On the Tuesday 27 – Friday 30 May 2025, our school held our annual Special Character Week with an awesome set of activities to celebrate our school’s special character. For the four days, unique events were held to remind us of our school’s special identity and charism. On Tuesday, the prefects organised a house charity […]
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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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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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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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Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, passed away peacefully on Easter Monday 21 April 2025, at the age of 88 years, following ongoing health complications related to his lungs and heart. As the spiritual leader of over 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, the Pope serves not only as the Bishop of Rome, but
Waka Ama On Tuesday 29 April 2025, our Year 7-10 Kapa Haka students and Year 10-11 students, learning Māori language, had the extraordinary opportunity to go on a fantastic trip ‘Waka Ama’ facilitated by Ocean Blue Sports Club at Okāhu Bay in Auckland. You may be wondering what ‘Waka Ama’ means – it is a
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On Wednesday 2 April 2025, Sancta Maria College’s Kapa Haka students had the amazing opportunity to visit ASB Polyfest held at the Manukau Sports Bowl. This annual event gave these students an opportunity to be exposed to competitive level Kapa Haka, with the aim of helping enhance their future performance skills. We all started off
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On Thursday 10 April 2025 — a perfect, sunny day that marked an exciting occasion for our Year 7 and 8 students. With a mix of nerves and excitement, they set off to St Cuthbert’s College to represent our school in the annual Kids’ Lit Quiz. The competition brought together 75 schools from across Auckland.
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During the final week of term 1, some students from the Enviro Committee had the opportunity to volunteer and work with Sea Cleaners NZ, an organisation that works to clear rubbish off New Zealand’s coastlines and waterways. In 2002 alone, they collected over 15 million litres of rubbish, helping to protect the marine wildlife and
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