27-29 April 2016 From April 27-29 some of our students were fortunate enough to take part in Massey University’s Focus on Sport school holiday program. One of the Massey recruitment adviser’s commented that Luther, Tamiano, Anahera, Frances, Nikki and Talea were amazing in the way they conducted themselves and actively participated in all the workshops was […]
3 May 2016 Last year Abbytailor So’Olefai earned a spot as Alfred Ngaro’s Youth MP in 2016. The ambitious Abbytailor is our head girl this year and has a gift as a leader making her invaluable as a representative for Youth Parliament. Youth Parliament is an opportunity for young New Zealanders to learn about New […]
19 April 2016 Congratulations to Hamish Hall-Smith whose fierce determination won him the Farr 3.7 National Championship and made a bit of history at the same time being the first under 21 sailor to win the Open Title. Only 2 ½ years after hopping out of a starling, and after campaigning a 49er last season, […]
6 April 2016 Our Level 3 PE students did the hard yards by completing a 2.7km run and 8.1km cycle gaining valuable course credits. It was an impressive effort from all 59 students who participated. The conditions were perfect although the head wind proved challenging at times. Some outstanding results were achieved from Mathew Cui, […]
30 March 2016 Congratulations to Year 11 student musician Rebekah Gray, who was very privileged to be asked to play with the Auckland Symphony Orchestra in their upcoming performances. Rebekah has also recently received a significant invitation to play First Horn with the renowned Saint Matthews Chamber Orchestra in their rendition of Peter and the […]
23 March 2016 It was fantastic to see so many whānau supporting our students at our annual Po Whakanui (Māori Celebration Evening) which was held last night in the whare nui. This event was a great opportunity for our community to see students performing in the kapa haka group and to celebrate student achievement. It […]
16-19 March 2016 Our students were loud and proud at this year’s Polyfest winning them a first, three seconds and a third for the ‘small groups’ category (35 and under). Fanstastic effort teams you have done us proud! […]
17-18 March 2016 Congratulations to Maioha Rountree who has been selected to play for his club at this year’s Baseball New Zealand under 15 National Tournament in Pakuranga this week. Maioha hales out of Central City Baseball in Mt Roskill. Go hard Maioha and smash it out of the park! […]
7-8 March 2016 Our senior and junior debating teams took part in their first challenges this week. Both teams made strong arguments. The seniors moot was “that academic streaming should be banned in secondary schools” and won convincingly. The junior topic was “should Waitangi day be replaced by New Zealand day” and they also made […]
26-28 February 2016 Our talented young sports woman Ivi Kapeli-Esera played at the National Tag Tournament at the Trust Stadium on Friday 26-28 February. It was Ivi’s first time playing at National level and she said it was great fun. Her team played 6 games over the weekend at 30 minutes a game. What a […]
