PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLERWakatipu High School should receive initial funding this year for its long-awaited expansion, its principal says. The formal process will start on March 1, when the school submits its 2026 roll numbers to the Ministry of Education. Principal Oded Nathan said he hoped the expansion, which would lift the school’s capacity to 2000, would start gathering speed by mid-year. The school had existing capacity for 1625 students, and it started this year with 1528. He said he had also "really emphasised" to ministry officials the school’s expansion was necessary and welcome, "but that can’t be the end game".

Source: Otago Daily Times February 14, 2026 08:45 UTC