St Paul's Collegiate School - Hamilton

Wishing our First XV Rugby Team all the best as they take on St Peter's School in the CNI final this Saturday! If you're able to make the trip to Taupō, we'd love to see plenty of black and gold on the sidelines. Go well, lads! ⚡💛

📆 Saturday 8 August
⏰ Kick-off: 1:55pm
📍 Venue: Owen Delany Park (Taupō)
🖥️ Livestream: https://bit.ly/4w3POst

Congratulations to our swim team, who brought home nine medals at the 2026 New Zealand Secondary Schools Swimming Championships! 🥇🥈

🏊 Charlie Alderton (Year 9) claimed seven medals in the multi-class events: gold in the 100m freestyle and 100m breaststroke, silver in the 50m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 50m backstroke, 50m freestyle and 100m individual medley.

🏊 John Park (Year 13) earned two silver medals in the 17–19 years 50m and 100m breaststroke.

A huge well done to the entire St Paul’s swimming team for their commitment, determination and the countless hours of training it takes to compete at a national level. We’re proud of you all! 💛

Head along tonight to support our First XI Girls' Hockey Team as they take on St Peter's Cambridge, New Zealand in the A final. Good luck, girls! 👏🏑

⏰ Time: 6:45pm
📍Location: Gallagher Hockey Centre

St Paul's is thrilled to announce that 'The Hive' has been awarded the Education Interior of the Year at the Home of Architecture awards ceremony last night.

A special thanks to Collegian Sean Henley-Smith (Fitchett 2009-2013) and the team at Edwards White Architects Ltd for bringing their brilliant design to life and creating a beautiful space for students, parents and staff to enjoy for generations. 💛

🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uheU8mS-8s
🗞 https://www.stpauls.school.nz/news/general-school/education-interior-year-the-hive
📸 via Simon Wilson, Home of Architecture

After taking part in the BLAKE programme last year, Liam Hodgson (Year 12) was inspired to take on an environmental project in his own community – and what better place than Tihoi Venture School!

To help protect native wildlife, Liam led a team of students in setting more than 40 predator traps across the Tihoi campus. Going forward, he’ll work with each new intake of Tihoi students to maintain and expand the trapping network. Awesome initiative, Liam! 👏🌿

Evan Hu (Year 9) had an outstanding performance at the New Zealand Robot Olympiad (NZRO) 2026 in Auckland over the school holidays – bringing home two gold, two silver and a bronze medal! 👏🤖

Thanks to his impressive results, Evan has been selected to represent New Zealand at the International Robot Olympiad (IRO) 2027 in Vienna, Austria, from 11–16 January 2027. 🌍🇳🇿

This week we welcomed our new kaiako within o te Tari Reo Maaori. 🤝Matua Tahi has been on placement at St Paul’s since Term 1, having now completed his Post-graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching. Ka whaangaia, ka tipu, ka puaawai.

🔗 Read more about Tahi here: https://www.stpauls.school.nz/news/general-school/new-kaiako-within-o-te-tari-reo-maaori

A fantastic finish for our Development Netball Team placing second at the Quad Tournament and also taking home the Spirit Award! 🐝⚡

Thank you for having us King's College, Auckland.

Over the holidays, our Boys' First XI Hockey team travelled to Timaru to compete in the Worner Shield. The tournament provided valuable match experience as the team builds towards Winter Tournament Week 🏑

Next stop: Dunedin for the Rankin Cup in late August.

St Paul's Students are immersed in Europe's vibrant arts, literature and culture, exploring world-renowned galleries, museums and creative spaces across London, Paris and Venice. We wish our students all the best on this tour 🐝
Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/europeartstour