NZGSE Alumni

21/12/2025

Lovely to hear from these two - Lydia-Mae Wilson and Jasmin Smith - who happened to end up teaching at the same school in Britain!

27/10/2025

Congratulations to Chloe (S57), a newly crowned world champion in our midst. All the way on the other side of the world in Prague Chloe has been dominating - taking out the top place in the world for Hip Hop. Amazing results!

20/10/2025

Happy Diwali! A brief pause in the busyness of Centreblock to share and celebrate the festival of lights. Thanks, Rajini for organising this shared lunch. Nourishing our minds before attending the afternoon seminars and academics.

22/09/2025

Interns doing wellbeing walks today - around the block, running, skipping, walking backwards. Anything to escape writing those portfolios!

22/09/2025

We're excited to see that recent grad Jason Hodzelmans (P52 ) is taking the lead role in the Court Theatre's current production The King's Speech. In the article below, Jason links his role as a teacher to understanding the challenges faced by the young King George VI. Be sure to check it out!

A respected Kiwi performer, who came back to Christchurch after the Covid pandemic and retrained as a teacher, is returning to the stage for his Court Theatre debut.

29/08/2025

On Monday, 18th August, we celebrated a significant milestone - the graduates of 2024/2025 received their Postgraduate Diplomas in Teaching.

From the moment of putting on the gown and trencher to the proud procession down to Tūranga, every step taken reflected the perseverance and dedication it takes to become a teacher.

Farheen (P56) spoke on behalf of all graduates, sharing a heartfelt and humorous account of Grad School Life, the juggling act of teacher training and life commitments and the strength it took to reach this milestone moment.

The occasion marked more than the end of training; it was a celebration of dedication, devotion and skill each graduate carries into the craft and future of teaching.

22/07/2025

An interesting U-turn regarding MLEs in the last week from the Government. We all know Kevin's opinion - here's a link to an article he wrote . . . in 2016:

17/07/2025

. . . And it might be someone's birthday tomorrow (Jodine :))