Newlands College

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Newlands College is a state coeducational secondary school located in the Wellington, New Zealand suburb of Newlands. Opened in February 1970, the school has a roll of students as ofThe current principal is Grant Jones. The current deputy principals are Deb Mills, David Pegram, and Deb King. John Murdoch, former deputy principal, is now the current principal of Taitā College. The school colours are white, red and blue. The school also offers community education for adults. The school offers several art, sport and recreation options, along with each student belonging to a house.HistoryNewlands College opened on 3 February 1970 with a starting school roll of 68 students. The land had been owned at different times by the Hogg, Moore and Tunley families, and had been farmed by Bill Hunter. The foundation principal was Rex Sage, who was also the foundation deputy principal of Tawa College, followed by Paul Richardson and from 2000 Grant Jones. However, the school was not complete yet, with the site land causing problems. The first term classes took place in two classrooms at Raroa Intermediate School (which was being built at the same time). The site itself was finished by April, and on 27 April 1970, students and staff shifted to the modern day Newlands College site at Bracken Road. A block, the first and only permanent building was unfinished at the time. The hall was finished in 1973, and the Recreation Centre in 1985.CampusNewlands College of the Nelson 2H design, like most New Zealand state secondary schools built between 1960 and 1970. The Nelson 2H is distinguished by its two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks, with stairwells at each end of the block and a large ground floor toilet and cloak area on one side. The college has two of these blocks: A block and B block.