feminist Club was delighted to welcome Wellington Councillor Tamatha Paul to deliver this Thursday’s lunchtime lecture. Tamatha (Ngāti Awa / Waikato Tainui) was first elected to Council in 2019 and is one of three Pukehīnau / Lambton Ward counsellors for 2019-2022. As an independent candidate, Tamatha campaigned on issues including zero waste, connecting communities and the importance of prioritising future facing leadership. As can be seen from these pictures, Tamatha’s visit attracted a large audience, keen to welcome and listen to her.         Year 10 Computing – Photoshop and political discourse Students in Gus Donaldson’s Year 10 computing course have been developing skills in Photoshop through working on a project on the theme of political discourse. Their work is currently on display in the foyer outside the library. The posters, with the narrative from their creators alongside them, are powerful pieces of work that clearly exemplify the students’ views and response to current issues in the world around them. The display will remain in place at the start of Term 3 and you are invited to come and view it.              WHS Ink – Junior Art club zine 30 Year 9 and 10 students have been working on their own artwork during each week’s WHS Ink sessions. Coordinated by Teacher Aide, Connor Morrison-Mills, this group of talented students’ work is now included in their very own zine. Click on the image below to see more. Outdoor Education’s snowy tramp It has been cold enough for many this week, with the storms and freezing winds around Wellington. The Outdoor Education students showed their mettle by heading out on a tramp in the Tararua range earlier this week. They made it as far as the Powell Hut before the weather conditions made it too risky to continue and they turned back.              Achievements He Kākano – AWD Tenpin Bowling On Thursday 2 July, He Kākano students competed in the annual AWD Tenpin Bowling competition against students from other Wellington colleges. All students and staff had a fantastic time and there were some really strong bowlers in the group. The top three WHS students were Talib Prime, Darius Ngature and Joshua Nathan.              Roxy5 finalists ‘En Passant Films’ and ‘Look Away’ are both WHS finalists in the Roxy5 film competition this year. Screenings will take place on Friday 31 July at the Mclaurin Theatre, Victoria University. The winner will be announced at the Red Carpet awards evening at the Roxy Cinema on Wednesday 5 August. We are waiting eagerly to to see whether The Work of An Artist (En Passant Films) or Hey Cassie (Look Away) will scoop a place. Pictured below are En Passant Films: Sam Quinn, Rory Maher, Nym Jones, Liv Calder, Sky Gobbi, Jack Whitehead, Namu Dahlberg and Ashton Gordon.   Open Evening: Business Studies Logo quiz winners Many thanks to all those students and whānau who entered the Logo quiz competition that ran at our recent open evening.  The answers were: Air NZ, Disney, The Warehouse, Starbucks, Wellington HS, Te Papa, The Heart Foundation, Wellington City Council and Netflix.  The winners were Toby, Tama, and Oscar. Sports Boys 1st XI Football On 27 June, our boys 1st XI football team beat Newlands College 4-0, taking them to the top of their pool. This Saturday the team will play St Patrick’s second team. If the team win or draw they will go into play-offs on 18 July against either Onslow College or Wellington College for a place in the Youth Premier Reserve. Good luck team!   newlands tours issues bowling business music events te-papa theatre wellington education art libraries storm sport snow lecture cinema places tourism performingarts museumsandgalleries secondary Fri, 03 Jul 2020 02:57:51 GMT http://www.whs.school.nz/weeklywrapup/weekly-wrap-up-week-12-term-2/ Wellington High School 2020-07-03T02:57:51Z -41.3002065 174.77512646827947 Wellington High School, Taranaki Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand