In March 2025, Joshua De Guzman left the classroom behind, bound for the Sub-Antarctic Islands. Aboard the HMNZS Canterbury, he embarked on a rare expedition grounded in science, service, and guardianship. Over twelve days, from 1- 12 March, he joined a select cohort supported by BLAKE Expeditions, the New Zealand Defence Force, and the Department […]
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The author of The Last Fallen Star and Dreamslinger, Graci Kim, visited our school on 23 May 2025. She is a wonderful, kind and cheerful person, and for an hour, she shared insights into her life—her successes, her failures, and how she became an author. Graci spoke about the importance of failure, seeing it not
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On May 20, our Wellbeing prefects, Greer Sullivan and Raliemon Lopez announced wellbeing week was to spread awareness and raise funds for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand and Breast Cancer, with several activities planned throughout the week. We packed this week with fun events like pie in the face and even had pink shirt
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Early Monday morning (19 May 2025), ‘Play It Strange’ hosted a workshop in Sancta Maria College to show their upcoming content. Play It Strange is a not-for-profit organisation founded by Split Enz band member, Mike Chunn, aimed at providing young musicians a voice for delivering their music. Through the organisation, it manages annual competitions, encouraging
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Hosted by MIT, some of our Food Technology students, entered in the Culinary Competition held earlier this week. Based in a professional kitchen, students were tasked with cooking dishes, they had previously planned and prepared for earlier in a set time under strict guidelines. Gold award – Jannina Matanguihan – live Pasta Silver award –
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Friday 16 May 2025, a dazzling moonlit night noting the highlight of the senior year. The event most teenagers grow excited waiting for, dressing up, getting hair, makeup, lashes, and nails done for the night of the year. Hosted at Ellerslie Convention Centre was this year’s Sancta Maria College “City of Stars” Senior Ball. Accompanied
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In the very early hours of 7 April 2025, our Jazz music students headed down to Tauranga to compete in the 47th National Youth Jazz Competition. This marks a milestone for our school, as it is the first time we entered SIX different bands, all of who performed remarkably well. The competition brought together schools
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On Monday 10 March 2025, Year 9 and 10 students were granted a privilege to go out and enjoy a day of swimming. Although swimming may not be everyone’s thing, it was a day filled with both the competitive and social/fun races. Turnouts for each race were impressive with students stepping up to even just
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The Year 8 retreat, organised by the NET team and Miss Oliver, with the theme being “Rise Up”, brought us all together in aroha and fun. As we arrived, we knew we were going to have a fun day. The retreat begun with the NET members introducing themselves, and they were approachable and humble. After
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Mikaela Bangalan and Diego Carrillo Trevino, our Head Prefects for 2025, take pride in their leadership roles as they serve as a bridge between the prefects and the Senior Leadership Team. “Our role,” Mikaela explains, “is to overlook the prefect team and to ensure that all portfolios have what they need for their designated events
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