What do you want from your time at Haeata?
Before we talk about subjects, we want to understand you.
You do not need to have every answer.
That is what planning is for.
What do you enjoy learning about?
What comes naturally to you?
What support will help you participate confidently?
What would you like to achieve while you are here?
Where might you want this journey to lead?
International students can experience Haeata in different ways.
You might come to experience New Zealand school life for a short time, spend a semester or year with us, or build a longer pathway towards graduation.
Whatever brings you here, we will help you make the most of the time you have.
Experience everyday school life in Aotearoa New Zealand, join Haeata classes, make new friends and become part of our community.
Take part in regular learning, build stronger friendships and experience more of school and community life.
Study across the year while taking advantage of academic learning, leadership, sport, culture and wider opportunities.
Create a personalised senior programme connected to qualifications and your goals beyond school.
Haeata is one connected Year 1–13 community.
That means learners of different ages share the same wider campus while learning in programmes designed for their stage of development.
Develop confidence, communication, relationships and a love of learning.
Hikuawa, refers to Orua Paeroa (Travis Wetlands) puna ako groups and spaces are named after living things found throughout, including Pūtakitaki, Mokomoko, Waikākariki, Toetoe, Pūkeko, Kotare, Te Oranga, Harakeke, Mōkihi, and Kokōpu.
Begin making more choices while developing the knowledge, independence and confidence needed for senior learning.
Kaunuku houses our Year 5 – 8 ākonga and is a metaphor for the fast-flowing river. The puna ako groups and spaces are named after tributary streams to the Otākaro River and include Waimairi, Wairarapa, Waiwhetu, and Orakipaoa.
Build a more personalised programme around your subjects, qualifications, interests and future goals.
The Estuary is a nurturing environment, future focused, and a time that allows our rangatahi to hone their skills and prepare themselves for the years ahead
At Haeata, planning your study is about more than filling spaces on a timetable.
We look at the whole learner.
Your interests. Your strengths. Your English. Your academic goals. Your future plans.
Together, these help shape your Haeata learning programme.
Depending on your Year level and pathway, your learning may include areas such as:
Explore how the world works through investigation, experimentation and inquiry.
Design, create, solve problems and turn ideas into practical solutions.
Develop entrepreneurial, financial and real-world business thinking.
Express ideas through visual art, music, performance, design and creative practice.
Strengthen communication while exploring language, culture and identity.
Explore wellbeing, movement, people and healthy living.
Understand people, place, history, society and the wider world.
Build mathematical thinking, problem-solving and skills for further study and life.
You do not need perfect English before you arrive.
We help you develop the language, confidence and learning strategies you need to participate in school life and make progress in your subjects.
Support may include:
Your Haeata experience can include much more than academic subjects.
Learning also happens when you take responsibility, try something difficult, serve others, perform, create, compete, explore and contribute.
Build confidence through service, challenge and responsibility.
Develop skills, teamwork, discipline and confidence through sport.
Gain practical experience in real-world hospitality learning environments.
Challenge yourself through outdoor learning, service and leadership.
Learn through language, culture, identity and connection.
Extend your learning through adventure, community and life in Aotearoa.
Build the academic foundation for further study in New Zealand or overseas.
Develop practical skills and pathways towards employment, apprenticeships and vocational education.
Explore opportunities where sporting development can become part of your future.
Develop the confidence, skills and intercultural understanding to study, work and contribute anywhere in the world.
Our role is to help you keep discovering what might be possible.
You may arrive knowing exactly what you want. You may discover something completely new. Both are okay.
As your interests, confidence, English and goals develop, your learning plan can develop too.
We will check in with you, help you reflect on your progress and support you to make informed choices about what comes next.
Share your age, previous schooling, interests, English level and goals.
We discuss what you hope to gain from your Haeata experience.
Together, we identify suitable learning, subjects, support and wider opportunities.
You receive the information you need before your Haeata journey begins.
Once you arrive, we check how things are going and make changes where they will help.
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