Welcome to the Westlake Girls Alumni Community – a place where our former students and staff can keep up-to-date with news and events in the alumni community and at Westlake.
Newsletters
Please see the grey section below. We LOVE hearing stories about former students. Whether you graduated last year or decades ago, you will always be an important part of our wonderful community. If you, or someone you know, is doing something interesting or has won an accolade of some type, let us know!
Upcoming Alumni Events
The Westlake High School Founders 1957 – 1961 are getting together again for a reunion luncheon. This will be held at The Bays Club in Browns Bay on Wednesday 22 May, at 12.00pm. For further details, go to the Founders Facebook page or contact the organiser Robin Reid robinmreid777@gmail.com.
Contact Us
Cathy Roughan
Alumni Coordinator
croughan@westlakegirls.school.nz
or alumni@westlakegirls.school.nz
Ph: 021 151 5613
We are continuing to develop our alumni community resources and will be publishing updates and future events on this page and on our official WGHS Alumni Facebook Page. Please sign up using the membership form below, or you can email a completed form to the following address. alumni@westlakegirls.school.nz
Join our WGHS LinkedIn group
Join our (closed) Alumni Facebook groups for each alumni year. Email alumni@westlakegirls.school.nz for information and the link to your alumni year (Form 7/Year 13 year) or see below.
Facebook groups
The Facebook group links are below. The alumni/peer year is your Year 13/Form 7 year of high school, regardless of whether or not you attended for those 5 years. For example, if you started in Form 3/Year 9 in 1974, your alumni/peer year would be the ‘Class of 1978’.
Westlake High School Founders (WBHS & WGHS)
Westlake Girls Class of 1966
Class of 1967 Westlake Girls
Westlake Girls Class of 1968
Class of 1969 Westlake Girls
Class of 1970 Westlake Girls
Class of 1971 Westlake Girls
Class of 1972 Westlake Girls
Class of 1973 Westlake Girls
Class of 1974 Westlake Girls
Class of 1975 Westlake Girls
Class of 1976 Westlake Girls
Class of 1977 Westlake Girls
Class of 1978 Westlake Girls
Class of 1979
Westlake Girls Class of 1980
Class of ’81 Westlake Girls
Westlake Girls 1978 – 1982
Westlake Girls Class of 1983
Class of ‘84 Westlake Girls
Westlake Girls Class of 1985
Class of ’86 Westlake Girls
Class of ‘87 Westlake Girls
Westlake Girls Class of 1988
Class of ’89 Westlake Girls
Westlake Girls Class of 1990
The Westlake Class of 1991
Westlake Girls Class of 1992
Westlake Girls Class of 1993
Westlake Girls Class of 1994
Westlake Girls Class of 1995
Westlake Girls Class of 1996
Westlake Girls Class of 1997
Westlake Girls Class of 1998
Westlake Girls Class of 1999
Westlake Girls Class of 2000
Westlake Girls Class of 2001
Westlake Girls Class of 2002
Class of 2003 Westlake Girls
Westlake Girls Class of 2004
Class of 2005 Westlake Girls
Class of 2006 Westlake Girls
Westlake Girls Class of 2007
Westlake Girls Class of 2008
Class of 2009
Class of 2010
The Westlake Class of 2011
Class of 2012
Class of 2013
Class of 2014
Class of 2015 Westlake Girls
Class of 2016 Westlake Girls
Westlake Girls Class of 2017
Westlake Girls Class of 2018
Westlake Girls Class of 2019
WGHS Class of 2020
Westlake Girls Class of 2021
Westlake Girls Class of 2022
Friends of Westlake Music
Westlake Choralation Choir Alumni
Cantare Choir Alumni WGHS
Westlake Girls Key Cygnatures Choir alumni
Westlake Symphony Alumni
Dance @ Westlake Girls High School
Westlake Girls Alumni Australia
Westlake Girls Alumni UK
Westlake Alumni Korea
Westlake Girls Rowing Alumni
Westlake Boys Alumni Page (Westlakers)
Alumni Membership Form (Opens in new window)
A Bit of History
February 1957 – First Day
On Tuesday, 5 February 1957, a small group of 117 third formers and a small staff gathered in B Block, at that time the only completed part of the buildings in Wairau Road, for the first assembly. The surroundings consisted of builder’s sheds, building materials, rubble and clay. And on that first day, to add to the difficulties, the heavens opened. In spite of the difficulties that first year, it would be safe to say that neither pupil nor teacher regretted being a Foundation member of a new school. It was a happy, friendly fellowship and cooperation beneficial to all who experienced it. Westlake High School officially opened on 18 October 1958.
December 1961 – Westlake High School split into Westlake Girls High School and Westlake Boys High School.
When the separate schools opened in 1962, Westlake Girls had 650 pupils. In 2024, it has over 2,300 students. In 1962, Westlake Boys had 607 pupils, and in 2024, it has over 2,300 pupils.
Throughout the last sixty-plus years since the Westlake Schools took their own paths, the two schools have continued to collaborate and combine for many activities and events. There is still a strong unified pride in wearing the Westlake Swan.
