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 Horowhenua College is situated in the rural township of Levin, The College is named after the lake on the western border of the town and it is nestled on productive farm land against the backdrop of native bush covered Tararua Ranges. Levin is fifteen minutes from west coast beaches, fifteen minutes from the Tararua Ranges, 70 minutes from the capital city Wellington, and forty minutes from Palmerston North city.
Horowhenua College is a co-educational state school with expansive grounds. The main building surrounds a rose garden quadrangle. Facilities include: two gymnasiums, climbing wall, weights room, and an outdoor swimming pool, performing arts complex and recording studio. Language studies include: Spanish, Maori, Japanese, Conversational French, and Latin if required (extra costs for distance learning and tutoring). Private Latin lessons available.
A friendly caring environment welcomes international students. The College motto “Essayez”, i.e. try your best, encourages students to participate. The Outdoor Education programme works on a “challenge by choice” policy.
Students can participate in a wide range of sporting and cultural activities through the College and in local community groups. Eg Aquatic Centre, artificial hockey turf, and golf course. Canoe polo is one of the College’s strengths.
The Outdoor Education programme includes: rope work, kayaking, mountain biking, bushcraft, orienteering and navigation. Whenever possible we encourage interested students to contact current or recently returned international students to ask them directly their experience of life at Horowhenua as an international student.
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