SCHOOL DESIGN

The Establishment Board has been meeting regularly with officials from the Ministry of Education, together with the architects for the new school plus the building contractor and the landscape designers. Good progress has been made to date and the Ministry of Education will be lodging the necessary consent documentation with the Queenstown Lakes District Council […]

PROPOSED ENROLMENT ZONES FOR WANAKA SCHOOLS

A new primary school will open in Wanaka in 2020 to serve the growing population in the Upper Clutha region. The new school is currently known as Wanaka South, though this name will change, and will be situated in the Three Parks development adjacent to the new Wanaka Recreation Centre. The opening of the new […]

FOUNDATION PRINCIPAL FOR NEW SCHOOL APPOINTED

The Foundation Principal for the new Wanaka South school will be Mrs Jodie Howard, currently the Deputy Principal at Hawea Flat school. The Chair of the Establishment Board for the new school, Dr Ian Hall, announced today that Mrs Howard had been appointed from a strong field of 17 applicants. “We are delighted to appoint […]