HOF: Mr S Gibby
Learning a new language provides a means of communicating with people from another culture and exploring one’s own personal world. Languages and cultures play a key role in developing our personal, group, national, and human identities. Learning a language provides students with the cognitive tools and strategies to learn further languages and to increase their understanding of their own language(s) and culture(s).
HOD: Mr M Solomon
Te Reo Māori is the foundation language of New Zealand, the ancestral language of the tangata whenua and one of
the tāonga guaranteed protection under the Treaty of Waitangi. It also provides this country with a unique language
identity in the rest of the world. (Te Taura Whiri).
HOD: Mr S Crosby
The courses outlined below are designed for those students who do not use English as their first language. The
aim is to enable students to live and study in Aotearoa New Zealand. All students who use English as an additional
language will be tested and placed in appropriate classes.
Follow the links below to see what individual languages are on offer.
Beyond Secondary School:
Students can combine learning a language with study of business, health, law, trade, science, engineering, technology,
tourism, politics, or music. As part of the Auckland 360o Programme (DAAD Scholarship) students are able to
complete their second year of study at a German university and have it fully accredited as part of their degree at
Auckland University. For Japanese, Hiroshima University offers attractive scholarships. NCEA level 3 in German and
Japanese respectively is a prerequisite to apply for either of these.