“New Plymouth couple Rachel & Michael Perrett, had seen their once outgoing and talkative son withdraw more and more as he succumbed to ADHD and dyslexia. "We sorta lost him …. Where is their son now watch here

Read Green School ‘Case Study’ featured on www.nzstory.govt.nz

“GS has attracted a lot of tech entrepreneurs and companies… These very smart entrepreneurial people… great to have connected into our innovation ecosystem.”

Across the curriculum, there are “traditional subjects” but lessons about sustainability, the environment - and how to preserve it - are dominant.

Green School NZ Wins a second Western Architecture Award for Kina, a primary and community learning space mirroring the environmental values of GSNZ.

Green School NZ’s Waka classrooms have won a Western Architecture Award. Highlighting the efforts to meet a tight deadline and sustainability goals.

Chris Edwards CEO of GSNZ is featured in this months Sustainability issue of Future Learning Magazine, as part of the sustainable schools network.

New Zealand's first green school, set to open in Taranaki next year, has already received more than 400 job applications from teachers worldwide.

New Zealand's newest school is taking shape in a rural corner of Taranaki - and despite the independent school’s fees, only six places remain unfilled.

Design ideas for improving our lives are out there – it just takes vision and guts to back them. Celebrate developers who are highlighting how smart design pays off.

Our home grown, comprehensive green studies curriculum evolves from ecology to sustainability, connecting students to local geographic and cultural context.

The Green School experience is as much for parents as it is for young learners. Three families share what attracted them to the school, and how they’re finding life in Taranaki.

Surrounded by rolling hills, next to the Oakura River and situated between Mount Taranaki and the Tasman Sea, it is an inspiring location for learning.

Introducing New Zealand to the Green School way of learning is a project built on passion. Passion for children, the environment and the future.

The family are planning to relocate from just outside Katikati, for the sake of daughter, who had been in a class of 56.

Built with the sole purpose of saving the planet, pupils are equipped with the knowledge and empowered with the passion to become changemakers.

Green School New Zealand saw three first place awards in a national art competition which will be presented at an international climate change conference.

Taranaki's Green School starts to take shape as construction begins. The design of the learning pods provide a safe and comfortable environment within nature.

Green School New Zealand middle schooler’s recently won big at the local WITT Science Fair Awards, their projects, such as ‘From Starch to Finish’, were inspired by GS values.

Green School New Zealand’s new, biophilic-inspired classroom and community building was celebrated with an official opening to bless the innovative and inspirational space.

This event transcended its role as a mere conference and evolved into a transformative experience that ignited the flames of leadership within each participant.

An international event that aimed to educate and inspire learners to take action in sustainability came to Taranaki in March 2024 and was hosted by GSNZ.

GSNZ’s creative programme shows learners how art and design can be used in a practical sense to enhance sustainability, systems thinking, and entrepreneurship.

Emma is a scholar from Europe who has been with us at GSNZ for the past two months looking into what makes Green School pedagogy unique.

At GSNZ Puanga signifies our responsibility for protecting and participating in te ao Māori. We give it value as it enriches our efforts in community sustainability.

Green School NZ has achieved NEASC accreditation. Imbued with the culture of excellence, NEASC has become a globally recognised standard of excellence.