With families around NZ experiencing increasing financial hardship - we have an increasing number of families who are unable to purchase laptops for their children. We are raising funds to get these vital learning tools into their hands. At the…
Frazer Tavener (19 years old) competed in the final for the Men's 3m springboard and in the Mixed 3m Synchronised Springboard. Despite not making the final in the Synchronised Springboard, he and partner Maggie Squire showed huge promise as a…
We were delighted to welcome back 7 ex-students, mainly from 2020 and 2021. There was a mixture of Engineers, Medical students and Film-makers. Despite Covid interruptions and usual academic challenges, these students' journeys went very well and they shared a…
Over the past 3 year, Skylah Tainui-Takerei (a Year 11 Ngā Puna o Waiōrea tauira) has represented the Auckland Under 16s Girls provincial side, at the same time making the Open Women's team. This year, Skylah trialled for the NZ…
Western Springs College won first place in both the solo/duo, and band sections of the SmokefreeRockquest Auckland Central regional finals! Huge congratulations to This Machine Means Murder who won the bands section and to Elly Mae Lawson who took out the solo/duo…
Individual champs were a big success this year. Springs had six swimmers: Sam Kenny, Liam France, Koen Dettling, Tom Kenny, Tess Whineray and Abigail Sharp. Four of the swimmers medalled in their age groups. In the 16 and over girls…
In week 9 of Term 2, the week of the rising of Matariki, the kura continued the our annual native planting programme next to our awa Waititiko. This has been an annual kaitiaki activity since 2013, with the support of…
International students returning to New Zealand are on the horizon from July onwards. At Springs we are looking forward to welcoming 28 new international students from a whole range of countries - Germany, Poland, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Japan, Singapore and…
Louis Esther is the Vice President of Marketing at Kami, an education tech start-up that is transforming classrooms in 180 countries and used by over 33 million students and teachers. Kami was recently named one of TIME magazine's 100 most…
I started the Piwakawaka Little Library when I was in year 9 after seeing similar ones across my neighbourhood. I noticed that most were in a bad condition, and weren’t taken care of, which made me think ‘what if things…