Tag: Macleans College
Children’s book shares message of respect
An east Auckland storyteller is using her latest book to teach young readers the importance of showing respect to people of all cultures and...
Aiming to be world’s No. 1 figure skater
Dwayne Li, at age 16, is already New Zealand’s highest-achieving figure skater in international competitions.
He was the first New Zealand ice-skater to compete at...
Zonta Club accolade for Times’ owner
It was an evening of special significance on Wednesday for Times Media owner and director Bo Burns, recipient of this year’s prestigious Zonta Club...
School battles dishonest parents living out of zone
Some parents are so desperate to enroll their children at a high-achieving east Auckland school that they’re prepared to lie and say they live...
Unique space created for educators to reinvigorate
A teacher who knows firsthand about the pressures of the job has created a business focused on providing colleagues with a space to be...
Our schools are full of future sporting stars
East Auckland secondary schools are shining on the sporting stage with their respective teams achieving impressive results in recent competitions.
Saint Kentigern College’s Junior Basketball...
Rugby: Macleans through to 1B final at Eden Park
Another of east Auckland's schools has overachieved on the rugby pitch this season and will play in the final of the 1B competition this...
Strong teen faces up to sudden hair loss
A brave teenager is facing up to a difficult health diagnosis with strength of character beyond her years.
Olivia Young, described as an “amazing, courageous...
Crashed Mercedes-Benz left dangling at school car park
A Mercedes-Benz car has ended up in a precarious position following a crash at an east Auckland school.
The car, which is stuck between the...
School singers hit the right notes at World Choir Games
In the second week of the recent school holidays, Macleans College Chorale competed in the 13th World Choir Games staged in Auckland.
The event included over...
Young cheerleaders bring the moves
Talented east Auckland cheerleaders have come away winners from a recent major competition.
Teams from All Star Fame Cheerleading, which is based in Ben Lomond...
Football – Nate’s great expectations
A fresh goal faces a fresh faced young Fencibles’ footballer, Nathan (Nate) Martin.
Should his squad finish in the top three at the OFC Men’s...
Howick College 1st XV topples Macleans in tight battle
Howick College’s 1st XV Boys’ rugby team faced off against Macleans College in a highly-anticipated local contest last Saturday.
The top-of-the-table showdown drew a large...
Police respond to complaints over collapse of Actura Australia
Police are acknowledging complaints and reports made by furious parents who are facing large financial losses following the sudden collapse of Actura Australia Pty...
When Wink the skinned cat seeks revenge
A creative former east Auckland school pupil is one of the key people behind a play about a cat that causes mayhem when it...
Grobbelaar recognised as club legend
By Jim Allnatt
Donovan Grobbelaar is the 13th player named a Playing Legend of Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club.
This honour is only given to very...
Gass heating up for shot at Olympics
Ryan Gass, a former Macleans College rower, is doing all he can for a shot at the Olympics.
Aside from the gruelling travel and training,...
Gold for Dimock, Turrall
James Dimock of Macleans College has won the Jack Flynn Memorial Shield boys' u18 single sculls at the North Island Secondary School Championships.
Dimock claimed...
Macleans College rowers clinch national title
Macleans College Year 13 student Harrison Reeve (Kupe House) and Year 12 student Nathan Strachan (Rutherford) have won a national title at the 2024...
Shining a light on human trafficking
Pakuranga’s Helen Manson has concluded a mission looking into human trafficking for international Christian relief and development agency Tearfund.
Manson, who attended Macleans College, is...
Macleans College crews win rowing gold
Macleans College students rowed their men's coxed quad to gold medal victory last Monday at the North Island Club Championships at Lake Karapiro.
Coached by...
Homecoming and new challenge for experienced curator
Paul Brobbel brings vast experience and a precise vision to his new role in charge of one of east Auckland's leading arts facilities.
Brobbel recently...
Chartered accountant Nancy Lu enters Parliament as List MP
East Auckland chartered accountant Nancy Lu has a new career, having entered Parliament as a National Party List MP.
Her new role is due to...
27 locals nominated for College Sport YSPOTY awards
Twenty seven individuals from six east Auckland colleges have been nominated for the Auckland College Sport awards to take place later this month.
The College...
