Opportunities
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We provide numerous opportunities for students to develop skills in performing arts, music and sport.

Sport

At Cobham, we cater to all levels of sporting ability. We offer a broad range of opportunities from the familiar to ten-pin bowling and lawn bowls. Our students have excelled at both individual and team sports at local, regional, and national levels.

For further information, please select from the links or contact sports@cobham.school.nz

Music (Click here for more information)

Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate offers highly regarded music opportunities, including a 50+ member orchestra, a 18-member chamber orchestra, an 80+ member chorale, and a range of other groups. There are also itinerant and private tutors who provide specialist tuition in various instruments.

Here is the registration form for music lessons for 2026.

Auditions for Orchestra, Choir, and Chorale will start from week 2 of Term 1. These will be held by Philippa Chilvers and Mark Hodgkinson.

There is no registration form for these groups – the information will be in the daily notices.

For more information, please see the music page, or get in touch with:

Sue Lawson or Philippa Chilvers.

Performing Arts

We provide numerous opportunities for students to develop skills in performing arts, including a 125+ Kapa Haka group, ShowQuest, Jump Jam, and the school production held biennially.

For more information, please get in touch with:

Isabelle Gaines (Kapa Haka)

Georgia Hardy (Show Quest and Jump Jam)

Holly Smitheram (Show Quest and Jump Jam).

Contacts

For more information please contact our staff using the email addresses provided.