Te Puāwaitanga: June 2022

In this issue

Nau mai, pānui mai i tō tātou karere hou, ko Te Puāwaitanga. Ko te ohonga ake o ngā moemoeā, ko Te Puāwaitanga o te whakaaro!

Welcome to our community newsletter, Te Puāwaitanga. A place where the journey to realise our aspirations is celebrated and shared with the community.

Robyn Ferrier

Pippa Mihaka selected for Swimming NZ National Age Group Programme

Congratulations to Year 10 student, Pippa Mihaka, on meeting the qualifying standard and being selected for the Swimming NZ National Age Group Programme (13-18 year olds).

Emma Thien

The Grand Finale!

On Thursday the 7th of July, the top talents of HGHS and HBHS came together and put on an incredible show in front of a packed audience.

Toti West

Tainui Ngā Manu Kōrero Speech Competition

Reipae Dunn did us all proud in the Korimako Senior English section of the Tainui Ngā Manu Kōrero Speech Competition, achieving 3rd place overall.

Andrew Scott

HGHS - Hamilton's "toughest school"

Excellent results at the Tough Guy and Gal Competition in Ngāruawāhia!

Robyn Ferrier

Triathlete Monique Spedding Wins Gold

Monique competed in the Sprint Triathlon at Mission Bay and placed first overall female and first in the People's Triathlon U19 age group.

Nicola Le Miere

Waikato Secondary Schools Show Jumping

More success for our HGHS Equestrian students!

Toti West

Ki O Rahi National Champions!

Our team standing proud as national Ki O Rahi champions after the Matariki tournament in Rāhui Pōkeka

Toti West

Ki O Rahi National Champions!

Our team standing proud as national Ki O Rahi champions after the Matariki tournament in Rāhui Pōkeka

Megan Nightingale

Brooke Holah: Bronze at Oceania Karate Championships!

Brooke travelled to New Caledonia to compete in the Oceania Karate Championships and came away with three bronze medals for Kumite.

Gill Austin

Yōkoso

Exciting news - we are getting new additions to our International student family very soon!

Aisha Skinner

Matariki 2022

Matariki holds great importance to us as a nation, and this year for the first time we were able to celebrate it as a public holiday.

Wendy Calder

Pathway events in Term 2

Students have been out and about this term exploring pathway options for their futures.

Campbell Wood

Breaking Barriers

Introducing issue #7 of the Hamilton Girls’ High School Lionheart (student magazine).

Bronte Harcourt

HGHS Rowing Season 2021/22

Our rowing prize giving reflected on the season that had been, and recognised some of our awesome achievements this year.

Margot Rawlings

HGHS’ drama students recognised at National Shakespeare Festival

Hamilton Girls’ High’s Student Directed scene from Much Ado About Nothing has won the award for the ‘Most Authentic Elizabethan Production” at the National Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival in Wellington over Queen’s Birthday weekend.

Mere Meha-Uelese

The Waikato Schools’ Kilikiti Competition

Pasifika Pride reigned victorious at the Kilikiti Competition this term.

BOT Secretary

School Board Elections

Our school will be undertaking a parent election for five School Board vacancies. This process will start with the issuing of nomination papers to our caregiver community by Friday 15th July 2022.

Toti West

Māori All Blacks Inspired by HGHS

Our kapa haka group, Te Maurea Whiritoi, inspired the Māori All Blacks with waiata and haka before their match against Ireland at Waikato Stadium.

Gillian Dibley

Level 2 Food Technology on Volare's Instagram story

This term we partnered with Volare to create a new filling for their cronuts.

Robyn Ferrier

Sara Jury takes 2nd place at WAIBOP Cross Country Champs

Seven athletes represented Hamilton Girls' at the WAIBOP Cross Country Champs, hosted by Hauraki Plains College, in Mangatarata on Wednesday 8th June.

Marie Gordon

From the Principal's Desk

Our Principal brings education back into focus as we move into the school holidays.

Rebecca Yuan

HGHS School Ball 2022

'Met Gala: A Night with Vogue' was the illustrious and classy theme this year.

Kim Howard

HGHS Student Javana Ratana wins Youth Boxing title

On 22 April, HGHS student Javana Ratana won the 60kg NZ Youth Boxing title, held in Auckland.

Toti West

Return of the Alumni

This month's edition introduces Whaea Frankie West, current HOD Māori and past student who joined our teaching staff in 2016 after many years as a kapa haka tutor for Te Maurea Whiritoi.

Hollie Graham

Rangitāmiro - Rangatahi Summit

What does it mean to be a Global Citizen?

Margot Rawlings

Our not so secret workforce: Girls’ High Eye

Everyone gets excited over the release of a new HGHS video clip on social media. We are all eager to see people we know, relive the event or enjoy a few moments of school pride. Many captured memories are only possible because of a team known as Girls’ High Eye.

Toti West

Performance Sport at HGHS

The Pathway 2 Premier Sports Performance Program has had a huge uptake as it endeavours to unleash the sporting potential of aspiring athletes.

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