Motueka High School

Motueka High School is a Secondary (Year 9-15) school situated on Whakarewa Street, .

With a roll size of around 728 students. Lex Davis is the principal .

They provide support for international students to enrol at Motueka High School. If you're looking for a New Zealand Education you can visit their website or phone them Phone: +64 XXXXX click (The current time in New Zealand is 10:43 PM).

Motueka High School

Welcome to Motueka High School, a vibrant and inclusive educational institution nestled in the heart of Motueka, New Zealand. Our school is proudly located at Whakarewa Street within this picturesque town known for its rich cultural heritage and beautiful landscapes.

Principal: The dedicated leadership team here includes Principal Jenny Thompson, who has been instrumental in fostering an environment of growth, learning, and community engagement at Motueka High School. Under her guidance, the school continues to thrive as a beacon for education within our region.

Region: Situated just outside Nelson city center on the South Island'th West Coast of New Zealand, Motueka is surrounded by stunning natural beauty and boasts an active community spirit. Our school serves students from various backgrounds who come together to learn in a supportive environment.

Enrolment Process

At Motueka High School, we believe that every child deserves access to quality education. Our enrolment process is designed with simplicity and efficiency at its core, ensuring a seamless experience for parents and students alike.

  • Application Submission: Parents or guardians can submit an application form through our school's website (www.motuekahighschool.co.nz) between September to December each year, aligning with the start of a new academic term.
  • Initial Assessment: Upon submission of your child’s application form and supporting documents such as medical records or immunization certificates (if applicable), our enrolment team will conduct an initial assessment to determine eligibility for admission.
  • Interviews & Selection: Shortlisted candidates may be invited to attend a personal interview with the principal, where their academic potential and alignment with school values can further inform our admissions decision. This step is not mandatory but highly recommended for all applicants.

Physical Address:

Whakarewa Street
Motueka

Phone: 035 XXXXX click

Email: motuekahigh.school.nz click

Postal Address:

Private Bag 1001
Motueka 7143

Upcoming Events at Motueka High School

Event Date Details
Sunday 19/04/2026 Unveiling - Whakairo
Monday 20/04/2026 - Thursday 23/04/2026 Uniform Services 2
Wednesday 22/04/2026 12GEO Field Trip
Wednesday 22/04/2026 Y10 Rural Studies Honey and Kiwifruit
Wednesday 22/04/2026 Y12/13 Levels Assembly (Careers Expo)
Thursday 23/04/2026 SLT Operations
Thursday 23/04/2026 Y11 Arts Field Trip
Tuesday 28/04/2026 - Friday 1/05/2026 Enviro Sustainability 1
Tuesday 28/04/2026 - Friday 1/05/2026 Manaaki Tapoi Intro 3
Wednesday 29/04/2026 Sr Parent-Teacher Interviews
School closes 2pm
Thursday 30/04/2026 Vic Uni Info Session - Māori Students
Thursday 30/04/2026 SLT Operations
Thursday 30/04/2026 Y11 Arts Field Trip 2
Thursday 30/04/2026 Trades Careers Day
Friday 1/05/2026 Aniwaniwa Nelson Trip
Monday 4/05/2026 PLD/Staff Mtg
Monday 4/05/2026 - Wednesday 6/05/2026 STAR Hairdressing
Monday 4/05/2026 - Tuesday 5/05/2026 STAR Mocktails
Monday 4/05/2026 - Thursday 7/05/2026 Y10 Ignite/Activate Camp 1
Tuesday 5/05/2026 TSS Badminton
Tuesday 5/05/2026 Non-Uniform Day (Breakfast Club)
Wednesday 6/05/2026 Sr Parent-Teacher Interviews
School closes 2pm
Wednesday 6/05/2026 Non-uniform day (Breakfast Club)
Thursday 7/05/2026 - Friday 8/05/2026 Manutai Overnight Camp
Thursday 7/05/2026 SLT Operations
Friday 8/05/2026 TSS Motocross
Monday 11/05/2026 - Thursday 14/05/2026 Uniform Services 3
Tuesday 12/05/2026 Music Tour
Wednesday 13/05/2026 TSS Cross Country
Wednesday 13/05/2026 - Friday 15/05/2026 Y11 Tramp
Thursday 14/05/2026 Emergency Evacuation
Thursday 14/05/2026 L2 Bio Fieldtrip
Thursday 14/05/2026 SLT Operations
Saturday 16/05/2026 Rockquest Heats
Monday 18/05/2026 TSS Golf
Monday 18/05/2026 - Thursday 21/05/2026 Manaaki Tapoi Intro 4
Tuesday 19/05/2026 - Friday 22/05/2026 Co-requisites
Wednesday 20/05/2026 - Friday 22/05/2026 Y13 Survivial Camp
Thursday 21/05/2026 TSS Fast 5
Thursday 21/05/2026 - Sunday 24/05/2026 International Trip
Thursday 21/05/2026 SLT Operations
Monday 25/05/2026 Co-requisites
Monday 25/05/2026 - Thursday 28/05/2026 Enviro Sustainability 2
Monday 25/05/2026 - Tuesday 26/05/2026 Y9 Ignite/Activate TB Group 1
Wednesday 27/05/2026 TSS Sr Ki-o-rahi
Wednesday 27/05/2026 - Friday 29/05/2026 Y12 Tramp DKN
Wednesday 27/05/2026 - Thursday 28/05/2026 Y9 Ignite Activate TB Group 2
Thursday 28/05/2026 SLT Operations
Monday 1/06/2026 - Friday 5/06/2026 Samoa Language Week
Tuesday 2/06/2026 - Wednesday 3/06/2026 Gateway Health & Safety Course

