 In 2002, Selwyn College hosted the filming of a popular TV3 television documentary series called School Rules which followed the lives of several Selwyn students.On the occasion of the school's 50th anniversary, Radio New Zealand broadcast a programme surveying the high-profile success of many musicians who had attended the school.As a multi-cultural school in the eastern suburbs area, Selwyn values its historic connections with Ngati Whatua o Orakei.