Tag: Howick College

Work programme Our board has worked hard over the last weeks prioritising, finalising and approving our annual work programme. This is based on the feedback from...

Howick College is hosting an information evening presented by Karen Tui Boyes for parents and caregivers of children who attend schools and early learning...

Howick College has officially opened its newly completed and much-anticipated Community Development Office The Kawanga whare, a formal pre-dawn ceremony to bless and open the...

In the wake of Howick's annual Anzac Day commemorations, two naval veterans think it is only growing in importance. NATHAN LIMM explains. Two of Howick's...

Howick College principal Iva Ropati is one of two New Zealand schools heads seconded to the Teaching Council of NZ for five months beginning...

A raft of changes worth almost $300,000 is proposed for an east Auckland intersection that hasn't seen a vehicle crash in the past five...

In the interest of ensuring greater player safety, New Zealand Rugby will be trialling three new law variations to school grade rugby in four...

Each year in March, Zonta East Auckland celebrates International Women's Day recognising a woman who has made a significant contribution in the community with...

A Howick competition is encouraging students to become moth plant crusaders - and win cash doing so. It is open to all students in the...

Howick College Year 11 history students learnt first-hand about activism in New Zealand from Polynesian Panther Party members. On Wednesday, March 17 Howick College welcomed...

A record number of local schools have indicated their participation in Rotary's Fun Walk and Run on Sunday, March 28. Organised by Rotary Club of...

Two of the opponents of a proposed east Auckland apartment development say they're as determined as ever to stop it from going ahead. Box Property...

Local lad Luke Randall has taken first place in the Under 13 section at the National Scooter Champs in Napier. Randall, 13, who is starting...

Sergeant Scott Baker is in no doubt he has big shoes to fill. Baker recently took over from sergeant Brett Meale as the community services...

Clearhead, a Kiwi digital mental health company, has launched its expanded website offering designed to help people who are supporting others with their mental...

Howick-based business Southern Cross Partners has provided a substantial scholarship valued at $72,000 over four years for a graduating Howick College student to pursue...

Eleven Auckland students are off to Dunedin to attend Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand’s (SGCNZ) National Shakespeare Schools Production (NSSP) in late September. Two students...

Students of Creative Technology, an innovative new class at Howick College, have designed a harness for Urban Search Rescue that lights up rescue dogs. The...

Year 11 Sociology students at Howick College have been working hard throughout term 2 to raise awareness about the plight of homeless people in...

Nominees for Junior Sportsman of the Year Jack Chapman  13-year-old Jack attended Bucklands Beach Intermediate in 2019 and has been a member of the Bucklands...

Students and teachers who have recently been in China where the Coronavirus has claimed more than 100 lives will not be allowed at school...

Howick College recently celebrated another graduation of 11 students from its Blue Edge programme. Blue Edge is a programme run in collaboration with the NZ...

By Jim Birchall Clean Collective is a boutique beverage company founded in 2016 by ex-Howick college student Holly McGrath and partner Dan Benoy, who did...

Howick College Underwater Hockey player have excelled while representing New Zealand at the under-age World Championships in Sheffield, UK recently. Heath Galloway (Y13), Tim Bavelaar (Y12)...

By Farida Master He was shell-shocked as bullets whizzed past him and killed people. A 12-year-old was screaming saying ‘my dad is dying’. There was...

An elderly woman sustained serious injuries from a fall on a grass bank at Howick College on Saturday. The woman was attending Howick College to...

Howick College and Cockle Bay School will come together to host the 28th annual Koanga Festival. The festival, on Friday, August 30, was first established...

Two Year 12 students have been selected as Top 10 finalists in the Storytellers NZ High School Public Speaking Contest. Aakarsh Jhingan, from Pakuranga College...

There was a lot of fun, laughter and spoken Portuguese as a busload principals from Brazil recently descended on the grounds of Howick College. A rousing...

Howick College will welcome a delegation of approximately 50 Brazilian principals and education professionals from the UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet) to the school...

