will house the Art Department until completion of renovation on the South Wing (built in 1966). Most buildings on the school site are being redeveloped in some way or another. In 2016, the Sports Centre saw strengthening and repainting. The baths, which since construction in 1958 have already witnessed the removal of the diving pool (replaced by the Special Needs Unit), have undergone total reconstruction. The outdoor swimming pool has been covered over. Seemingly, the only buildings on site left untouched by the redevelopment will be the East Wing (built 1956) and the Science Block (Opened 1985). In April 2019 the new Matairangi block opened, providing open-plan learning spaces, a new library, canteen, art studios, food technology rooms, music facilities and a media suite, along with a Maori learning space or Wharenui. The school, with this new building, is now able to cater to approximately 1250 students. He Huarahi Tamariki He Huarahi Tamariki is a teen parent unit under the jurisdiction of Wellington East Girls' College. It serves approximately 50 teenage parents in Years 9–15 (age 12–19) in continuing secondary school education. The unit is largely autonomous and is located in Porirua, and incorporates the Griffin 2 School, an Early Childhood Centre that caters for the children of its students. It is noted that the Teen Parent Unit roll is returned with the one belonging to Wellington East Girls' College. Notable alumni Dates denote leaver/graduation year as student Arts and humanities Marie Bell (1938) – educator Marie Clay (1942) – psychologist and researcher in education Joy Drayton (1932) – educator Avis Higgs (1935) – painter and textile designer Geraldine McDonald (1942) – academic and researcher in education Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan (1949) – New Zealand politician and one of 20 holders of the Order of New Zealand Mary Varnham (1961) – writer and publisher and former Wellington City Councillor Performing arts Sunny Amey (1945) – theatre director and educator Aivale Cole (formerly Mabel Faletolu) – opera singer Jennifer Compton (1966) – poet and playwright Rae de Lisle (1965) – pianist and educator Barbara Ewing (1955) – actor Chelsie Preston Crayford (2003) – actor Dawn Sanders (1968) – theatre scholar and founder of the Shakespeare's Globe Centre New Zealand Jennifer Ward-Lealand (1975) – screen and theatre actor Science Brenda Shore (nee Slade) (1938) – botanist Sport Swimming Natasha Hind – Silver and Bronze medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Meda McKenzie (1978) –