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College targets smart skills for ag students 18 April 2013 A Waikato school is answering calls for more skilled young people in the rural sector by developing a state-of-the-art academy focused on agricultural science and business. Read more
Olympic selection comes closer 10 April 2013 Two St Paul’s Collegiate athletes have the chance of taking part in the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro after being included in Athletics New Zealand’s performance potential squad. Read more
Hurdler Hunt eyes World Youth Championships 4 April 2013 The athletics season might be winding down but hurdler James Hunt has set himself lofty aspirations for the future. Read more
Kiwi artist Gary Schofield depicts military memories 3 March 2013 Gary Schofield, Old Collegian of St Paul’s, is more famous in the United States than in NZ. Read more
Plans announced for Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Science and Business 21 February 2013 St Paul’s Headmaster Grant Lander announced the School’s plans to launch an innovative Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Science and Business at an address to key agricultural leaders during the Waikato/BOP Young Farmers Regional final. Read more
St Paul’s produces four of New Zealand’s top 60 scholars 13 February 2013 Results from the 2012 New Zealand Scholarship examinations have confirmed that St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton is the country’s highest achieving independent school for academic performance, gaining 43 Scholarship passes which included 14 Outstanding Scholarship passes. Read more
Young baritone sets his sights on singing opera in Europe 14 December 2012 Winner of 5 First Places in New Zealand Aria Competition St Paul’s Collegiate School Y13 student Jonathan Eyers has a dream to be an Opera singer in Europe and by the way he’s been performing lately he’s on the right track. Read more
First joint female Dux at St Paul’s 14 December 2012 Olivia Thompson and Belinda Pedersen gained top marks in Y13 as well as making history by being the first joint female Dux that the School has ever had. Read more
High hopes for Colts Cricket XI 13 December 2012 St Paul’s Collegiate cricket players are in good spirits for the new season after enjoying rich success last summer. Read more
The house that the class of 2011 built 18 November 2012 Simon Yates knows how hard it is to build a house and he has the scar to prove it. Read more
St Paul’s wins ChemQuest Competition 29 October 2012 St Paul’s Collegiate have snatched back their title as the winners of the University of Waikato’s ChemQuest challenge. Read more
Student wins on the slopes 27 September 2012 Louis Cronin visualises himself one day flying the New Zealand flag high at the Winter Olympics in ski racing. Read more
Tommy talks his way to NZ award 31 August 2012 The trials and tribulations of being a Ginga – or a red-headed person – was the subject that propelled St Paul’s Collegiate year 13 student Thomas ‘Tommy’ Moss to first place in the NZ Lions Clubs 2012 Young Speechmakers National Final last week. Read more
Pareraukura in netball and basketball rep teams 10 August 2012 Talented teenager has more than one string to her bow While she may be only 15, Pareraukura Gilmartin-Kara is clearly playing at a level beyond her years in netball and basketball. Read more
Elliot selected for NZ futsal team 10 August 2012 Student breaks into indoors elite level After taking up futsal only this year, it would be fair to say it has been a rapid rise for 17-year-old Elliot Collier. Read more
Talented organists Jonathan and Paul 10 August 2012 Feast of music on offer Three young Hamilton organists are to perform in The Next Generation, the first of a series of three concerts in this weekend’s Festival of Sacred Music. Read more
School takes on a classic opera 20 June 2012 St Paul’s Collegiate students will be brandishing muskets, flying banners and manning the barricades in the school production of the classic Les Miserables which is due to open this coming Tuesday. Read more
Schoolboy hurdler eyes 2016 Olympics 1 June 2012 Hurdler James Hunt has Burst on to the Scene When James Hunt first decided to try hurdles at a school athletics day two years ago, he had no idea that he was starting down a track that would make him a national champion. Read more
Youngest Golden Shears champion in the competition’s history 1 March 2012 Today is the first day of competition in the 2012 Golden Shears in Masterton and it has already produced its first winners. Read more
Top in Cambridge music 24 February 2012 St Paul’s student Paul Newton-Jackson gained Top in New Zealand in the IGCSE (Cambridge) music exams for the 2011 examination session. Read more
Old Collegian Chris Wood on loan to Bristol City 13 January 2012 Bristol City have signed All Whites striker Chris Wood on a loan deal from West Bromwich Albion until the end of the English football season. Read more
First in the Te Awamutu Music Festival 12 October 2011 Ross Noble first for 20th Century Art Song Results of the Te Awamutu Music Festival Singing Comps on Saturday October 8th saw Ross Noble placed for 20th Century Art Song, second for Folk Song and third for Own Selection. Read more
St Paul’s wins 5 medals at clay target shooting competition 11 October 2011 Best result for St Paul’s at North Island and NZ National SS Clay Target Shooting Competition 2011 This three day competition was held this year in the Waikato between the 8th-10th October. Read more
St Paul’s student wins at the NIWA Waikato Science Fair 29 August 2011 Navdeesh Singh-Thandi wins The Hill Laboratories Trophy for best Material World exhibit Navdeesh Singh-Thandi was extremely successful t at the recent NIWA Waikato Science Fair. Read more
St Paul’s top New Zealand in science assessments 5 August 2011 St Paul’s students top in New Zealand Year 12 and Year 13 in ICAS Science What is ICAS? International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) is conducted by Educational Assessment Australia, UNSW Global Pty Limited. Read more
St Paul’s Director of Instrumental Music wins prestigious US scholarship 18 July 2011 Michelle Flint wins KBB Midwest Clinic Scholarship Michelle Flint – teacher at St Paul’s Collegiate School – wins KBB Midwest Clinic Scholarship to attend the Annual International Band and Orchestra Festival Clinic in Chicago Illinois in December. Read more
St Paul’s wins Rockquest women’s musicianship award 18 July 2011 After a long day that started with band registrations at 11. Read more
Old Collegian wins National Bank Young Farmer of the Year 4 July 2011 Will Grayling is the 2011 Young Farmer of the Year Twenty five year old Will from the Pendarves Club was representing the Aorangi Region. Read more
St Paul’s gains second place at Stage Challenge 2011 14 June 2011 Stage Challenge is a six to eight minute performance where students can be involved and take charge to fully show off their true talents. Read more
St Paul’s tenor in National Secondary Students’ Choir 4 April 2011 Jonathan Eyers selected to lead the tenor section Year 12 student Jonathan Eyers has been chosen from a field of 265 applicants to be one of 64 students that make up the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir. Read more