Past Pupils’ Continue to Enrol

It is interesting to note that despite the signalled name change for the school to Te Aratai, Alumni enrolments continue to roll in.  Do we interpret this to mean that as a past school body the link to our school remains strong? We hope so. After all the school is returning to its old site and […]

Former Linwood College Musicians star in upcoming concert

Former music students of Linwood College are making their mark in many parts of the world and two of them will be the featured soloists in a concert in Christchurch at The Piano on 4 July. Thomas Allely has been principal tuba player in the Queensland Symphony Orchestra since 2007. After initial studies in Wellington […]

Bequest

Ernie Poole Ernie Pool was one of a group of influential staff members at Linwood High School in the late 1950s and 1960s. Poole was a stalwart of the Social Science Department, and a key player in the school’s cadet programme. Poole went on to become the commanding officer of the Nelson, Marlborough Westcoast and […]

Foundation Update

The Linwood College Foundation Charitable Trust got underway in earnest in April 2019 with its launch at the Farewell Reunion event held that month. Funds donated to date have come from various sources including Past pupils, local churches and businesses.  We have also been very fortunate with the donation of goods in kind. Local media […]

Fundraisers

The Linwood College Foundation holds class photographs of all students. You can obtain an electronic photograph copy from this collection for $20.00 payable to the Foundation. Please email [email protected] if you would like one stating your Class and Year.

We want to keep in touch

Over the years email providers have come and gone in New Zealand which has lead to the loss of emails for some of our enrolled Past Pupils. If you have contacts for any other people listed below please let them know we would love to hear from them and will re-enrol them on the Linwood College  Alumni […]

Arthurs Pass Hut

Do you have fond memories of time spent at the college’s Arthurs Pass Hut? Do you have maintenance skills and be keen on doing some hours of maintenance on the building? Maybe you have a few similarly skilled friends who would be keen to join you. If so we would like you to get in […]

Farewell Celebration April 2019

On the 5 and 6 April hundreds of Past pupils and staff, some traveling from as far as Australia and the North Island, attended a special weekend of celebrations to farewell Linwood College’s old school buildings. Kicking off with a Conversazione held on the Friday evening, this was attended by over 350 past pupils, including […]

Dux 2019 0rion Tipuna

Orion being presented his award by Principal Dick Edmundson and BOT chair Finlay Laird looks on. Last night Linwood College at Ōtākaro held our first senior awards ceremony at on our temporary site at Avonside Drive.  We are immensely proud of all our prize winners for their significant hard work and achievement over the year.   […]

Fire at Linwood College

On 28 October a fire went through half of a wing of the east quad block, central stairway to the end wall. Fortunately, the site was unoccupied as the campus has now moved to the old Avonside Girls High site while the rebuild is undertaken. This meant damage was limited to the building and there […]