Onslow College
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| Onslow College | |
|---|---|
 Onslow College and surrounds | |
| Address | |
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Burma Road 6440 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 41°13′51″S 174°47′49″E / 41.2307°S 174.7970°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed secondary; years 9–13 |
| Motto | Latin: Levavi oculos meos in montes Māori: Ka anga atu aku kanohi ki nga maunga Lift your eyes to the hills |
| Established | 1956 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 269 |
| Principal | Sheena Millar |
| School roll | 1,073[1] (February 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 10Z[2] |
| Website | onslow |
Onslow College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Johnsonville, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. The school opened in 1956 to serve the city's rapidly growing northern suburbs. The current principal is Sheena Millar.[3]
History
On 13 February 1997, 18-year-old former student Nicholas Hawker murdered 15-year-old St Mary's College student Vanessa Woodman on the school's grounds. Woodman was strangled, had her throat slit, and was stabbed 32 times. Hawker was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 10-year non-parole period.[4] He was released on parole in 2015, but is not allowed in the North Island. [5]
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Notable alumni
Academia
- James Belich – Professor of History and writer
- Mary Morgan-Richards – Professor of Wildlife evolution
The Arts
- David Beach – poet and winner of the biennial Prize in Modern Letters for his book of poems Abandoned Novel in 2008[6]
- Anna-Lisa Christiane – Miss Earth New Zealand 2015
- Chris Graham – film director[7]
- Jonathan Harlen – author
- Phil Knight – Shihad lead guitarist
- Sue Wootton – award-winning author
- Rosemary McLeod – writer
- Emily Perkins (novelist) – author
- Catherine Robertson – author
- Taika Waititi – film director and actor[8]
- Ana Scotney – actor in The Breaker Upperers[9]
Broadcasting and journalism
- Andrew Mulligan – television host of The Crowd Goes Wild and SKY TV Sports Presenter
- Warwick Slow – radio DJ
- Ian Wishart – editor Investigate magazine
- Rocky Wood – non-fiction author and freelance journalist
Public service
- Georgina Beyer – the world's first transgender mayor and later MP.[10][11]
- Tamati Coffey – Former TVNZ Breakfast weather presenter; Labour Party MP for Waiariki
- Catherine Delahunty – Green Party MP
- Sandra Lee-Vercoe – first Maori woman to win a general seat in Parliament
- Trevor Mallard – current Labour Party MP and Speaker Of The House
Sport
- Noah Billingsley – New Zealand football player
- Jeremy Coney – New Zealand cricket player
- Alan Isaac – International Cricket Council President
- Gavin Larsen – New Zealand cricket player
- Richard Ussher – New Zealand multisport athlete & World AR champion 2005/2006
- Joe Wright – New Zealand Olympic Rower 2015
References
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Onslow College Bulleting Term three, Week one". July 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Reid, Neil (27 September 2009). "Victim's mum fights killer's freedom bid". Sunday News (via Stuff.co.nz). Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "Schoolgirl Vanessa Woodman's killer freed on parole". Stuff. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Mail-sorting poet wins NZ's richest literary prize". Stuff. 16 March 2008.
- ^ "Chris Graham – Biography". nzonscreen.com. 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ Catherall, Sarah (10 December 2014). "My secret Wellington: Taika Waititi". Fairfax New Zealand.
- ^ Brooks, Sam (20 June 2018). "Intention and joy: The Breaker-Upperers' Ana Scotney on her new play". The Spinoff.
- ^ "Georgina Beyer". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
- ^ The Georgina Beyer story ... how a change for the better came about Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- NZQA Provider Details – Onslow College
- School 50th Reunion website
- A Brief History of Onslow College
- Education Review Office (ERO) reports for Onslow College
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