
5th October 2021
2021 is the 36th year of this highly successful competition. This Mathematics competition was for students in Years 9 to 11 with the emphasis on problem solving, so they were to expect surprises! It was the first time this competition had been online and our students demonstrated both grit & resilience as they preserved as […]
19th October 2021
18 October 2021 Dear Parents, Caregivers, and Students, Thank you for your continued support of the College in what has been challenging times for all of us. Today’s Cambridge external exams which were conducted under Level 3 restrictions, have proceeded well and I thank the staff and students for their conduct. As per today’s announcement […]
13th October 2021
13 October 2021 Dear Parents, Caregivers, and Students, As per today’s announcement from the government, Northland will continue to stay at Level 3 until at least midnight, Monday 18th of October. This is not the news we were hoping for but please be reassured that we have been pre-planning to ensure that Cambridge examinations for […]

12th October 2021
Featuring articles from Asha Huddleston, Alice McGregor, Daniel Mao and more, this issue of the Huanuian shares stories straight from our students about their passions. Gary Payinda relates his work with the Rescue Helicopter, and we learn about what it takes to become an award winning orator from Takaimaania Ngata-Henare. Thank you to all of […]
12th October 2021
11 October 2021 Dear Parents, Caregivers, and Students, As per today’s announcement from the government, we will stay at Level 3 until at least midnight, Thursday 14th of October. Following on from the email correspondence we sent on the 9th of October, we can confirm that Huanui College has been given permission for our year […]
11th October 2021
9 October 2021 Dear Parents, Caregivers, and Students, Level 3 is back upon us, once again, when we least expected it and when we certainly would rather have avoided it. Our year 1 1, 12 & 13 students have begun their Cambridge external examinations which continue through until Thursday, 18 November. We have a small […]

24th August 2021
Well done to Harrison Syers for organising an AIMS games multi sport tournament as a run-up to the AIMS games (unfortunately these were cancelled due to Level 4 restrictions). A huge effort involving logistics and organisation, thank you Harrison for making this happen for our students – they had a fantastic time! A special thanks […]

2nd September 2021
During Level 4 lockdown, the prefects of several different Whangārei High Schools came together to make a supportive video. This video is available to view on the following link – thank you everyone for your work in keeping us connected in these times of isolation. Kia kaha. Click here to watch their video

2nd September 2021
As part of GovHack (an AU and NZ data science competition), a team of local kids from Questionable Research Labs created a “time of interest” covid mapping tool with a smooth timeline slider to make it easy to see locations at times of interest. Our Year 11 student, Jasper was the lead developer on this […]

10th November 2021
From a strong field of 14 candidates, Huanui College’s Deputy Head Boy Jacob Urlich has won the Whangārei A&P Society annual $9000 agricultural scholarship. A&P Society President Evan Smeath said there was a strong field of 14 for the scholarship and this was then shortlisted to six. “The scholarship was closely contested, with a high […]