The houses went back in time to the 1960s at the House Choir Competition, held on Friday 17 May.

Headmaster Grant Lander shares his thoughts on how we can raise resilient and independent young adults in an ever-changing modern world that leaves many parents struggling to keep up.

A group of talented Year 13 agribusiness students wowed six crocodiles/judges with their creativity, problem-solving and presentation skills when they succinctly pitched their innovation in Crocodile Pit on Thursday 11 April.

Did you know our website has an area specifically for our parents? Here's where you can find it.

What better way to learn about history than to walk in the shoes of those who wrote it? A group of Year 12 students on their annual two-day field trip re-enacted the Battle of Rangiriri, a decisive battle for Waikato fought in 1863.

Students were encouraged to 'go pink' for mufti day on Thursday 16 May in an effort to show support for New Zealand Bullying Free Week and Pink Shirt Day.

Making the move from across the ditch – Matt Holdgate has joined St Paul’s as the new housemaster of Williams House, taking over from Craig Hardman.

你好, Halo, こんにちは, 여보세요, lí-hó or hello. Halo dari Indonesia, hello from Indonesia.

In the first of a series of cast Q&As, we chat to Hannah Mayer who plays pink lady Jan, and Seth Peake who plays school "nerd" Eugene, in Grease: The Musical. Keep an eye on our Facebook page as we continue to post cast interviews in the lead up to the show's debut on Sunday 30 June.

There are so many different opinions offered on how best to parent. New parents will often have firm beliefs about how they wish to balance love and discipline, but this ideal often goes out the window when a toddler throws their first tantrum in the supermarket!

Don't miss your chance to get your hands on some one-of-a-kind products made by Year 10 Enterprise Studies students at their product launch evening on Thursday 20 June.

Intake one 2019 are into Week 16 and on Friday, 24 May the boys completed the 14km Cross-Country race. This is competed on undulating bush tracks and is a tough challenge for anyone.

As we come into winter sports season, we'd like to introduce our stellar coaching line up, including a number of New Zealand representatives and industry experts with a common goal to develop our young athletes.

On Sunday, 28 April, our Hillary Challenge team joined the eleven best Adventure Racing teams for the National Final of the Hillary Challenge. Completed over five days, this is by far the toughest secondary school event in the country.

On Thursday 9 May, the Hamilton and Thames Valley Cricket Association Secondary Schools prize giving event was held in the Gallagher Agribusiness Centre of Excellence.

Marking the beginning of the rugby season, the St Paul's 1st XV boys have come up against both Cambridge High School and Francis Douglas Memorial College.

St Paul's once again hosted the third Kia Tu Rugby Camp and saw our 1st XV playing Palmerston North Boys' High School in their traditional fixture winning 38-17 and regaining the Quadrangular Trophy. Six other 1st XV teams attended from Sacred Heart College, Napier Boys’ High School, Dilworth School, Tauranga Boys’ College and Westlake Boys’ High School.

On Wednesday 22 May, the St Paul's Girls' 1st XI Hockey team played Hamilton Girls High School 2nd XI at Waikato Dio.

The 2019 ANZAC Hockey Tournament saw the St Paul's Collegiate School boys’ 1st XI hockey team once again host this competition, where they had a tough schedule playing five games in three days, against some of the best secondary school teams in the North Island. Our team is completely new with only five boys having played at this level before. So we used this tournament to try out new combinations and new player positions.

St Paul's Premier and Development netball teams crossed the ditch to compete in the Trans-Tasman Netball Quad Tournament in Ballarat last month.

Did you know many of our sports teams have a Facebook page? Stay ahead of the game by liking their pages and keep up-to-date with draws, results and cancellations.

The generosity of donors to date has been encouraging as the Hornsby Learning Hub will be one of the most ambitious and significant building projects St Paul’s Collegiate School will undertake.

It has been 40 years since the opening of Tihoi Venture School. We want to celebrate with the pioneers who were brave enough to open the school amongst the blackberry bush and broken windows.

In the first weekend of the holidays, the St Paul’s Collegiate School choirs ventured down to Tihoi for their annual three-day camp. Our mission was to learn music, improve the quality and accuracy of sound in the choir, enhance performance, and bond as a team through rehearsals and activities.

On Saturday 18 May, St Paul's Big Band and Concert Band travelled to Hastings to perform in the Hawke’s Bay Festival of Bands.

St Paul's will have three sites at Fieldays this year, held at Mystery Creek from 12-15 June. Be sure to stop by and say hi!

Brotherhood - if you google this word, the results will say: “An association or community of people linked by a common interest”. However, the word means so much more than that set of eleven words. To us in Sargood, this word is the backbone of our community.

Not everyone thinks the way you think, knows the things you know, believes the things you believe or acts the way you act. It’s not our differences that divide us, it’s our inability to recognise and accept those differences.

Recent 2018 graduate and aspiring historian, Dylan Woodhouse, returned to St Paul's to deliver the sermon at the annual ANZAC Day chapel service. He reflected on the horrors faced by everyday kiwi men who fought on foreign battlefields, but also of the resilience and hope that came from their adversity.

All are welcome to attend the next Parents' Association Meeting, to be held on Sunday 23 June at 7pm in the Collegians Pavillion.

The School Shop has new stock to keep you warm this winter. Check out these fantastic winter warmers...