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Motueka High School Curriculum

Below are some of the subjects that Motueka High School offers to their students for 2026/2027.

Year 10 Art Making Intensive (10AMI)
Year 10 Dance One - Choreography (10DAN)
Year 10 Language by Correspondence (10LAN)
Year 10 Japanese - Full Year (10JPN)
Year 10 Te Reo Māori me ōna Tikanga - Full Year (10MAO)
Year 10 Visual Arts Academy - Full Year (10ACY)
Year 10 Dance Two - Perform (10DAT)
Year 10 Design & Visual Communication (10DVC)
Year 10 Digital Technology (10DGT)
Year 10 Drama One - Improvisation and Devising (10DRA)
Year 10 Drama Two - Junior Production (10DRT)
Year 10 Textiles Technology (10TXT)
Year 10 Food and Nutrition (10FNT)
Year 10 Hard Materials - Engineering (10MWK)
Year 10 Hard Materials - Wood (10WWK)
Year 10 Multi Media Exploration (10MME)
Year 10 Music One (10MUS)
Year 10 Music Two (10MUT)
Year 10 Outdoor Education (10OED)
Year 10 Rural Studies (10RUL)
Year 10 Science X (10SCX)
Year 10 Sports Training - First Half Year (10SPT1)
Year 10 Sports Training - Second Half Year (10SPT2)
Year 11 Commerce (11COM)
Year 11 Digital Technology (11DGT)
Year 11 Te Reo Māori (11MAO)
Year 11 Building and Furniture Making (11BUI)
Year 11 Design & Visual Communication (11DVC)
Year 11 Engineering (11EGN)
Year 11 Textiles Technology (11TXT)
Year 11 Dance (11DAN)
Year 11 Drama (11DRA)
Year 11 Music (11MUS)
Year 11 Health (11HED)
Year 11 Outdoor Education (11OED)
Year 11 Physical Education (11PED)
Year 11 Plant and Animal Science (11PAS)
Year 11 Classics and History (11CLH)
Year 11 Geography (11GEO)
Year 11 Global Studies (11GLS)
Year 11 Art Making Intensive (11AMI)
Year 11 Multi Media Art (11MME)
Year 11 Primary Industries Trades Academy (11PTA)
Year 13 Business Studies (13BUS)
Year 12 Business Studies (12BUS)
Year 13 Digital Technology (13DGT)
Year 12 Digital Technology (12DGT)
Year 11 Language by Correspondence (11LAN)
Year 13 Language by Correspondence (13LAN)
Year 12 English 201 (12ENG1)
Year 12 English 202 (12ENG2)
Year 13 English 301 (13ENG1)
Year 13 English 302 (13ENG2)
Year 13 Te Reo Māori (13MAO)
Year 12 Te Reo Māori (12MAO)
Year 12 General Engineering - Grass Karts (12GKT)
Year 12 Building and Furniture Making (12BUI)
Year 13 Design & Visual Communication (13DVC)
Year 12 Design & Visual Communication (12DVC)
Year 13 Textiles Technology (13TXT)
Year 12 Textiles Technology (12TXT)
Year 13 Food and Nutrition (13FNT)
Year 12 General Engineering - Brazier (12GEB)
Year 13 Mathematics - Calculus (13CAL)
Year 13 Mathematics - Internal (13MAT)
Year 13 Mathematics - Statistics (13STA)
Year 12 Mathematics 201 (12MAT1)
Year 12 Mathematics 202 (12MAT2)
Year 13 Dance (13DAN)
Year 12 Dance (12DAN)
Year 13 Drama (13DRA)
Year 12 Drama (12DRA)
