Youth Week is an annual youth-led event dedicated to celebrating rangatahi across Aotearoa – the ambitious minds and future leaders of our community. This year, on Thursday 21 May 2026, Youth Week was facilitated by the Howick Youth Council, where the theme was “Our voices matter, we deserve to be heard.” To celebrate, a lineup […]
On Friday 15 May 2026, Sancta Maria College celebrated the annual Pink Shirt Day. The origins of Pink Shirt Day traces back to Canada when in 2007, two students wore pink to stand in solidarity with a student who was being bullied for a pink shirt. Since then, Pink Shirt Day has expanded around the
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On Saturday 16 May 2026, the freezing Auckland weather could not compare to the heated rivalry within Auckland Girls’ Grammar; the hosts of the intensely fought out Manukau heats of Smoke Free RockQuest competition. Rock bands assembled throughout the day accompanied by a heartwarming support crew. Sancta Maria College had three bands who entered the
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On Thursday 19 March 2026, the cohort of international students were taken up Auckland’s Sky Tower, into the All-Blacks Experience and Wētā Workshop to highlight New Zealand’s culture and creativity. The following is a student’s reflection of the day: During the Sky Tower experience, the students were astounded by the beautiful scenery of Auckland, especially
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The Lenten Liturgy is a time in our Liturgical calendar that expresses reflection, repentance, and most importantly, the story of the Last Supper. On Thursday 4 April 2026, the last Thursday before Easter weekend, our school hosted a Lenten Liturgy. This allowed students to gather and gain a deeper understanding of Jesus and his agape
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The Crochet club meets every Tuesday during lunchtime and is a calm and welcoming place where people learn new skills, crochet new things, and share all things crochet with friends! Usually, you bring your own hook and yarn. Don’t worry if you don’t have it, it’s okay because you can borrow them from the crochet
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Have you ever wondered how to have fun, pray with Jesus and grow a closer relationship at the same time? Well, don’t think of it as a miracle, but the Year 7 students just did this at our retreat set up by Net (National Evangelisation Team) and assisted by our lovely Year 13 prefects on
The Year 11 retreat was on Friday 6 March 2026; this day was exciting as it gave our Year 11s an opportunity to connect with one another and with God. We had four stations throughout the day with different team building activities, grouped by houses, Hokianga, Kororāreka, Waitematā and Akaroa. One activity saw us break
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On Wednesday 11 March 2026, our school held our annual Open Day to welcome aspiring students and their families into our school, giving them a taste of what life at Sancta Maria College is like. This is aimed toward our at feeder schools – the current Year 6 students and parents. We held two sessions:
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On Thursday 5 March, the Year nines participated in their annual retreat – a day of religious practice, to explore our Catholic faith and to have a deeper connection with God and our spirituality. The days’ theme was about culture, mission and identity. Most of the time was spent listening and participating in activities, but
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