Tag: Pakuranga College
Pakuranga College presents Little Shop of Horrors!
Based on the 1960 dark comedy film, Little Shop of Horrors centres on a geeky florist shop worker who discovers that his exotic foundling plant has...
Adversity comes with a silver lining
Covid has changed our lives forever.
It's been an overwhelming Corona-coaster for students as they virtually transitioned from onsite to online learning in Google classrooms....
Students finding Young Enterprise success
The long running Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme has historically been the starting point for a number of innovative new business ideas.
One of this...
Re-purposing: 14 Trolleys pulled from Pakuranga stream
As part of a project to eliminate and repurpose plastics from the local environment, former Pakuranga College student Daniel Tolmie and friends Mikael Coupe,...
Student-run business CO4 bring coffee with message
By David Dunlop
Meet CO4, a small student-run coffee business at Pakuranga College, who, alongside all Kiwis, have felt the impacts of Covid-19.
Year 13 students...
Williams: It’s time for educators to step up
Pakuranga College principal Michael Williams says he is very disappointed with some educators saying they are not `babysitters’ as the nation moves closer to...
COVID-19: Local schools brace for shut-down
Schools in east Auckland were yesterday bracing themselves for news of possible closures due to coronavirus which would impact not just tens of thousands...
Corona virus: 14 day stand-down for students
Students and teachers who have recently been in China where the Coronavirus has claimed more than 100 lives will not be allowed at school...
Basketball: Pakuranga College flying high with Breakers
Pakuranga College students are celebrating a basketball training session alongside the NZ Breakers.
On Wednesday December 4, thanks to Fuji Xerox, a mix of Year...
“We’ll miss you Kim”- attendance officer retires
Anyone who has attended Pakuranga College in the past two decades will be familiar with Kim Hillgrove. It is to this lady that thousands...