Dan Te Whenua Walker
Dan Te Whenua Walker’s life has been an amazing journey. In a recent interview with David Letele (the Brown Butterbean), he was described as a ‘dropout’. Yet this is the same Dan Walker who graduated with a Masters in Māori and Indigenous Leadership from Canterbury University in 2024, and has recently returned from studying at […]
Te Aratai College now has a Weights Gym!
Ever since the Te Aratai campus opened in 2022, pupils and PE teachers alike have wanted to establish a Weights gym. Weights gyms are now common in secondary schools, as many students want to keep fit and build strength. Now this wish is being fulfilled. After two or so years of working out how this […]
Introducing Ric Horsfall LHS 1985-89
We are very happy to introduce to you our newest Trustee, Ric Horsfall, LHS 1985-89. While many of you will know him well for his huge passion for cricket, he brings to our Foundation the benefits of his extensive business skills in strategic decision-making and risk management developed over many years within commercial and cricket […]
A word from the Principal – Dec 2024
Kia Ora and Talofa As I reflect on my first year as Principal at Te Aratai College, I am filled with gratitude and a sense of purpose. Returning to my former school has been an incredible opportunity, allowing me to serve a community that holds a special place in my heart. My most cherished memories […]
Meet our 2024 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates
In October The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi announced recipients of its 2024 Arts Laureate awards. Of the eight new laureates, two are former Linwood students: visual artist Saskia Leek, and Victor Rodger ONZM in the discipline of theatre – recognition of the vital role the arts have always played at the school. Congratulations to […]
Tumuaki Richard Edmundson: a significant legacy
Tumuaki Richard Edmundson: a significant legacy By Ken Bye Ex-Linwood College students visiting Te Aratai may struggle to remember where the gym was, or the drama room, or even the tuck shop, but they cannot help but be impressed by the design of the campus that now occupies the site. The new school is a […]
Hockey has returned to our kura
If you have driven down Harrow Street recently you may have seen the impressive new hockey training area behind the mesh fence and fronting the street immediately north of the rugby field at Te Aratai College. It currently has an asphalt surface, site drainage, concrete kerb and channel surround, high mesh safety fencing, disabled access […]
Detective Sergeant Dave Quested
Respected umpire balanced cricket duty with cracking crime He helped solve some big cases, including the 1986 Dennis Drinkwater truck bombing murder in Hornby. Another case required Quested and Detective Inspector Dave Haslett to visit Britain to make some inquiries there – but even then there was a cricketing connection. “He got to go to […]
Bereavements
Detective Sergeant David (Dave) Quested 16 April 1946 – 6 August 2024 To read The Press article about Dave please click here Principal William (Bill) Swan Died June 30, 2024 to read Bill’s death notice please click here
Te Aratai College and the Living Wage
On 22 August a small delegation of people passionate about the need for a Living Wage for cleaning, catering, canteen and groundskeeping (CCCG) staff and contractors met with Te Aratai Board of Trustees to advocate for their support for such workers at Te Aratai. One of the people involved in the delegation was Linwood High […]