Hillcrest High School


Happy holidays, and see you in the new year!


  1. Senior Prizegiving 2023

    Friday 27th of October we had our Senior Prizegiving attended by parents, whaanau and members of the community. Read more…
  2. Message from the Principal

    Dear parents and caregivers Our last newsletter for the year and mine as Principal of Hillcrest High School. Another successful ... Read more…
  3. Class of 2023 farewells

    The 27th of October was a big day for our Year 13. Read more about it below: Read more…
  4. University Scholarship recipients

    Every year we have number of students being awarded university scholarships, and 2023 our students have continued with their successes. Read more…
  5. Celebrating Maaori Success

    On the 17th of October we held our annual Maaori Success Evening. It was an excellent night full of inspiration, laughter and aroha. ... Read more…
  6. Arts Awards 2023

    We celebrated a very successful year of the Arts on Thursday 19th October. Read more…
  7. ILC/PAC concert 2024

    Four shows of " Mahi Tahi , Working Together" were performed on the 15th and 16th November. Read more…
  8. End of year activities

    This year we changed our end of year programme to provide new and exciting activities for our Junior students to try. Read more…
  9. A Heartfelt Success for Huggable Hearts!

    We are thrilled to share the success of our recent Huggable Hearts Rice Drive! Read more…
  10. Chess Power Nationals Championship

    On the weekend of October 21 the Hillcrest High School Chess team travelled to Auckland for the Chess Power National Championships. Read more…
  11. Art Celebration Day

    The Art Celebration day was a great success with students, whanau and teachers coming to view the L1 and L2 Art boards in the ... Read more…
  12. Bollywood Group

    The Bollywood group have worked hard during the year to choreograph their performances holding practices during school term breaks, ... Read more…
  13. Uniform Swap 2024

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  14. Two Hillcrest High students have been published in Toitoi Magazine!

    Two students from Hillcrest High Year 10 student Delilah Wake-Willers and Year 9 student, Bhavrisha Deo have been published in Issue ... Read more…
  15. Congratulations to Year 12 student, Leo Reid!

     Leo Reid recently placed 2nd in the prestigious Sargeson Short Story Competition. With such a huge number of entries from Secondary ... Read more…
  16. Music Concert

    Amazing live music and free iceblocks were on the cards at lunchtime on the 25th of October Read more…
  17. Year 10 Market Day

    Monday 30th October, and Wednesday 1st November Year 10 Economics and Enterprise students (EES) made magic where business planning and ... Read more…
  18. Shadow Tech visit

    On 12th September, nine lucky Year 10 female students from Digital Technology classes had an opportunity to meet tech professionals ... Read more…
  19. Volunteer of the year - Hockey NZ Awards 2023

    Hillcrest High School History/Social Studies teacher and Teacher in Charge of Hockey, Richard Baggs, has been recognised for his ... Read more…
  20. Louie Endres - National Champion!

    Louie has run an outstanding 2000m steeplechase over the weekend to win the NZ secondary school title by a huge 9 seconds over his ... Read more…
  21. 2023 VOLLEYBALL SEASON SUMMARY

    The 2023 junior volleyball season ended positively with our Senior Boys Team coming 3rd in NZ and both of our premier junior teams ... Read more…
  22. Term 4 Cricket

    Our cricketers have had a great Term 4 season with our girls and junior development boys putting out some good performances. Our First ... Read more…
  23. Pakuranga Exchange 2023

    This years exchange was very successful and involved 142 Hillcrest students plus 20 staff members and coaches. Read more…
  24. Hockey Success

    Jin Boyd (Sport Captain 2023) was selected to play for the Waikato-Maniapoto Wahine A team at the recent National Maaori Hockey ... Read more…
  25. Futsal

    Another successful season for HHS Futsal. We had 11 teams entered in the Waikato competition, each team developing their skills and ... Read more…
  26. Important dates for 2024

    All of this information is on the school website, but here are some of the key dates for the next school year. Read more…