Auckland Grammar School Old Boys Association

Grammarphonics warmly invite you to an unforgettable evening of outstanding music on Thursday 6 August at St Michael’s Catholic Church, Remuera. The concert will showcase the talents of the School's auditioned choir, who will be joined by internationally acclaimed opera singer and Old Boy Edward Laurenson '02, as well as multi-award-winning New Zealand country artist Tami Neilson. Tickets are $35 per person and can be purchased here (https://events.humanitix.com/grammarphonics)

Are you an Old Boy from the classes of 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, 2006 or 2016? We would love to see you at the Combined Decade Reunion in August. Currently the 1976 and 1986 are well represented with 14 and 28 Old Boys respectively, and we are thrilled that Michael Hiddleston (2020 Head Prefect) and George Miles (2020 Deputy Head Prefect) are attending to rep the class of 2016!

Particulars:
📅 Thursday 13 August 2026
⏱️5pm for a School Tour for a 6pm start
📍Auckland Grammar School (Great Hall and the Old Boys' Pavilion)
🎟️https://community.ags.school.nz/ocd.aspx?action=showEvent&EID=E323

See you there!

We are hosting our regional reunions in Christchurch, Dunedin and Tauranga this July and August - we would love to see you there!

Christchurch: Wednesday 29 July at Buddle Findlay (🎟️: https://community.ags.school.nz/ =showEvent&EID=E334)

Dunedin: Thursday 30 July at Emerson's Brewery (🎟️: https://community.ags.school.nz/ =showEvent&EID=E346)

Tauranga: Thursday 6 August at Cooney Lees Morgan (🎟️: https://community.ags.school.nz/ocd.aspx?action=showEvent&EID=E331)

Tickets for each event are $20 per person. We express our thanks to Old Boys John Buchan '74 from Buddle Findlay and Campbell Izzard '90 from Cooney Lees Morgan for hosting us.

We look forward to seeing you there

We are thrilled to be heading back Down Under this May for our Australian reunions! All Old Boys based in Melbourne and Sydney (and further afield) are invited to join Headmaster Tim O'Connor and Board Chair Grant Trethewey' 76 at Henry and the Fox on Wednesday 13 May and the London in Paddington on Thursday 14 May. Tickets are $40AUD, but if you are a recent leaver, DM us to receive a discount code for a half-price ticket!

Melbourne tickets: https://community.ags.school.nz/ =showEvent&EID=E329

Sydney tickets: https://community.ags.school.nz/ =showEvent&EID=E330

Per Angusta Ad Augusta

On Monday evening, the annual Halberg Awards were held and we are so thrilled for Old Boy Hamish Kerr '10. Hamish not only was named Sportsman of the Year for the second consecutive year, but he was crowned as the Supreme Halberg Award winner, recognising the high-jumper’s stellar 2025! Hamish (second from right) is pictured with Dame Valerie Adams, OBA President Murray McKinnon, QSM '59 and Hamish's coach James Sandilands who was named Coach of the Year

Kicking off this weekend, the 2026 Winter Olympics will see Old Boy Ben Barclay '15 competing in the Men's Freeski Big Air and Slopestyle events on the slopes of Milano Cortina in northern Italy. Congratulations on your selection Ben - can't wait to see you in action! Thanks to The NZ Team for these fabulous photos

Recent leaver Tom Jones '20 (left) has had a phenomenal first-class debut for Otago in the Plunket Shield against Wellington! The grandson of former New Zealand cricketer Jeremy Coney and chosen for the New Zealand Under 19 team at just 16 years old, Tom gained his first century off just 87 balls, much to the delight of his teammates. Congratulations Tom!

During one of their regular training sessions this week, the Rowing squad had the opportunity to talk with Old Boy Oli Welch ’17 (pictured back row in red jacket) who was on hand to give the students guidance and advice. Oli has recently returned from the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai, where he and partner Ben Taylor won Gold in the Men’s Pair

Preparations are well underway for this year's Augusta Awards Dinner, taking place on Thursday 6 November in the Old Boys' Pavilion. We will recognise this year's recipients - Richard Chambers '85, Dr Murray MacCormick, CNZM '59, David Morgan, ONZM '73 and Lion Award winner Matt Macdonald '12. Tickets are now on sale (https://community.ags.school.nz/ =showEvent&EID=E312) - will we see you there?