Upper Hutt College is a

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located in Trentham in the city of

Upper Hutt Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area. Geography The Upper Hutt city cent ...

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. The school opened in 1962 as the city's second state secondary school, supplementing

Heretaunga College Heretaunga College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The school has approximately students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18). The college grounds are a large area with primary access via Ward Street ...

Wallaceville Wallaceville is a suburb of Upper Hutt (located in the lower (southern) North Island of New Zealand). It is named after John Howard Wallace, an early New Zealand settler, council politician, businessman and author of one of the first published h ...

. As of , the school has a roll of students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18).

Houses

The students are arbitrarily divided into four houses, each which have received their name from a famous New Zealander as voted by the student body in 2004. Each house also has their own set colour which is used at house events (for example Athletics Day) so each student can comfortably represent their house, and it also encourages artificial division within the school. * Blake ( Sir Peter Blake, Red) * Hillary (

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, Yellow/Gold) * Jackson (

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, Green) * Te Kanawa (

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, Blue)

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) at UHC

Upper Hutt College started encouraging students to bring their own devices to school in 2015, when student Wi-Fi was set up.

Fire

On the evening of 1 September 2019, a fire was started in one of the classrooms in the technology block, the fire quickly got out of control. A number of firefighters and units spent hours getting it under control. Nobody was harmed during the fire. The school ended up being closed for a number of weeks, due to safety concerns raising from the fire. Asbestos was discovered in the damaged building and had to be removed safely. The main power cable that brought power into the school was under the building that was destroyed, work had to be carried out to make sure there was no damage to cables. The junior school was broken up, and spread out to two different sites so that teaching and learning could be carried on. Two people were arrested for arson.

Notable alumni

* Ray Ahipene-Mercer - Wellington City councillor * Rebecca Kitteridge - Director of Security for the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) *

Sika Manu Viliami Sikalamu "Sika" Manu (born 22 January 1987) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a forward for Tonga and New Zealand at international level, being a member of the World Cup winning Kiwi team who beat Australi ...

- Professional rugby league footballer

References

External links

School website
* {{Authority control Educational institutions established in 1962 Secondary schools in the Wellington Region Schools in Upper Hutt New Zealand secondary schools of Nelson plan construction 1962 establishments in New Zealand