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Liam Hodgson leads environmental project at Tihoi Venture School 29 July 2026 After taking part in the Blake Inspire 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. Read more
Service Awards 2025 17 October 2025 Every year, our students are recognised for their outstanding contributions to service. Read more
Emma David named finalist for the Altrusa Youth Award 14 October 2025 Emma has been selected to represent St Paul’s at the upcoming award ceremony. Read more
St Paul’s named top fundraiser in Relay for Life 14 May 2025 St Paul’s is honoured to have been announced as the top team and individual fundraiser in Relay for Life, a programme run by the Cancer Society of New Zealand. Read more
Lending a Hand: St Paul’s Students Make a Difference After School 20 March 2025 Toby Whytock and Madeline Butler (Year 11) are frequently seen after school volunteering with children in an after-school programme. Read more
St Paul’s Collegiate School Cambodia Trip – 2024 12 February 2025 In late 2024, 24 students and five staff from St Paul’s embarked on a service trip to the Flame centres in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Read more
Service Awards 2024 23 October 2024 Recognising our students work in the community: Read more
Meet the Guidance Counsellors 7 June 2024 At St Paul’s Collegiate School, the supportive team of Guidance Counsellors, Blair Heaton and Elzisha Botha, share a passion for their vital roles within the school community. Read more
Service Awards 2022 31 October 2022 On Monday 31 October, St Paul’s Collegiate School students and staff were recognised for going above and beyond their area of service and community work. Read more
Matthew Chanwai receives Altrusa Youth Award 26 October 2022 This year’s Altrusa Youth Award recipient is awarded to the diversely talented St Paul’s Collegiate School community member Matthew Chanwai (Year 12). Read more
Tanika Naidoo chosen for World Vision Youth Ambassador position 1 December 2021 Year 13 student, Tanika Naidoo’s involvement in driving participation in the World Vision 40 Hour Famine at St Paul’s over the past three years has earned her selection for the prestigious role of World Vision Youth Ambassador for 2022. Read more
Service Awards 2021 8 November 2021 On Monday 8 November, the school gathered at assembly to acknowledge and celebrate the mission, outreach and service portfolio of St Paul’s Collegiate School. Read more
Sam pools her talent for refugees 7 July 2020 Te Awamutu teen Sam White has an impressive swim stroke and a heart to match. Read more
A marathon effort for charity 15 June 2020 After weeks in Covid-19 lock down, stronger bonds were formed as members of St Paul’s boarding community spent their first weekend together running, chanting and pushing trailers as each house competed against each other to raise money for the charity, Flame Cambodia. Read more
Book Tuk-Tuk Drives Change in Young People’s Lives 19 March 2020 St Paul’s sponsored “Book Tuk-Tuk” has been changing lives in the slums of Phnom Penh since its operation in 2017. Read more
Cambodia Creates Lifelong Memories 12 February 2020 Students and staff of St Paul’s made their way to Cambodia in December 2019 as volunteers to work alongside and assist the ongoing service work currently undertaken by the charity Flame in the slums of Phnom Penh. Read more
Relishing Reality in the Malawi Slums 12 December 2019 Daniel Rickman, a 2019 school leaver, is currently spending 10 days in the slums of Malawi, seeing the harsh reality of living conditions in the south-eastern African country. It’s all part of his selection as a World Vision Youth Ambassador. Read more
Support for the Solomons 1 November 2019 St Paul’s Chaplain, Reverend Peter Rickman, is on a mission – a medical mission to help those delivering healthcare services in the Solomon Islands. Read more
Service Awards Recognise Commitment 1 November 2019 Serving others is an important part of student life here at St Paul’s. Read more
Students serve up weekend of good intentions 20 June 2019 In support of the World Vision 40 Hour Famine, a group of St Paul’s students gave up their weekend to spend 40 hours serving others. Read more
Students find beauty in the slums 25 January 2019 The service trip does much more than provide an opportunity for St Paul’s students to work with slum-living children in Cambodia. Read more
Community gala a monster success 21 September 2018 From bouncy castles, food stalls and raffles to musical performances, games and a monster garage sale – the St Paul’s Collegiate School Community Gala had something for the whole family to enjoy. Read more
Colours for service awarded 12 September 2018 This week in Chapel, four Year 13 students were awarded inaugural ‘colours’ for their contribution to service here at St Paul’s. Read more
Community gala has something for everyone 3 September 2018 From bouncy castles, food stalls and raffles to musical performances, games and a monster garage sale – the St Paul’s Collegiate School Community Gala has something for the whole family to enjoy. Read more
Student service initiative wins World Vision award 27 August 2018 A group of St Paul’s Collegiate School and Waikato Diocesan School for Girls students have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to the 2018 40 Hour Famine. Read more
Ukulele a hit with St Joans residents 7 August 2018 Come Tuesday lunchtime it’s smiles all round in the activity room of Hamilton’s St Joans care centre – smiles brought about by the sound of ukuleles. Read more
Cambodia trip an eye opener for students 14 February 2018 Working with slum living children in Cambodia is an experience these St Paul’s students will never forget. Read more
Striving for gold with Duke of Edinburgh 15 August 2017 Four days of cross-country mountain bike riding, learning to play the guitar and getting involved with academic tutoring are just some of the activities Oliver Saunders has taken on board over the past year in order to complete his Duke of Edinburgh gold award. Read more
Lucky guess wins rugby balls for local schools 10 July 2017 For Year 9 student Joe Gray this was not your typical ‘guess the number of lollies in the jar’ competition, instead Joe had to guess how many rugby balls filled a land rover – and he guessed correctly, winning 200 rugby balls for his school. Read more
Giving time to neighbouring school children 30 May 2017 It’s lunchtime, and they’re already waiting by the vans. Read more