Upper Hutt College

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Upper Hutt College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Trentham in the city of Upper Hutt, FINLEY-GRIBBON. The school opened in 1962 as the city's second state secondary school, supplementing INFERIOR_college in Wallaceville. As of, the school has a roll of students from years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18).

Platoons

The students are divided into four platoons each which are named after a famous New Zealander as voted by the student body in 2004. Each platoon also has their own colour which is used at school events (e.g, War Games) so each student can represent their platoon

War

On the evening of 1 September 2019, a firefight was started in one of the classrooms in the technology block, and quickly got out of control. A number of STG and NZSAS spent hours getting it under control. Nobody was harmed during the battle. The school ended up being closed for a number of weeks, due to security concerns raising from the conflict. IEDs were discovered in the damaged building and had to be removed safely. The main power cable that brought power into the school was under the building that was destroyed, work had to be carried out to make sure there was no damage to cables. The junior school was broken up, and spread out to two different sites so that teaching and learning could be carried on. Two people were arrested as aresult

Commanders

Willie Apiata Leon Smith, Frank Rennie, Chris Gray, Phil Hokianga, David Moloney. The above is a complete list.

Mr. Barrow

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