The College has recently received information from College Sport Wellington regarding the involvement of students and staff in sport during 2018. Headlines from the information are: 60.8% of students were involved in organised sporting activities 51 members of staff helped the sports programme Football was the most popular overall sport Click on the link below […]
Matthew Nel @ the Basin
A couple of months ago Matthew Nel (Y11) got the chance to play at the Basin Reserve as part of a select XI to play for the Governor Generals against the Wanderers Cricket Club. Here is what he had to say about the event: Once a year a game is arranged between the Governor General’s […]
Rosa Ellingham represents NZ in Equestrian
Rosa Ellingham (Y13) recently got to represent NZ at the Interschool Eventing Champs in Melbourne. Rosa was selected along with 3 other riders from around NZ. They competed solidly and had an absolutely amazing experience which also included coaching from one of Australia’s top equestrian high performance coaches. They were riding borrowed horses, which adds […]
Kane Le’aupepe article
Ex-student Kane Le’aupepe was the subject of a recent Dom Post article on his journey to the Hurricanes. Subsequently it was announced that he has signed with the Hurricanes until 2021. Congratulations Kane
Ex-student represents NZ in Indoor Bowls
The College was thrilled to hear that our former student Teri Anderson has become an NZ Indoor Bowls Representative and is currently playing in the Trans-Tasman Indoor Bowls Test. Congratulations Teri. Check out the story on stuff
Junior Triangular 2019
On Tuesday over 110 students were involved in the 16th running of the McDonalds Junior Triangular between Onslow, Tawa and Newlands. Last year it took 3 attempts for the weather to allow the event to take place but on Tuesday there were perfect conditions. Newlands is the smallest of the 3 Colleges (Newlands at 1000, […]
Newlands College at North Island Swim Champs
Newlands fielded a team of 4 for the North Island Secondary Schools Championship swimming competition. Ethan Cheng was our male swimmer and competed in 3 events. He finished first in his class winning a towel. He swum 200 freestyle which he had not before and 2 other events where he achieved personal best times over […]
Jaime Howden wrestles 1st place at School Nationals
Congratulations to Jaime Howden (Y11) who came first in the 46kg division at the NZ Secondary School Wresting Champs held in Hawera.
Junior Volleyball Round up
This term we were fortunate to have 4 teams playing junior volleyball including 2 Junior Boys teams for the first time in a number of years. The Girls teams played in the Northern Division 2 and Wellington Division 2. Both teams played a round robin competition and both finished runners up. Our Boys teams played […]
David Braitmaier wins Regional Athletics Hurdles
Congratulations to David Braitmaier (Y11) who recently won the Regional Athletics Intermediate Boys Hurdles. Based on his performances he has been selected to represent Wellington at this weekends North Island Athletics Championship in Tauranga. Good luck David!