Wellington Girls' College


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Wellington Girls' College Alumnae
PO Box 12-471
Wellington North 6144


  1. Message from the Principal

    Kia ora, e te whānau What a pleasure it is to look back on a year that has been almost ordinary. At the start of this year, I wished ... Read more…
  2. Head Students 2023

    Briana Belford & Eleni Prebble Read more…
  3. Frances Wright - Rhodes Scholarship recipient (2015-2018)

    Frances Wright, Class of 2018 awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for 2024! Established in 1903, the Rhodes Scholarship is the oldest ... Read more…
  4. Celebrating 140 years of Wellington Girls' College

    Interview with Director and screenwriter WGC Old Girl, Dame Jane Campion (1970) Read more…
  5. Anna Ballara (1982-1984)

    Sports Hall of Fame 2023 Read more…
  6. Sarah Tetzlaff - NZ Climbing Success (2013-2017)

    WGC old girl, Sarah Tetzlaff and fellow climber, Julian David have become the first New Zealand climbers to ever qualify for an ... Read more…
  7. Celebrating 140 years of girls' education in the Capital

    Though the classrooms, uniforms, subjects and students at Wellington Girls’ College may look vastly different from when the school was ... Read more…
  8. Poipoia te kākano kia puawai – the power of support (2008-2012)

    Rawinia Thompson (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine) was the recipient of the 2021 IPANZ Public Administration Prize awarded to the ... Read more…
  9. Leigh Brewer (1947-1949)

    Cultural Hall of Fame 2023 Read more…
  10. Re-framing old timber from WGC

    Run by Jo Williams, JW Framing is a small business that started three years ago in an old industrial factory building in Newtown. ... Read more…
  11. Legendary Silver Ferns coach Taini Jamison (1945)

    Legendary Silver Ferns coach Taini Jamison passed away earlier this year. She was 97. Jamison was the first coach to lead the Silver ... Read more…
  12. Edith Howes - WGC Teacher and Children's book writer

     (29 August 1872 – 9 July 1954) was a New Zealand teacher, educationalist, and writer of children's literature. She was a Member of ... Read more…
  13. Introducing your exceptionally talented - WGC Rowing crew

    Our squad of are in dominant form. The sport of rowing is always tough, but these girls have got more than what it takes to be ... Read more…
  14. Looking back 100 years - 'Reporter', 1923

    Editorial 1923 Read more…
  15. Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington Graduates June 22 - May 23

    Former students of Wellington Girls’ College graduating from Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington Read more…
  16. Obituaries

    - 15 November 2023, class of 2023 - July 2023, class of 1953 Born in Hokitika in 1935, between 1940 and 1949 Myra Millen attended ... Read more…