Te Puru School PTA

16/08/2026

Tickets on sale now for the NZ Mountain Film Festival! Come along and be inspired by our great outdoors, and support the wonderful Te Puru School.

03/08/2026

We have this beautiful homegrown produce raffle on offer at our Quiz night this Friday, along with other great prizes including 2 nights accomodation in Whitianga, and generous vouchers from Makawe hair, Blackbeard’s Smokehouse, The Fitness Co-op and Make You Day Events.

Get your team together and come along for a great night! If you don’t have a team, send us an email and we will sort out you out:)

20/07/2026

The ever-popular Te Puru School Quiz is back! Get your team together for a fun night of trivia, games, yummy food and BYO drinks. Even better, this year there will be a prize for the best dressed team!

09/07/2026

Te Te Puru School PTA is bringing the NZ Mountain Film Festival to back Thames for 2026! Our 5th year hosting this festival, we are excited to share these incredible NZ-produced adventure films with our community. Please come along to be inspired, and support our amazing kura. A huge thanks to David for lending us his fabulous Left Back Theatre, and to Stirling Sports and 100% Thames for once again supporting this event.

31/08/2025

We still have seem tickets available for the 4pm screening tomorrow, come along for an inspirational afternoon of NZ adventure filmmaking!

Te Puru School PTA is excited to be bringing the NZ Mountain Film Festival back to Thames! Enjoy seven homegrown kiwi short films across adventure sports from a solo hike in Rakiura to a paraplegic kayaker taking on class 3 rapids in the Upper Buller Gorge. Get pulled into adventure from the comfort of the cinema and support our wonderful school.

We are grateful to the Left Bank Theatre for providing the venue, and Stirling Sports and 100% Thames for their sponsorship of the event.

Screenings on Monday 1st of September, 4pm and 7pm
Tickets are $20, on sale now at the Left Bank Cinema or online from https://www.leftbanktheatre.co.nz

24/08/2025

The NZ Mountain Film Festival is only a week away! We have the New Zealand selection of films from the festival screening on Monday the 1st at 4pm and 7pm at the Left Bank Theatre, Thames. Tickets selling fast with 6 evening and 22 afternoon seats left, so get your tickets soon from leftbanktheatre.co.nz
Come along and be inspired by our great outdoors and help us raise money for our beautiful school.

Join us for New Zealand's premier Mountain Film Festival. www.mountainfilm.nz

24/08/2025

The NZ Mountain Film Festival is only a week away! We have the New Zealand selection of films from the festival screening on Monday the 1st at 4pm and 7pm at the Left Bank Theatre, Thames. Tickets selling fast with 6 evening and 22 afternoon seats left, so get your tickets soon from leftbanktheatre.co.nz

Come along and be inspired by our great outdoors and help us raise money for our beautiful school. Click on the link below to watch the spectacular festival trailer.

https://vimeo.com/1090676191?fl=pl&fe=she

Join us for New Zealand's premier Mountain Film Festival. www.mountainfilm.nz

13/08/2025

Te Puru School PTA is excited to be bringing the NZ Mountain Film Festival back to Thames! Enjoy seven homegrown kiwi short films across adventure sports from a solo hike in Rakiura to a paraplegic kayaker taking on class 3 rapids in the Upper Buller Gorge. Get pulled into adventure from the comfort of the cinema and support our wonderful school.

We are grateful to the Left Bank Theatre for providing the venue, and Stirling Sports and 100% Thames for their sponsorship of the event.

Screenings on Monday 1st of September, 4pm and 7pm
Tickets are $20, on sale now at the Left Bank Cinema or online from https://www.leftbanktheatre.co.nz

01/04/2025

This beautiful hamper will be raffled at the Te Puru School Quiz on Friday 4th April. It’s full of homemade treats and locally grown organic fruit and vegies. If you can’t make the Quiz but would like raffle tickets, email us at [email protected]. $3 each or 2 for $5

27/03/2025

We have some amazing prizes lined up for the Te Puru School Quiz next Friday the 4th of April! Be in to win 2 NIGHTS ACCOMODATION at a beautiful bach in Whitianga, a FREE WILL from Purnell Lawyers, an ORGANIC PRODUCE hamper, and lots of other goodies from local businesses including Blackbeards Smokehouse, Carson's Bookshop and Unichem. The prizes are for our games and raffles so you don't even need to be a trivia wizz to win them! Register your team at [email protected], if you don't have a team still get in touch and we can find friendly table for you.