Macleans dominates NZSS Badminton and Table Tennis Champs
Ten of Macleans College’s best badminton players had great success at the recent New Zealand Secondary Schools (NZSS) badminton championships in Wellington.
The tournament, held...
Top schools vie for hockey titles
Lloyd Elsmore Park played host to two secondary school hockey tournaments last week, the women's Chica Gilmer Trophy and the men's Mayhill Cup.
The only...
Schools have cell phone rules in place
Many secondary schools in the east Auckland area already have rules in place regarding cell phone usage.
The National Party recently announced it will ban...
Asiata takes silver at Youth Commonwealth Games
Macleans College Year 12 student Danielle Asiata has tasted success, winning one of three silver medals for New Zealand at the Youth Commonwealth Games.
The 16-year-old...
Four east Auckland schools off to 1st XV finals
After an exciting weekend of schoolboy rugby, four east Auckland schools are off to their respective 1st XV finals.
With an unbeaten round-robin season under their belt, Saint Kentigern...
Accountant Nancy Lu selected as National Party candidate
An east Auckland chartered accountant is standing as a List-only candidate for the National Party at this year's general election.
Nancy Lu says as a...
Howick concerts offer double delights
Audiences at Thursdays @ Seven concerts at All Saints Church in Howick will enjoy a double dose of fine classical music next week, as...
Students to represent NZ at Cycling World Champs
In a tremendous feat, two east Auckland students have been selected to represent Cycling New Zealand at the UCI World Championships in Glasgow.
Ruby Spring...
Asiata to swim for NZ at Youth Commonwealth Games
A Macleans College student and member of the Howick Pakuranga Swim Club (HPK) has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Youth Commonwealth...
Howick College too strong for Macleans in rugby contest
Round five of the Auckland schoolboys' 1B rugby competition saw a local east Auckland derby as Howick College faced Macleans College.
Going into the...
Volunteers contribute to planting success
Mellons Bay volunteers had two very successful planting bees at the weekend with about 40 volunteers on Saturday and more than 20 on Sunday.
All...
Macleans implement enrolment restrictions amid in-fill housing increase
Macleans College is being forced to place restrictions on their enrolment applications for 2024, due to an increase of in-fill housing in the area.
The...
Macleans sailors make podium
Macleans College has placed third in the Harken National Secondary Schools Championship held at the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron last the weekend.
The team consists...
Winning more than just an award for Northpark teen
Vian Shah, 17, from Macleans College won the overall excellence award at Blue Light's Life Skills programme held recently in Whenuapai.
"To me, winning the...
Schools disappointed at order to close due to storm
UPDATE AS OF FEBRUARY 1
On February 1, the Secretary for Education lifted the direction made two days prior that schools and other education providers...
USA golf scholarship awarded to Vivian Lu
The University of Washington has awarded Year 13 Macleans College student Vivian Lu (Batten House) with an athletic financial aid scholarship.
The golfer signed the...
Bronze at trampoline world champs
Former Macleans College student and the school's trampoline coach Regan Langford won a bronze medal at the FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Championships...
Weather the winner in Premier Men’s and Women’s games
Torrential weather around Auckland was the winner on Saturday with both Premier Men and Women’s cricket games being abandoned.
During the week, the pitch covers...
Bronze at Secondary Schools Diving champs
Macleans College year 9 student Daniel Farrelly-Grace has picked up a bronze medal at the New Zealand National Secondary Schools Diving Championships.
Held in Auckland...
Macleans College strong at National Interschools Chess Finals
Macleans College's top chess team has come away from a national competition with a top 10 finish.
Following on from a dominant victory in the...
Students ride to top results
Two Macleans College students travelled to Cambridge to compete in the third series of the North Island Inter-Schools Dressage Championships, with both achieving strong...
Macleans College girls win nationals
The Macleans College girls' team struck badminton gold at the New Zealand Secondary School Championships.
The boys' team picked up a well-earned bronze at the...
Wilson so close in hill climb
Macleans College’s Finn Wilson narrowly missed out on winning the U20 National Hill Climb in the Cycling New Zealand Northern Tour, part of Winter...
Macleans wins secondary schools golf champs
Macleans College continues to prove it is the golfing school to beat in New Zealand, taking out the New Zealand Boys' Secondary Schools Championship...
Macleans College wins secondary schools golf champs
Macleans College continues to prove they are the golfing school to beat in New Zealand, taking out the New Zealand Boys’ Secondary Schools Championship...
