Tag: Saint Kentigern College

Botany Pak’nSave owner Russ Wilkinson wants each of the more than 40,000 shoppers who visit the supermarket each week to have a positive experience...

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...

Two top young east Auckland tennis players recently represented New Zealand on the international stage. Cockle Bay Tennis Club junior players Audrey Tran, who attends...

A former east Auckland school pupil has died in a plane crash in Australia. Adam Snell attended Saint Kentigern College in Pakuranga. An online death notice...

A former Saint Kentigern College star will be looking to stake his claim for regular All Black selection. With seven All Black caps already...

An east Auckland mother is devastated at having lost $10,000 she paid for her son to attend an educational overseas trip run by Actura...

All the world is a stage but only a select few can claim crowning glories when the curtain falls. Due to their outstanding performances, three...

Kiwi motorsport star and former east Auckland local Shane can Gisbergen has taken out back-to-back wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the United...

Kiwi motorsport star Shane van Gisbergen has claimed his first win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the United States. The 35-year-old former pupil of...

There was car-mageddon on the streets of east Auckland after a storm left the surface of a road flooded and a truck got stuck...

By Farida Master Pakuranga Choral is celebrating 50 years of uninterrupted singing on Sunday, May 19, at 3pm at the Trinity Methodist Church. The Choral...

Saint Kentigern College students Imogen Barlow and Paige Fletcher claimed gold medals at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships in Christchurch. Held from December...

Local future sporting stars are among those recognised in this year's Young Sportsperson of the Year Awards. Ritorya Tamilo from Baradene College of the Sacred...

A civil engineer who worked on motorway projects in the UK is questioning aspects of the design of the Eastern Busway public transport project...

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...

Saint Kentigern College pupil William Guan is the winner of this year's Lions Club of Howick Annual Calendar Photographic Competition for 2024. "Vibrant Scenic Landscapes...

This Saturday, Kiwi triathletes Hannah Berry and former Saint Kentigern College and Macleans College student Rebecca Clarke will go head-to-head in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i for...

Year 13 Saint Kentigern College student Ivy Wang has won a top science prize - and she credits one of AUT's professors for her...

Saint Kentigern College had overwhelming success at the National Schools Road Cycling Championships during the school holidays. The three-day event was held in Palmerston North...

Saint Kentigern College are the second-best secondary netball side in New Zealand after a thrilling final at the NZSS Netball Championships.   Sixteen of the best netball schools from across the country made...

Somerville and Bucklands Beach intermediate schools were the best performers at the New Zealand Interschools Chess Championship hosted by Saint Kentigern College in Pakuranga. There...

The Howick College premier netball team has risen to new heights, winning the 2023 Upper North Island Secondary Schools (UNISS) competition after an unbeaten week...

Beachlands resident and former Howick College student Amelia Walmsley has been selected in the Silver Ferns squad for the 2023/24 season. Walmsley played five years...

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...

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...

Saint Kentigern College's head of basketball has been named as the new assistant coach for the Perth Wildcats basketball team. Aaron Young was just 24...

Kiwi Ironman legend Cameron Brown, from Dannemora, has accepted a role as head of triathlon at Saint Kentigern College. Brown has more than 30 years...

Six students from local schools have been named in the Blues rugby U18 development squad. Harry Fayers, Ezekiel Kolo, Tevita Naufahu, Xavi Taele and Dickie...

After two years of cancellations due to Covid, the Upper North Island Secondary Schools (UNISS) competition was able to get underway again at Howick...

The Upper North Island Secondary Schools (UNISS) netball competition has begun with hundreds or players and supporters flocking to the Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre...

Saint Kentigern College student Yasmin Bhadha has picked up gold at the National Powerlifting Championships 2022 in Palmerston North. Bhadha, in year 13 at St...

Saint Kentigern College has been part of the 40 Hour Famine since 1984 and has raised more than $2 million. This year the project is...

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)...

Kiwi motorsport ace Shane van Gisbergen has announced he's set to compete in the 2022 Repco Rally New Zealand later this year. The 33-year-old former...

New Zealand has named a 23-swimmer strong team for the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Games to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from August 24...

Rising tennis star Diego Quispe-Kim was just three-years-old when he picked up a racket. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. His dad and coach Juan...

Saint Kentigern College is mourning the death of David Hodge, former head of the school. Hodge died on April 29 surrounded by his family. The 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...

Saint Kentigern College’s principal Russell Brooke has resigned. The move was confirmed to the independent school community via an email letter yesterday and follows a...

A young local dancer has continued to make her mark overseas. From learning at a Howick dance school to dancing on stage in front of...

Harlequin Musical Theatre is bringing an up-tempo piece of Broadway to east Auckland through its production of the hit stage show Into the Woods. Directed...

The Pakuranga Rotary Club is noted for its contributions to community over the last 50 years. The club celebrated a very proud history on Saturday...

After the disappointment of the cancellation of the 2020 championships, Saint Kentigern College tennis teams were looking forward to competing this year at the...

The Saint Kentigern College Girls Premier Touch Team has won the Auckland Premier Competition. With the draw format changing with 2 weeks of no play,...

Malcolm Cowie, a teacher at Saint Kentigern College and Honorary Patron of NZ Secondary Schools Football, died suddenly of a suspected heart attack on...

Kiwi motorsport ace Shane van Gisbergen blitzed a star-studded field to take out the inaugural Repco Battle of Jacks Ridge rally sprint in rural...

Keeping the spark alive as life came to a standstill during lockdown is the National Youth Theatre's (NYT) new virtual production Wendy (in a...

Saint Kentigern College Year 11 student Ethan Fung has been awarded a joint equal ‘Top in the World’ for Cambridge IGSE Mathematics. In the past,...

There’s a General Election towards the end of the year and Christopher Luxon has been selected to stand for National in the Botany seat....

Saint Kentigern College first XV captain Cam Church continued his path to higher honours by being named as the 2019 recipient of the Rugby...

Saint Kentigern College's basketball boys premier team has won the New Zealand Secondary School's National Championships for the first time in the school's history. This...

Blomfield (Darren Blomfield) latest cartoon following news the Blues and New Zealand Rugby have landed two key player signatures with All Blacks Dalton Papalii...

Saint Kentigern College is standing down new rugby players following protests from a number of other schools about its player recruitment policy. The school said...

While just 23 years of age, outstanding No 8 Akira Ioane will celebrate his 50th game for the Blues in Saturday’s Investec Super Rugby opener...

Saint Kentigern College student Andrew Chen has achieved the maximum score in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma examinations. Chen, 2018 graduate and IB Dux, scored...

A former Saint Kentigern College student has jumped to the defence of the school in the national debate raging over poaching of top sportsmen...

New direction for the Howick Golf Club in 2018 has seen the employment of Rory Moor as the general manager. A previous Head Professional, elite...

Pakuranga United Rugby Club’s Dalton Papalii, 21, has today been named in the All Blacks. Papalii, who also starred in the Saint Kentigern College 1st...

  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...

Saint Kentigern College has won the Auckland Rugby Secondary Schools 1A Competition final in thrilling fashion beating Sacred Heart 26-19 at Eden Park this...

It’s the biggest weekend of the year for young musicians as the top high school bands and solo/duo artists play off in the regional...

She’s been involved in more theatre productions than she’s had years at school, and Saint Kentigern College student Scarlett Jacques is about to add...