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Welcome, Hostel whānau, to Term 2 - the busiest term sportswise!

We currently have boarders participating in netball, hockey, soccer, rugby, dancing and swimming. Obviously, with so many sports being accessed by so many rangatahi, our minivan is usually at capacity. Consequently, taxi cards will be used far more often this term, so please check with your daughters as to their taxi card usage as we don’t want the end of term charges to be a shock for you. 

With netball on a Saturday, a number of whānau are opting to have their daughters stay in on Friday night and then collecting them from the courts on Saturday. We have engaged the services of Pink Total Transport to provide transportation to and from the netball courts. They will collect all our netballers at around 7.15am from the Hostel. Those girls returning to the Hostel will spend the morning together and return by bus at the end of their netball. The cost of these buses will be passed onto you on your account. We will need to hear from you if you are going to collect your daughter from the netball courts via an Orah pass or email. 

1. During the two Winter terms, your daughter may wish to stay in the Hostel on a Friday night to enable her to get to netball. These five-day girls will incur a charge for that night’s accommodation and meals.

2. We will require your permission by email/Orah request for any weekend night stay please.

3. Some whānau have opted to change to seven-day boarding for the Winter terms. These are girls involved in not only netball, but hockey and other sports as well. Please do let us know as soon as possible if this is an option for you so we can make the necessary arrangements. Please do not hesitate to give me a call if you are uncertain about any of these options.

Thank you for your feedback around the opening and closing times of the Hostel for Exeats and End of Term. We are going to trial a later hostel close of 6.00pm to enable families to collect girls at a more convenient time, please note that we will not be providing an evening meal for the later collections.  

Ngā mihi nui

Joyce Clark

Welcome back to Term 2 and another busy term we have ahead! 

Winter sports, such as netball, hockey and rugby are up and running, of which we have large participation from our hostel girls. It is also a busy time in the arts and cultural departments as the girls prepare for Big Sing, Chamber Music and for Kapa Haka Nationals which all take place this term.

Over Term 1, the last week of the holidays and Week 1 of Term 2, we had a number of boarders involved in the school musical of Chicago (teen edition). The musical Chicago highlights the power and strength of women, and due to the large number of female participation, this modest version of the production was very fitting. The girls worked very hard, so it was a pleasure getting to witness their mahi on the opening night performance. All of this work paid off as the reviews for the show were some of the best yet. Comments such as, “this show could be on Broadway” and “these girls performed some serious topics very maturely” and “based on their talent, I never would have thought that these were only high school students”. These were just a few examples of the positive comments from people who came to watch the show. 

All the best for the upcoming term.