🏉 HBHS 1st XV on top of the world in Thailand 🌏 🏆
Coach Mr Nigel Hotham reports on our team's triumphant exploits in Thailand in December, 2022.
Visit this articleWelcome to the first High Achiever for 2023. Our world was rocked earlier this month by the tragic death of Keaton Reti, and we grieve with his whānau on this unimaginable loss. We join together in sending our aroha to them at this saddest of times.
We've managed to fit a lot into the shortest month of the year, and the winning and celebrating started at the end of last year, with our 1st XV Rugby team's world-beating triumph in Thailand. We hope you enjoy our coverage of our high achievers, and we welcome your feedback and suggestions to help make our coverage the best it can be.
Do we have the full story? Send feedback, stories, ideas, suggestions and photographs to wmoffitt@hbhs.school.nz
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🏴 Swimming Sports 2023 🏊♂️
It was a most welcome return for us all to the HBHS Pool for our first full-school House event of 2023.
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🚣♂️ North Island Junior Rowing Regatta Results 🏆
Our HBHS Rowers were in the medals on Lake Karapiro in the last weekend of February.
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🏆 Congratulations to the 2022 recipients of the Graham Robinson Memorial Scholarship 📜
The Graham Robinson Memorial Scholarship Programme has been made possible by a generous donation from members of the wider school community. In accordance with the donor's wishes, the scholarship programme recognises and celebrates outstanding contributions to teaching and learning at HBHS by our teaching staff.
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⚽ NZSS Football Representative Programme 🇳🇿
Connor Cloete reports on the North versus South Football match played earlier this year.
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👨🎓 2022 Scholarship Examination Results 📜
Congratulations to our Scholarship Examination Class of 2022 on their 79 awards.
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⚽ 2023 Gold Coast Futsal International Cup 🏆
Connor Cloete reports on the HBHS Futsal contingent which competed in this tournament.
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👨🎓 Advanced Learning gets a boost from the Ministry of Education 👨🏫
We caught up with the Director of Advanced Learning Programmes at HBHS, Ms Noeline Ashby, to find out about this funding initiative.
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Our Student Leaders for 2023
Congratulations to our student leadership group who were named at our full-school Celebration Assembly in February. A special congratulations to the Head Prefect for 2023, Hamish McKelvie.
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⚽ HBHS represents in New Zealand Māori Football match 🇳🇿
Congratulations to Aiden Hemming, Heemi Tipene, and Beau Mani on their selection in the North Island team.
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🎼 Cultural Catch-up 🎸 🎷 🥁
Director of Culture, Mr Tim Dent, fills us in on how our music maestros have been faring on the National stages.
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🌞 Summer Sporting Success Stories
Director of Sport, Mr Murray McKenzie, fills us in on some of our achievements during the Christmas school holidays.
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👨🎓 Academic Honours 2023 📜
At our Celebration Assembly in February, we recognised our best and brightest achievers in Year 13.
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🇳🇿 Representative Honours
At our Celebration Assembly in February we congratulated our newest National representatives.
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🚣♂️ North Island Club Rowing Results
Our HBHS Rowing Crews were in the medals at the recent North Island Club Championships.
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🎾 Tennis 2023
In glorious summer sunshine on Friday the 10th of February, twelve of the school's top tennis players competed in our annual school tennis championship.
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🏉 Celebrating Sevens Rugby 🏆
After winning their seventh consecutive title, and a record ninth in total in December, we celebrated with our National Championship Sevens Rugby team as a school.
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Politics and Current Affairs Club is back!
After a three year hiatus, Politics and Current Affairs Club is back.
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🏊♂️ Multicultural Manaaki Swimming Programme 2023
While school is only just getting started, the Multicultural Manaaki Centre here at HBHS is already in full swing.
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Leadership Camp 2023
After two-plus years of COVID-19 disruptions, the Year 13 Leadership Camp was back to basics.
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🏊♂️ Quinn Boyle finishes second at the World Ice Swimming Championships in Samoëns, France 🥈
Congratulations to our long-distance-swimming superstar on his latest results.
Visit this article👨🎓 Year 12 Academic Excellence Awards 📜
Our academic stars of Year 12 were celebrated at their recent year level assembly.
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