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Some tips from Netsafe

Please refer to the advice below in reference to the video that is being discussed in the media. Netsafe has several helpful resources: Our page on helping students exposed to upsetting content can help schools and families navigate conversation with their tamariki. Our Online Safety Parent Toolkit is a wider framework for helping parents navigate online safety with their young people.

For some whānau, parental controls may be an appropriate solution to help filter out graphic content. If students would like further support they can contact Youthline on free text 234 or call 0800 376 633. Netsafe can also provide advice for any students or whānau who are concerned about this video. 

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#8 in NZ Womens Table Tennis: Takaimaania Ngata-Henare​

Takaimaania Ngata-Henare is a year 10 student who has turned 14 years old last month. This year she has been really busy with her Table Tennis and launching her own business. Here is an inside look into her successful highlights at such a vulnerable time for many.

August  - Aged 14
South Island Championship held in Timaru. Results :

  • 1st -Womens Open Singles
  • 1st - Womens Open Doubles - Partner Jacqui Woods
  • 1st - U21 Womens Singles
  • 1st - U18 Girls Singles
  • 3rd - U 18 Girls Doubles - Partner Hannah Smitt

We are confident that historically  no one at her has accomplished this result at 14 years old. This tournament will give her 2020 South Island National Title Holder status.
Current New Zealand Womens Rating - Number 8. The youngest player with the highest rating in NZ for her age

Takaimaania’s external support personnel’s  are local Coach, Kevin Schick, High Performance Sports Manager Nick Cowan ,all the Staff and students at Huanui College that keeps her educated and a well balanced humble student.
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11th Annual Huanui Mathex Inter-Whānau Competition

It was the 11th Annual Huanui Mathex inter-whānau Competition held last week - organised by Mrs Haverkort and facilitated by the Huanui Mathematics Department, featuring the vocal talents of Mr Dodd as the fabulous MC. This inter-whānau competition included a teachers team along with years 7-10 student teams. Thank you to our Year 11 judges who marked and kept score, and to Juliet Heaton for capturing the event on camera! The results are as follows: Ngapua 1st, Hillary 2nd, Sheppard and Blake 3rd equal. Once again a fantastic event!

Click here to go to our Facebook page to see photos of the event

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Charlotte van der Zwan and Astek Gymsee - Dressage Young Rider of the Year for Northland

What a wonderful achievement! Charlotte competed in the annual Horse of the Year event. This is a huge event and Charlotte was the youngest by far in the events she was entered into, mainly competing with adults. This year she won Champion rising star for working hunter of the year. The rising star meant she had not won a title before. She also won Reserve Champion in Open working Hunter and Reserve champion Hunter.

In July, she was awarded Dressage Young Rider of the Year for Northland. 

For certain disciplines in the equestrian sport you have to qualify to be able compete at the biggest horse event Horse of the Year 2020 at Hastings. All the best of New Zealand will compete here against each other. Kids can ride ponies till they are 17 years old. They are allowed to start competing horses when they are 13 years old. Charlotte is competing on her families own bred horse Astek Gymsee, which means she is mainly competing at every discipline against adults.
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Great news from our Football Boys!

Congratulations to Tom Lydiard, who has been promoted from the Northland Football Club U13 Development to the First Team Squad (as first reserve, known as a Scholarship place).

He will be joining Ben Potter in this Development Team. Huanui College now has Jacob Jackson, Archie Knox, Louie Short, and Ben and Tom in the U13 Football rep squad.

Add in the likes of Toby Hooper, Alex Butterworth, Alex Turner, and Nate Owens (scholarship & reserve GK), in the U14 squad, and, Alex Horwood, Jaeyeon Lee and Seongmin Ryu in the 14th Grade Development; Oliver Coleman in the Northland under 17's squad; AND with Ross Haverkort is in the under 15's Football rep. squad (scholarship & reserve) - we have a strong group of Footballers at our school. Well done boys!
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2020 Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards

Congratulations to our 4 students that attended the 2020 Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards held at Eden Park. 

Pippa Benton, Dux of the College in 2019, attained three ‘A*” grades at A level in Biology; Chemistry; Marine Science. She has also attained a ‘High Achievement’ award from Cambridge, with the top mark in the world for Marine Science. 

Cambridge International has recognised:

Jacob Urlich (Agriculture) for a ‘High Achievement’ award and
Jessica Carswell (Mathematics) and 
Heather Nichols (Art and Design) for ‘Top in New Zealand’ awards. 

* 'High Achievement’ is still first (in NZ or in the world), but that this term is used for subjects with candidate entries that do not meet a particular threshold i.e. subjects with smaller numbers of candidates attempting the examination.

Well done! We are so proud of your monumental achievements!
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We believe that every child must be valued as an individual. Our shared vision is to develop self-confidence, self-worth and happiness in our students, within a special atmosphere of encouragement and support.

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We encourage healthy competition, diligence and the pursuit of personal excellence. Students are taught in small classes and are treated as individuals.

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We are now enrolling for 2021, and accepting enrolments for 2022 and 2023.

Scholarship application deadline 11 September 2020

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