Wakatipu High School

Wakatipu High School needs to develop a more coherent policy for its gifted and talented pupils, principal Steve Hall says, after a report slammed the only identification method as ''invalid''.

The Wakatipu men's novice four, all from Wakatipu High School, has ended the New Zealand Club Rowing Championships in Twizel with a gold medal.

Wakatipu High School held its annual participation day on Friday. Pupils took part in activities in a friendly environment at the school's fields. The four houses compete in good spirit to start the school year and Olivia Caldwell, of the Queenstown Times, was there to capture it on camera.

The end of tenure of the Ministry of Education's troubleshooter in Wakatipu High School signals a return to normalcy following almost two years of turbulence triggered by a scathing Education Review Office (Ero) report.

Wakatipu High School's e-learning system - touted as the future of education - has received an $11,747 boost from Shotover Jet and the Wakatipu community.

Wakatipu High School's musical talent continues to dazzle peers around the South, as big band Best Served Chilled won the best band award and two awards for individual merit at the annual Southland Secondary Schools Jazz Festival last week.

Keen recyclers from Wakatipu schools witnessed what happens to the bottles and newspapers they recycle during a five-year anniversary tour of the Wakatipu Recycling Centre on Thursday.

One of the longest-serving members of the teaching staff at Queenstown's secondary school has announced his resignation as deputy principal after 20 years in the role.

Wakatipu High School had a successful week during the annual schools winter tournament week, which ran from Monday to Friday last week.

Having practised during their break times since the start of term three, 293 Wakatipu High School pupils took to the stage in a house kapa haka and waiata event on Friday.

At the sound of a conch shell, amplified with the help of a microphone, each house filed on to a stage in the school gym watched by fellow pupils, teachers, parents and guests.