Dancing has always been a driving passion for Year 9 Howick College student, Erin Stuck. From the first time her mother, Audra, took a three-year-old...

The Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) University of Otago Sheilah Winn Festival, Regional Competition Auckland South and East, was hosted by Botany Downs...

Howick teenager Hannah Thomas is aiming for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The 17-year-old, who attends Howick College, was recently selected for the New Zealand...

Howick College has come away with their third national title in two weeks. The Howick College Premier Mixed Touch Rugby Team played in the NZ Secondary...

Howick College’s senior girls Rugby 7s team have become national champions after winning the Youthtown Condors Sevens. It is the first time they have ever...

With only 15 sleeps to the Howick Santa Parade on Sunday December 9, the excitement is mounting. As Bo Burns - who has taken over...

A local lad has developed an app-based taxi service, giving females the safety and security of only female drivers. DriveHer is simply women driving women. Joel...

Girls Football: Early last term the 1st XI girls football team had a play-off game against Diocesan (an Auckland premier team) for a place in the...

Hinemoa Watene’s pre-game ritual is listening to rapper 50 Cent. She doesn’t know why, but it’s what her dad always put on to hype her...

Tēnā koutou katoa. Ko Tainui Te Waka. Ko Waikato Te Awa. Ko Ngati Maniapoto Te Iwi. Ko Ngati Huiao Te Hapu. Ko Kakepuku Te...

On a cold winter’s Saturday morning, you wont find this teenage boy playing Fortnite. Instead he is refereeing Auckland children on the rugby field. Hugo...

Jess Pawley created a lot of excitement with brown feathered wings that were four metres long when she visited Howick College recently. The author signed...

More than $2500 was raised at Howick College’s annual international food festival. Hundreds of students came together last week to prepare food, sell tickets and...

Comedy is hard work say Howick College students Josh Black and Catherine Thomas who recently performed at the NZ  International Comedy Fest. Fourteen-year-old Josh along...

Oh, the rains One to kill on impact The other a creeping barrage of droplets But is it water at all For water is triumphant Roaring like a crowd Not...

What are the chances of two best mates in college meeting up after many years and discussing everything under the sun except that they...

Two deserving Howick College students have been left star struck after meeting Ed Sheeran over the weekend. Sixteen-year-old Peter Garofalakis and Asher Hall say winning a...

Howick College has re-opened its newly-refurbished school theatre. Originally opened in 1983, the building has been named to honour the second principal of the school,...

An invitation to work with some of the country’s top research scientist is a huge honour for a Year 10 student of Howick College. Now...

  Two local teams will face off in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball Championships  this afternoon. Howick College’s squad has qualified for the NZSS finals...

The hunt for a grand finals berth steps up at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Champs and national selector Kiri Wills expects a tight...

A very special blessing took place at Howick College’s environmental fruit garden this week. Howick College’s Buildability team unveiled the walk-through entrance they had built...

Howick College’s Minimal Silence took out first place at the 2017 SmokeFree Rockquest on Saturday. As winners they join the likes of Bic Runga, Opshop,...

An innovative new curriculum has seen Howick College awarded funding from the Ministry of Education. Howick College’s Innovation Stream has received $80,000 from the Ministry’s...

Local band, Minimal Silence, is taking the stage in the SmokeFree Rockquest National Finals later this year. Minimal Silence, made up of Howick College students...

Many hands make light work, the saying goes, and it couldn’t be more true for a team of Howick College students embarking on the...

Reading about historical sites in high school classical studies is one thing, but travelling across the world to visit those places constitutes a whole...

If you’re a student at Bucklands Beach Intermediate, you’d be smart to save all your dollar coins for Friday afternoons. For the next few weeks,...

Stage blood, ominous scenes and dangerous witches – it’s all in a day’s work for the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare team from Howick College. The team...

It’s not every day Howick College has the privilege of hosting the principal of Niue High School, but last week, Charles Ioane landed in...