STUDY AT KAPITI COLLEGE

Kapiti  College is a co-educational school with 1500 NZ students and up to 80 international fee payers from many countries.. We are 45 minutes from Wellington and our town is a beach resort known for its temperate climate.

The college is metres from the beach and the perfect school for international students to attend.

It has:

• a safe and beautiful environment, we are known as The  Sunshine Coast of NZ

• exceptional academic results (one of the top schools in Wellington for the past 10 years)

• outstanding pastoral care

• high quality homestays

• academies for golf, aviation and performing arts

• an English Language Academy

• flexible, individualized academic programmes catering for all  levels

• 300 seat stadium, state of the art technology facilities

• $13 million performing arts centre at the college    

• Summer School programme during December/January

• a strong arts programme which includes dance, drama and  film making as academic subjects

• Lord of the Rings Producer  Peter Jackson is an ex student.

• Air NZ flies from Auckland direct three times a day to Paraparaumu Airport

Education Review Office (ERO) comments from their latest review:

• "The college continues to provide good support to international students. A comprehensive orientation programme enables students to integrate into the life of the college." 

• "Students appreciate the positive attitudes of teachers and other students." 

• "International students receive good support to improve their English. All are accurately assessed on entry to the college."

• "Records show that many international students make successful transitions to further training and education"