The Macleans Way
A top academic secondary school
Excellence, honour, and service in a whānau house community
The college
New Zealand's first whānau house school
Opened in 1980, co-educational, and built around the whānau house system. Strong results across external examinations year after year.
Academic results1980
Opened
2,500+
Students
13 ha
Campus
8
Whānau houses
Each whānau is roughly 360 students with commons and pastoral teams — About.
Academic
Three qualification pathways
NCEA
National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Learn moreCambridge International
Globally recognised programmes.
Learn moreScholarship
NZ Scholarship extension assessments.
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Whānau houses
The eight houses
Latest news
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Mission
“Every student educated to achieve his or her full potential as a whole person — within the caring whānau house system.”