{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox school | image = IMG-20230102-WA0002 Waitākere College.jpg | name = Waitākere College | motto = ''Achievement for All'' | type = State, Co-educational, Secondary School (Year 9–13) | established = | address = 42 Rathgar Road,<br />Henderson,<br />Auckland 0610,<br />New Zealand | coordinates = {{Coord|36|52|2|S|174|37|15|E|type:edu_region:NZ-AUK|display=inline,title}} | principal = Mark Shanahan | enrollment = {{NZ school roll data|44|y||y}} <small>({{NZ school roll data|||y}})</small> | decile = 3I<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls |title= Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools |publisher= Ministry of Education |access-date= 12 February 2015 |archive-date= 24 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150124000031/http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls |url-status= dead }}</ref> | MOE = 44 | website = [http://waitakerecollege.school.nz/ waitakerecollege.school.nz] }}
'''Waitākere College''' is a state coeducational secondary school located in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, established in 1975. A total of {{NZ school roll data|44|y}} students from Years 9 to 13 (ages 13 to 18) attend Waitākere College as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}
Students entering the college are allocated into one of three "Houses". The house names use Māori words: Aroha (Love), Manawanui (Perseverance), and Matauranga (Knowledge).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waitakerecollege.school.nz/about/principals-welcome|title=Principal's Welcome|access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref>
Waitākere College offers an extra 'Performing Arts' subject formerly run by Stephen Nightingale. Entry is based on an audition process and the course runs for years 9 and 10. It covers drama, dance, music, singing, theatre, film/television, editing, theatre lighting, make-up and costume.
Waitākere College is often used as a filming location for the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'', as the location of Ferndale High School.<ref name="West-Moon">{{cite book |last1=Moon |first1=Paul |author-link1=Paul Moon |chapter=Taking Care of Business |pages=138 |editor-last1=Macdonald |editor-first1=Finlay |editor-link1=Finlay Macdonald (editor) |editor-last2=Kerr |editor-first2=Ruth |title=West: The History of Waitakere |publisher=Random House |date=2009 |isbn=9781869790080}}</ref>
== Enrolment == As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Waitākere College has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|44|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|44m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|44m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|44|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%) identify as Māori.{{NZ school roll data|4=y}}
As of {{NZ school equity index data|203||y|||}}, the school has an Equity Index of {{NZ school equity index data|44|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have {{NZ school equity index data|44b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 4 and 5 under the former socio-economic decile system).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School Equity Index Bands and Groups |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
==Notable alumni== {{main category|People educated at Waitākere College}} * Shayne Elliott (born 1963/64), New Zealand banker, CEO of ANZ Bank.<ref name="stuff.co.nz">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/72598709/kiwi-shayne-elliott-appointed-to-run-anz|title=Kiwi Shayne Elliott appointed to run ANZ|website=Stuff|access-date=5 August 2017}}</ref> * Sione Lauaki (1981–2017), All Black<ref name="West-Game">{{cite book |last1=Logan |first1=Innes |chapter=Game On |pages=411–432 |editor-last1=Macdonald |editor-first1=Finlay |editor-link1=Finlay Macdonald (editor) |editor-last2=Kerr |editor-first2=Ruth |title=West: The History of Waitakere |publisher=Random House |date=2009 |isbn=9781869790080}}</ref>
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