first woman to complete a double crossing of the Cook Strait and the first to complete a circumnavigation of Rarotonga Emma Robinson (New Zealand swimmer) – 2016 Summer Olympics swimmer Association football Cinnamon Chaney (1988) – New Zealand international player Maria George – New Zealand international player Wendi Henderson (1987) – New Zealand international player Renee Leota (2007) – New Zealand international player Cricket Linda Henshilwood (1967) – New Zealand Women's cricket team Hockey Niniwa Roberts (1994) – Black Sticks team member and Olympic athlete in 2004 and 2008 Netball Tiana Metuarau (2018) – Silver Fern Jean Mitchell (1930) – Silver Fern Other fields Cathy Penney – Pilot Notable staff Saradha Koirala – poet and writer Notes Educational institutions established in 1925 Girls' schools in New Zealand Secondary schools in the Wellington Region Schools in Wellington City Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Wellington Region 1925 establishments in New Zealand 1920s architecture in New Zealand