Charity car wash a hit
Macleans College service clubs Interact and Unicef raised $500 at a recent school car wash.
Taking place on the school's Open Day, their initiative quickly...
Hockey teams take podium spots
Three Macleans College hockey teams recently achieved medal placings in their respective A grade competition with the Under 15 Boys' team finishing first.
The 1st...
Badminton success for Macleans
Sixteen Macleans College premier and A grade badminton players participated in the College Sport Individuals and Doubles Championship at Gillies Avenue in Newmarket.
Macleans College...
School fundraiser successful despite pandemic
By Georgia Whitehead, AUT University journalism student
Macleans College's Hillary House has managed to raise an immense sum of money for the Himalayan Trust...
DMMF award for pianist
Bucklands Beach pianist Leon Chen and Waikato Mezzo soprano Katie Trigg and are the latest recipients of Dame Malvina Major Foundation Arts Excellence Awards...
Missing teens travelled to east Auckland
Three teenagers who were reported missing stayed at the house of a local school student before catching a bus back to Tauranga.
Rhianna Whiteman, also...
Macleans student attends Youth Parliament
Deputy head girl at Macleans College Grace Pickering attended a two-day Youth Parliament event in Wellington during the school holidays.
Youth Parliament is held every...
Macleans College shines at Showquest
Epsom Girls' Grammar School took out the top spot in the open section National Final for Showquest, the country's largest performing arts competition for...
Falling education standards an economic crisis in waiting
By Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga
Recent statistics released from the New Zealand Initiative about the state of our education system, including numeracy, literacy...
Student’s work features at youth art awards
Year 12 art design student Marco Ma has been named as a finalist in the prestigious 2022 National Youth Art Awards.
Ma (Te Kanawa House)...
Schools’ concert raises $1300
A student-led organisation raised more than $1300 for Unicef New Zealand (NZ) in a charity concert that starred pupils from local schools.
East Auckland Schools...
Local schools shine at Showquest
Northcross Intermediate (junior section) and Epsom Girls' Grammar School (open) have won first place in the Auckland regional Showquest event held on July 6-7...
Teacher ends 40-year career
Macleans College teacher Barbara Jones has retired, ending a 40-year career at the school.
Jones began teaching mathematics at Macleans in 1982.
She quickly proved herself...
Norrie beaten by Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ended Cameron Norrie's dream run on Friday to stay on course for his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title and become the fourth man...
Macleans named top state secondary school
Macleans College has been named the top state secondary school in New Zealand for all round student achievement for the fourth year in a...
Golden run at squash champs
The Macleans College girls' squash team has won gold for a second consecutive year at the Auckland Team Squash Championships.
Two teams from Macleans visited...
Botany holds out Macleans
Botany Downs Secondary College notched up an 18-15 win in a close-fought rugby battle with Macleans College in the 1st XV 1B (Pool B)...
2000 plants dug in
There have been two very successful planting days at the Mangemangeroa Reserve.
The first was with Forest and Bird on June 11 which was at...
Two silvers for rhythmic gymnasts
Four gymnasts from Macleans College made a good account of themselves at the recent
New Zealand Secondary Schools Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships with two winning silver.
The...
Special delivery to Ukraine
A sports medicine registrar has returned from his three-week journey to Europe which saw him deliver three tonnes of medical equipment and medications to...
Macleans takes second
An east Auckland's school dance group performed their way into an impressive finish at a recent cultural festival.
On March 24, Macleans College's Bollywood Dance...
Associate principal retires after 38 years
The end of term saw the retirement of Simon Peek, associate principal at Macleans College, after 38 years.
Peek joined Macleans College from Onehunga High...
HPK swimmers dominate
Howick Pakuranga Swimming Club competitors have dominated the medal tally at the last National Open Water Swimming event for the season
Held at Mount Maungauni...
Macleans rows to gold
Two Macleans College students have won gold at the largest schools event in the southern hemisphere.
Logan Turrall and James Dimock, both 15, won gold...
Doctor to help in Ukraine conflict
After witnessing the bombing and destruction of his homeland from his home in Australia, Dr Andriy Boyko is travelling to Europe to provide critical...
