Social Sciences

* Compulsory
** Scholarship may be available

The Social Sciences are the Humanities – the study of the diversity of people.
Te ao tangata | social sciences encourage ākonga to observe, to wonder and be curious about people, places, and society, and to take an interest and engage in social issues and ideas.
The whakataukī above asks what the most important thing in the world is, to which the answer is - it is people, it is people, it is people.
As the Social Sciences is about diversity, a diverse range of subjects are also on offer:  Accounting, Business, Classical Studies, Commerce, Economics, Geography, History, Legal Studies, Media Studies Psychology and Tourism.  Social Studies is the compulsory Social Sciences course in the junior school.

Unuhia te rito o te harakeke kei whea te kōmako e kō? Whakatairangitia - rere ki uta, rere ki tai; Ui mai koe ki ahau he aha te mea nui o te ao, Māku e kī atu he tangata, he tangata, he tangata! - Remove the heart of the flax bush and where will the kōmako sing? Proclaim it to the land, proclaim it to the sea; Ask me, "What is the greatest thing the in the world?" I will reply, "It is people, people, people!"

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