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Natalya Newman runner up in the NZ schools poetry competition!
29th August 2022
Congratulations goes to Natalya Newman, who came as runner up in the NZ schools poetry competition held by Victoria University of Wellington. Last Saturday, she was flown down to Wellington to attend a poetry Masterclass session. Click on the link below to read more about the event, and read Natalya’s entry called “‘Transparent eyeball”. […]
Clay Target Shooting results
28th August 2022
Overall results from the Northland Secondary schools Clay Target Series It has been an absolute pleasure to be associated with these students and watched their progress. Thank you John Hendriks for your time and coaching and all parents and supporters. Winners Ernie McConnell Memorial Trophy Winners Teams event Nick Byles: High gun of the series […]
Science Week!
28th August 2022
Throughout Science Week, the Science Department runs a photography competition. Congratulations to Ben Abbott who entered the winning photo of a fish with another creature in it’s mouth – so eerie! Click here to see the image Some of the weeks activities included: Making matchstick rockets with Mr Oclee-Brown while hypothesising about the factors needed […]
A Soiree of Student Performances
28th August 2022
A large, appreciative audience enjoyed performances of music, dance, and drama at the lovely Hatea Rooms, Riverbank Theatre, on Tuesday 16th August, given by musicians Alex Horwood, Nicholas Merry, piano, Joseph Prout, guitar and George Sherwood, drums. Senior students’ flautists Kate Bradley and Heidi McGregor, singers Amy Wallace, Jules Benson-Wright and Natalya Newman gave wonderful […]
Annual Whānau Mathex Competition
28th August 2022
The Mathematics Department hosted the annual Huanui College Whānau Mathex competition on Wednesday. Our Year 7 – 10 students (plus our teachers) get the opportunity to exercise their legs and their minds in this competitive inter-whānau competition with our Year 11 students adjudicating the event. The whānau points for 2022 are the closest ever! Places […]
Wizard of Oz production a College success!
28th August 2022
We would like to express how grateful we are to everyone who was involved and supported the College production of The Wizard of Oz. Congratulations to everyone involved in our production of the Wizard of Oz. After hours of hard work, we finally pulled it together to delight hundreds of audience members over Matariki […]
Annual Cross Country
28th August 2022
The Annual Cross Country event was held under beautiful conditions at the end of Week 4. It was an exciting day for the majority of our students, and it was great to see the entire school running or walking, and having fun in the non-competitive social event. Congratulations to all our age group winners! Well […]
Laura Manning wins the Quicksilver Rookie Lifeguard of the Year award
13th July 2022
Cool news! Laura Manning won the Quicksilver Rookie Lifeguard of the Year at the Surf Life Saving Northern Region Awards of Excellence. She follows in Emily Stolwerk and Lucy Manning’s footsteps who have previously won this award. Congratulations Laura, a wonderful achievement!
Hockey selection for the Northland U18 squads 2022
21st June 2022
Congratulations to Sinead Gordon who was selected in the 2022 Northland U18 Women’s Squad, and to Henry Storey, Connan Wiegersma and William Trubshaw who were selected in the 2022 Northland U18 Men’s Squad! Great news
Winners of the Tauraroa Area School Photography Competition
20th June 2022
Tauraroa Area School hosts an annual Photography competition open to Rural schools in Whangarei. This year, we had entries in the Year 8 “Sand Patterns” category, and the Year 13 “Reflections” category. Our students made us proud not only in the overall quality of their work, but in the effort they put in to show […]