Heretaunga College
What street is Heretaunga College located on?
Ward Street
In what region is Upper Hutt located?
Wellington
In what year was Te Tiriti o Waitangi signed?
1840
Alongside Tenzing Norgay, which New Zealander became one of the first two confirmed climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953?
Sir Edmund Hillary
What is the Māori name for the Hutt River?
Te Awakairangi
In what decade did Heretaunga College open?
1950s
Which Upper Hutt site trained thousands of New Zealand soldiers during the First World War?
Trentham Military Camp
In what year did the controversial Springbok Tour of Aotearoa New Zealand take place?
1981
Which world-famous boxer visited Upper Hutt in 1979?
Muhammad Ali
Before “Upper Hutt” became the dominant name, what Māori name was used for the area and is now shared by our local marae?
Ōrongomai
What historic defensive building was built on our grounds in the 1860s?
Upper Hutt Blockhouse
In what decade did Upper Hutt officially become a city?
1960s
In what decade did women gain the right to vote in Aotearoa New Zealand?
1890s
Which scientist from Aotearoa New Zealand is known as the father of nuclear physics?
Ernest Rutherford
Which word in te Tiriti o Waitangi was used to translate “sovereignty”, but more accurately means “government” or “governance”?
Kāwanatanga
Which street near our school was one of Upper Hutt’s earliest residential areas, although none of its original buildings remain?
Fortune Lane
Which early Upper Hutt settler’s surname is shared by a local street and bush in Trentham Memorial Park?
Barton
In what year did Dame Whina Cooper lead the Māori Land March to Parliament?
1975
Which NZ Prime Minister allowed the controversial Springbok Tour to proceed?
Robert Muldoon
What does the name 'Heretaunga' mean in English?
A place where canoes are tied up
Who was Heretaunga College's first principal?
John Thurston
What is the name of the historic Upper Hutt cottage built in 1876–1877, now located on Fergusson Drive and converted into a museum of colonial domestic life?
Golder Cottage
In what year did the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior take place in Auckland Harbour?
1985
Which Māori politician became the first Māori university graduate in Aotearoa and features on our NZ $50 note.
Apirana Ngata
What does our motto “Kia hiwa rā” encourage us to be?
Alert, watchful or ready