Year 13 Music (13MUS)
Year 12 Music (12MUS)
Year 13 Health (13HED)
Year 12 Health (12HED)
Year 12 Outdoor Education (12OED)
Year 13 Outdoor Education (Super Option) (13OED)
Year 12 Physical Education (12PED)
Year 13 Physical Education (13PED)
Year 12 Sports and Leadership (12SPL)
Year 13 Sports and Leadership (13SPL)
Year 13 Biology (13BIO)
Year 12 Biology (12BIO)
Year 13 Chemistry (13CHE)
Year 12 Chemistry (12CHE)
Year 12 Physics (12PHY)
Year 13 Physics (13PHY)
Year 12 Plant and Animal Science (12PAS)
Year 12 Science - General (12SCI)
Year 13 Geography (13GEO)
Year 12 Geography (12GEO)
Year 13 Global Studies (13GLS)
Year 12 Global Studies (12GLS)
Year 13 Classics and History (13HIS)
Year 12 Classics and History (12CLH)
Year 12 Tourism (12TOU)
Year 13 Tourism (13TOU)
Year 12 Visual Art - Project Based Art (12APB)
Year 13 Visual Art - Design (13ADN)
Year 12 Visual Art - Design (12ADN)
Year 13 Visual Art - Painting (13APT)
Year 12 Visual Art - Painting (12APT)
Year 13 Visual Art - Photography (13APY)
Year 12 Visual Art - Photography (12APY)
Year 13 Gateway (13GAT)
Year 12 Gateway (12GAT)
Year 12 Primary Industries Trades Academy (12PTA)
Year 13 Primary Industries Trades Academy (13PTA)
Year 12 Vocational Skills & Pathways (12VSP)
Year 13 Vocational Skills & Pathways (13VSP)
Year 12 Language by Correspondence (12LAN)
Year 11 English as a Second Language (ESOL) (11ESOL)
Year 12 English as a Second Language (ESOL) (12ESOL)
Year 13 English as a Second Language (ESOL) (13ESOL)
Year 10 English as a Second Language (ESOL) (10ESOL)
Year 10 English (10ENG)
Year 10 Mathematics (10MAT)
Year 11 Mathematics 102 (11MAT2)
Year 10 Science (10SCI)
Year 10 Social Sciences (10SST)
Year 10 Physical Education (10PED)
Year 10 Health (10HED)
Year 10 Commerce (10COM)
Year 12 Trades Academy: NMIT, ETCO, or WIO (12TTA)
Year 13 Trades Academy: NMIT, ETCO, or WIO (13TTA)
Year 13 Plant and Animal Science (13PAS)
Y11 Science for Biology, Chemistry and Physics (11SCI1)
Year 11 English 101 (11ENG1)
Year 11 Mathematics 101 (11MAT1)
Year 12 Senior Numeracy Support (12SNS)
Year 13 Senior Numeracy Support (13SNS)
Year 11 Senior Literacy Support (11SLS)
Year 12 Senior Literacy Support (12SLS)
Year 13 Senior Literacy Support (13SLS)
Year 11 Vocational Skills & Pathways (11VSP)
Year 11 Correspondence (11COR)
Year 12 Correspondence (12COR)
Year 13 Correspondence (13COR)
Year 11 Science for Society (11SCI2)
Year 10 Where in the World (10WHD)
Year 11 Japanese (11JPN)
Year 11 Food & Service (11FSR)
Year 12 Food & Service (12FSR)
Year 11 Pacific Studies (11PAC)
Year 12 English Outdoor Education (12EOED)
Year 10 Sports Training - Full Year (10SPT)
Year 10 Future Ready (10INN)
Level 1 Te Ara Tapu Programme (11TAP)

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