Vivian wins NZ stroke play title again
Winning the New Zealand Women's Amateur Stroke Play was Royal Auckland and Grange's Vivian Lu, who went back-to-back after winning the event last year.
Lu,...
Teachers’ non-critical status spells ‘chaos’
Auckland Secondary Schools’ Principals’ Association president Steve Hargreaves has spoken out about schools being excluded from the Government’s Close Contact Exemption Scheme which means they...
Album features students’ artwork
Artwork by nine Auckland secondary school students, including one from Macleans College, is featured in an online album showcasing Toi Māori (Māori art).
The online...
Zonta awards recognise wonderful women
By Gay Gallagher
The Zonta Club of East Auckland's Annual Awards Night is always a special event on our calendar.
Although lockdown changed the look of...
Perfect time to get out on the water
Bucklands Beach Yacht Club Rear Commodore Power Wayne Huang has been busy introducing the local Chinese community to sailing via a new YouTube channel.
On...
Most seniors return to school
Most schools have welcomed back all senior students this week, said Auckland Secondary Schools Principals Association president Steven Hargreaves.
Some schools have modified their timetables...
Macleans debate team finish 2nd
Macleans College's Premier Advanced Debating Team 1 has advanced to the Auckland Schools Debating grand finals.
The team of Abhinav Chawla, Ellen Wang, Wei Tian...
Ngai Tai posts $10m profit
Local iwi Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki has recorded a consolidated profit of $10.09 million to March 31, 2021, up from $345,000 for the corresponding...
Farewell Black Panther
By award-winning sports writer Ivan Agnew
Black Panther Waka Nathan ended a long battle with dementia, dying peacefully before his family at Dannemora's Bruce...
High schools reach gaming finals
Local high schools students continue to shine in competitive video gaming.
Esports has been gaining popularity over the years, and this can be seen is...
Macleans shines in esports challenge
Avid Macleans College video gamers are shooting up in the ranks.
The school's esports programme had teams in all four national finals at New Zealand's...
Cold coffee connoisseur
A former pupil of east Auckland's Macleans College has perfected the art of being a cold brew coffee connoisseur.
Henry Lee spent seven years perfecting...
School apologises to expelled student
Macleans College has been directed by the Chief Ombudsman to apologise to a student the school expelled for swearing at a teacher.
The Ombudsman, in...
Macleans dances to awards
Macleans College has struck gold at Aotearoa's biggest performing arts competition.
On July 1 students danced spectacularly at the ASB Aotea Theatre in front of...
Norrie’s moment of glory
Cameron Norrie would not have fancied his chances of advancing beyond the third round at Wimbledon against Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer but was...
Top scholars recognised
East Auckland school pupils were recently recognised for their academic brilliance at the Top Scholar Awards in Wellington.
Macleans College 2020 dux Angela Yang was...
Macleans College teacher hasn’t seen family for 400 days
Alan Bowen waved goodbye to his family at Cape Town International Airport.
He expected to see them within a few months. It's been over 400 days.
"I...
It’s…er…rocket science
Former Macleans College student Joel Lawson has recently completed his PhD thesis from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and will be working in...
Iwi buys school’s land
A Maori iwi has made a deal to buy the land occupied by an east Auckland secondary school.
Ngai Tai ki Tamaki has paid $97...
Students become moth pod hunters
A Howick competition is encouraging students to become moth plant crusaders - and win cash doing so.
It is open to all students in the...
A double celebration for Rosa Chow
What do a policeman, politician, priest, principal, lawyer, educator, specialist advisor to council and chair of Howick Local Board have in common?
They have all...
Xu wins national title
Macleans College student Ruth Xu was first in the senior category at the Figure Skating National Championships.
Ruth was the highest-scoring female in the competition...
Zheng snaps up 2 golf titles
Teenager Jimmy Zheng, who plays out of Howick Golf Club, has won two provincial titles in one week.
Zheng, who finished at Macleans College last...
Students use traditional design to create contemporary works of art
Keaton Stephens from Edgewater College and Tamika Te Young of Macleans College are both thrilled that their artworks are showcased in Wellington at the...
Take a bow Lorna
Macleans College Year 11 student Lorna Zhang performed with two other students in their group Trio Achilles at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington...
Macleans art sale goes online
Macleans College traditionally hosts an annual art sale and exhibition in June each year as a fundraising event to support the Macleans College First...
