Mairehau High School

Last night, three of our ākonga represented our kura at the New Zealand Schools' Japanese Trivia Championships.

Our Japanese teacher, Miss Hansen, accompanied Liam Fraser, Makaela Mathewson & Ashley Mackie to the Canterbury region event at Hornby High School to complete against junior Japanese learners from other schools in the region. The Mairehau team was in first place for 3 out of 5 of the rounds, and drew for first in the last round. They ended up second place overall after an especially difficult tie breaker question!

Second place is a tremendous effort and we are very proud!! 👏

This term, Mr Cairns put together a Mairehau High School team to join Toi Kupu Toi Rakatahi Toi Korero's Ōtautahi Youth Poetry Slam. Six lovely, creative, and passionate students from Years 10-12 formed a group and have been meeting every Tuesday lunch time with Christchurch poet Lee Fraser (https://leefraserpoetry.com) to refine their skills in poetry. We were invited to a workshop at the new Court Theatre yesterday, where we hung out with other high schools to practice, write, and listen. Next up for our talented young group are further workshops, leading up to the competition in September!

Last Wednesday night, Miss Marshall was proud to accompany four of our wonderful students to the 2026 Ethnic Youth Awards at Tūranga Library. This is a Ministry of Education initiative that supports celebrating our diverse and talented young people in Ōtautahi.

Hegby, Kumba, Hyemi and Emma were wonderful representatives of their countries of origin and for Mairehau High School. It was a proud moment for their parents and staff alike!

Our Mairehau High School Volunteer Army helped clean up the Mairehau Volunteer Library on Saturday morning, in preparation for the library's 65th anniversary later this week.
Our students are awesome!

We have completed our lockdown exercise and all students, staff, and persons on-site are safely accounted for. Everyone did extremely well and responded to instructions. Thank you for your support while we conduct these practices.

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Mairehau High School is conducting a lockdown exercise. This is how you will be notified in the first instance, should a lockdown occur at the school. Please do not come to the school or phone the school as you will not be attended to. Your assistance and cooperation are appreciated. All further updates will be provided on the school website.

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Coming up! Bake sale 12 June (see previous post) and non-uniform day 19 June. Also, please keep your eyes peeled for information about the Fun Run, later this term.

Proudly brought to you by the MHS International Club. :)

Last Friday, our MHS choir had the privilege of performing at the Christchurch Town Hall, as part of the Big Sing choir competition. The students performed well and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

For the size of our kura, our choir is very large, reflecting not only the passion that many of our students share for music, but also the value we place on inclusivity as a school. We were very proud of them and their performance!