We are delighted to share the photos from our annual Excellence Breakfast. Early in the morning our school hall was filled with proud whānau celebrating their high-achieving students and enjoying a delicious meal together. It was wonderful to share the academic success and consistent effort of our students who endorsed NCEA with Excellence in 2023. […]
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2024 Athletics Day
Last month our school community came together to compete at our annual Athletics Day. This event is always a highlight of term one and provided our young athletes with the chance to earn points for their school house by joining in the fun activities with their peers. Students jumped high and far, threw shot put, […]
Celebrating Student Success
Big congratulations to Kyra who recently competed in the Women’s Surf Festival at Pauanui. Kyra is currently sitting in 4th place in the NZ U16 rankings after competing in 5 events and was only 0.29 points from making the 12 member NZ junior surfing team to travel to the World Champs in El Salvador. It […]
Manuhiri (visitors) from Germany
This week we welcomed manuhiri (visitors) from Germany and Education NZ to our kura with a pōhiri. Our guests learned the history of our marae, whare and wharekai, and gained an insight into our cultural art practices through the traditional art that is seen in our whare. Everyone had a lot of fun learning, playing […]
Celebrating Student Success
Congratulations to McCahon and Liam from Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club. In the weekend, the year 12’s qualified to be an IRB (Inflatable rescue boat) driver! We would also like to acknowledge all the surf lifeguards within our school community for the mahi they do keeping us safe on our beautiful west coast beaches. It’s certainly […]