William Colenso College

03/09/2026

Come along and see our talented students performing, gold coin donation and if you are bringing along children they will need to be supervised. Many thanks

03/09/2026

Well done Chloe, excellent acknowledgment.

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Nateva Leading with Nature Award - Who is leading your team?
Leadership in sport starts within your own community. Nateva celebrates student leaders at the LNISS Netball Championship. Leaders who lift others up, lead by example, shows resilience, and makes a difference every day.
We are proud to share that this award has been presented to Chloe Peehi from William Colenso College. Congratulations Chloe. You have led your team so well at this tournament, keeping them going through injuries, and bring an amazing culture onto the court.

02/09/2026

02/09/2026

Napier Libraries visited WCC with their sphero coding robots and Virtual reality games during lunchtime in the Library.

There was a huge turn out and interest from students our Librarian Fiona is keen to have Ellen and Kate from Napier Libraries back with more technology games for us to try next term!

02/09/2026

Te Vaka Maia pushing through only 2 weeks to go.

02/09/2026

We are all very proud of this team representing our kura while away at the LNISS tournament

31/08/2026

Lower North Island Secondary Schools Netball Tournament

Our girls are settling in and are amazed by the volume of teams, supporters and the size of Ākau Tangi Sports Stadium.

Sunday Day 1 - Butterflies and excitement - big losses today as we find our level of competition. It was to be expected and morale is high. We faced Taradale High School in our 2nd game.

Monday Day 2 - Good moral today - still finding our grading level as we catch some moments of brilliance. A loss to Spotswood College and a seven goal loss to Te Kura o Kokohuia.

Tuesday Day 3 - Good morale - carrying some sickness and injury and still have good team spirits around our camp. We have Onslow College (Wellington) at 11.30am and Awatapu College (Palmerston North).

Some games are live streamed go on Youtube Lower North Island Netball. Unfortunately our games are not covered today.
The girls had their first outing in Wellington yesterday due to an early finish visiting Te Papa and the Escape Room.

31/08/2026

WCC Newsletter 31st Aug

If you missed out on our Open Evening, don't worry you can phone the School Office: (06) 831 0180 to arrange another time to come in and visit us.

31/08/2026

Students need to bring a change of clothes for Cross Country and come into school in the full school uniform.

28/08/2026

We are officially 5 weeks into Te Vaka Māia, and our rangatahi continue to put in the mahi! 🙌

The warmer mornings are making those early wake-ups a whole lot easier, but the physical training is only getting tougher. This week, the team carried equipment down to Marine Parade to watch the sunrise before being introduced to the hill — a challenge that pushed students to show resilience, determination and bravery as they tested themselves and pushed towards their limits.

With the Longest Day just around the corner, our students are now mentally preparing within their teams, ready to put every ounce of energy they have into the challenge — not just for themselves, but for each other.

Team Mana and Team Toa are now organised, and a huge congratulations to the following students who have been selected as Team Leaders:
Team Toa Leaders
● Felix Mean
● Crissell Marsh
● Keigan Marshall
● Kelsey Puna

Team Mana Leaders
● TK Tamainu
● Sidney Ropitini
● Sativah-Lyn Rehutai
● Ollie Wilson

These students have stepped up throughout the programme and demonstrated strong leadership potential. Their next challenge is to continue being a positive, encouraging and motivating force for their teammates, helping their teams stay connected, committed and focused on achieving success.

Only 3 weeks to go. The mahi continues. The challenge gets harder.

The teams are ready.
Kia kaha, Te Vaka Māia!