Waitākere College

Whānau Hui


Tuesday saw the first Whānau Hui of 2025. It was a chance to celebrate the success of ākonga from 2024 and look to the future and their success in 2025.
The ākonga acknowledged included:

Year 9 Badges of Success - for ākonga Māori who have shown outstanding manawanui in class

Daysie

Beach-Field

Jeremiah

Betham-Noble

Layla

Bischkopf

Shaiann

Clark

Olivia

Harvey

Chance

Kanara

Benjamin

Nathan

Calais

Paraha

Kharess

Walker-Hemana

Ella

Wolferstan

Year 10 Badges of Success - for ākonga Māori who have shown outstanding manawanui in class throughout 2024

Irie

Gunton

Ella

Jorgensen

Ngakirikiri

Marupo

Shafira

McCarthy

Riley

Poi

Nivarda-lee

Poutai

Nadia

Raju

Kaedynn

Taylor-Tito

Vanesah

Tupou

Kassidy

White

 Year 11 Badges of Success - for ākonga Māori who have shown outstanding manawanui in class throughout 2024 

Tigerlily

Ah Ken

Ngiculela

Cheung Tau

Olive

Coughlan

Rosie

Dent

Sophie

Frost

Madeline

Harvey

Paige

Hollings-Lodge

Aerin

Kohu-Sofaea

Milla

Lauvale

Heavenly

Ngauma-Tamatea Warren

We also celebrated the success of our Year 12 and 13 students who achieved Level 1 or 2 with a Merit or Excellence endorsement.

NCEA Level 1

Level 1 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Imogen

Lee-Phillips

Level 1 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Peyton

Nathan

Level 1 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Caitlyn

King

Level 1 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Natalia

Royal

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Shayla

Roberts-Pa'u

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Maia

Nathan

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Gabrielle

Manuhuia

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Jonah

Clark

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Mya

Lautaimi Henry

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Amber

Cullen

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Bella

Frost

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Amberlee

Faavae

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Emiajayze

Haddon

Level 1 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Dahil

Ese

NCEA Level 2

Level 2 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Jaden

Lauvale

Level 2 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Charlotte

Harvey

Level 2 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Delta

Johns

Level 2 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Hiria

Oltaches

Level 2 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Taipua

Kipa

Level 2 NCEA with Excellence Endorsement

Madison

Paparoa

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Gabriella

Oliphant-Taufitu

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Wiremu

Russell-Clark

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Tahlia

Tipene

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Bayleigh

White

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Justus

Naera

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Cooper

Dower

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Kelly

Chapman

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Rihanna

Reihana

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Cascade

Reihana

Level 2 NCEA with Merit Endorsement

Lacey

Tupe

Finally, it was a chance to honour our senior Māori leaders across the school who have been chosen as prefects, sports council leaders, performing arts leaders and students in our Ngā toa o mua, Māori leaders who support different kaupapa across the school.

Tipene 

Boyes

Kelly

Chapman

Tony

Ese

Zara

Fox

Charlotte

Harvey

Cheyanne

Heka

Gia

Henry

Delta

Johns

Taipua

Kipa

Nejah

Moon

Gabriella

Oliphant-Taufitu

Hiria

Oltaches

Madison

Paparoa

Teia Kahukura

Peihopa-Watson

Phoenyx

Peri

Kylah

Presland-Rudolph

Mj

Prime

Natalie

Quezada Reihana

Cascade

Reihana

Kendra

Sakaria

Lacey

Tupe

A huge ngā mihi nui to all those who came to celebrate and to all the kaiako who helped make this evening a special occasion.

 

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