For youth week the Head student held a handprint activity which showed the college's Unity. We decided to show our different students through their handprints, representing our different houses at our school. 

Three legged races

Wednesday interval of Youth Week saw the Academic Council host a three-legged race event. With the theme for the week being unity, it was quite fitting to see people working together to win races and get some lollies and house points. Even though the weather was cold, people still turned up and participated—and had a great time of it!

Sponge Throwing 

On Monday 20th we were happy to kick off youth week with sponge throwing at some of our awesome teachers! It was great seeing so many of us come together and have a bit of fun... the house with the best participation won. Mana came out on top closely followed by Tararua, then came Nikau and finally Moana. Happy youth week everybody

The Academic Council held their first quiz night of the year last Wednesday, to the enjoyment of all attendees. It was an interesting night filled with trivia on topics like history, geography, and even a category entirely dedicated to dinosaurs! The teams who took up the challenge were gifted with free pizza and drinks, and hopefully some new knowledge. Teams Kaiser-P and W.A.B.I performed excellently, taking second and third place with 63 and 62 points respectively, but the best of the lot was 10FA Reps, who took out the competition with a score of 65, and earnt themselves a well-deserved $50 Canteen voucher to share.

Shakespeare Day Pool Noodle Fencing happened on the 23rd! This was run by the arts captains. The arts students of the college engaged in spirited duels wielding pool noodles as foam swords. Their prize being house points! Moana absolutely cleaned up with a whooping 4 wins. Nikau and Tararua tied for second with each house both having three wins!! Mana was so close, but unfortunately came last with 2 wins! Big shout out to Geroge Donald and Dash for putting up a very intense fight that lasted over 5 minutes!!  

In February we kicked off our house competition with our annual athletics day. We saw a combination of amazing feats of athletic prowess, and amazing efforts in participation. Ultimately, Moana won the day and an early lead in the house comp.

On the 14th of Septemver our  kura celebrated Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with our annual haka competition.

All of our houses gave it their all in front of the kaumatua, but in the end Tararua stole the show with a massive performance. 

During week 9, term 2, a number of our bravest students tried to prove their intelligence against the teachers/chasers. In the end Angus Mackay and Sam Paterson managed to beat our chasers and bring home home the points for their houses. 

All of our houses put in a massive effort during term two, each raising money for an important charity. 

In the end Tararua came out on top, raising the most funds for their charity, Huha

Last week a number of our brave teachers volunteered to let student throw wet sponges at them, and give us a chance to earn more points for our houses.

Nīkau can in first with 20 points.

Despite some risky weather, this year's beach tabloids went ahead as scheduled. Amazing participation was seen from all year 9 form classes, peer supporters. and form teachers, with Moana bringing back to most points for their house.

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After a day of staunch competition our annual atheletics day ended with Nikau coming out in front, earning a massive 80 point for their house; Moana in second, with 60; Mana is third, with 40; and Tararua hanging in there with 20 points.

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