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Open to all year levels, there are countless opportunities to pursue from joining Groups and Clubs to exploring your artistic, creative and leadership passions.
KAPA HAKA
Kapa Haka plays a big part in our school life, bringing together all cultures to perform and showcase our Maori heritage. Kapa Haka teaches language, actions, and the meaning and symbolism behind the movements, with many opportunities to perform at key events throughout the year.
He manu kai te miro nōna te ngāhere,
he manu kai te mātauranga nōna te ao.
The bird that consumes berries hers is the forest, the bird that consumes knowledge hers is the world.
Staff Contact: Rihari Brown
TŪHONOHONO
Tūhonohono plays a pivotal role in sharing Te Reo Māori me ōna tikanga to our school and the wider community.
Tūhonohono is the cultural spiritual home for all our students where we have all had the privilege of greeting dignitaries and our visitors from abroad who seek to experience an authentic cultural experience.
Haere mai rā, whakatau mai rā ngā Iwi o te Motu ki te Kura Taitamahine o Pukeariki
Staff Contact: Rihari Brown
SADD
SADD is a student led group, for all year levels and students work with the SADD Student Co-Leaders. The focus is to promote safe driving in the community and help to make New Zealand roads safe. Throughout the year activities to promote this are organised along with an annual school wide SADD Week.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Our Amnesty International group encourages students to develop their sense of global citizenship and social conscience. In New Zealand we take our basic human rights for granted, but others are not so lucky. There is much lively debate at our regular meetings as we discuss human rights violations around the world. Our group also looks at ways to raise awareness about these issues within the school. Every year we participate in the Freedom Challenge Week.
Staff Contact: Karen Conybeer
WORLD VISION 40 HOUR FAMINE
NPGHS fundraisers for World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine as students devise creative ways to deprive themselves and raise money in support of World Vision’s annual focus. Several senior students lead the 40 Hour Famine and information on the dates that the 40 Hour Famine happens is promoted in the Student Notices.
LGBTQA+
The LGBTQA+ Group is an enthusiastic community group at NPGHS with the purpose of providing peer support for students who identify across the LGBTQA+ spectrum. Those involved are non- judgemental and compassionate towards people from different backgrounds – regardless of their own sexuality. Being part of the group is a positive way for students to come together, meet new people and organise events and positive action that promote respect for diversity as well as spreading awareness of issues facing LGBTQA+ people.
Staff Contact: Mrs Hendrickse
DANCE COMMITTEE
Our Dance committee is led by our Dance Student Leader. Being on the committee contributes towards a Dance Badge. It may involve attending meetings, helping to organize Arts Week and/or The Night of Dance. This committee is not just for Dance students, we also welcome students who are interested in lighting, music and costumes.
Contact Staff: Abigail McCrae
DRAMA COMMITTEE
Our Drama Committee is led by our Drama Student Leader. Drama committee activities including wardrobe, publicity for productions, events management and stage crew, stage lighting and stage makeup. Participation in these events earns points towards a Drama badge, awarded annually.
Contact Staff: Lisa Simpson
MUSIC COMMITTEE
The Music Committee is open to all Year 9-13 students who love music and is led by our Music Student Leader. Being on the committee contributes towards a Music Badge. Involvement in the committee requires students to attend several meetings, assist with Arts Week, NZ Music Month, Open Night, Lunchtime concerts and other musical events throughout the year.
Contact Staff: Juliet Woller
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
The Visual Arts Committee is open to all Visual Arts and Art History students from Year 9 – 13 and is led by our Visual Arts Student Leader. Being on the committee contributes towards a Visual Arts Badge. Involvement in the committee requires students to attend several meetings, assist with Arts Week, create promotional material for Visual Arts or assist with the Student Exhibition.
Contact Staff: Kirsty Grieve
LIBRARIANS CLUB
The Librarians bring together creative minds who enjoy sharing their knowledge. They are passionate about reading, gaining knowledge, gleaning information from books, the Internet, documentaries, journals or film. They are a welcoming group enjoying book and film clubs, quizzes, kahoots, scavenger hunts, board games, music in the library Friday lunchtimes and great at issuing, returning, shelving and displaying library resources plus helping others find the information they need. All Year levels are welcome to join.
Contact Staff: Sue Gunn
GAMING CLUB
Gaming club is a student-led group who oversees and facilitates online multiplayer games such as DOTA, Minecraft and Xonotic. The club aims to encourage community, friendships, competition and collaboration. Gaming sessions are announced in the daily notices each week and are held in MB2 during a lunchtime.
Contact Staff: Nick Bouterey
NPGHS WRITERS’ CLUB
The NPGHS Writers’ Club brings together creative minds who have a passion for writing, allowing them to share and exchange ideas as they develop their own individual style. From poetry to moody prose, our writers produce some exquisite and sensitive work.
Contact Staff: Jill Crewe
NPGHS has an outstanding and vibrant music programme both as a subject and through our extra-curricular activities. There are opportunities for soloists, small ensembles and large groups to perform in the school and wider community in a variety of contexts.
Itinerant music lessons are available in guitar, singing, drums, bass guitar, violin, viola, cello, double bass, saxophone, clarinet, flute and brass.
Priority goes to Year 9s and then Music students and those involved in musical activities within the school.
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NPGHS offers a School Production bi-annually with NPBHS. This is an opportunity for the two schools to work together and for actors, singers and dancers and musicians to collaborate. The schools take turns to select and host this event. The production is usually held in May and auditions and rehearsals begin in the February of the production year.
Past productions have included NZ musical ’For Today’, hit Broadway show ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet’, NZ stage play ‘Niu Sila’, and original musical ‘Bardicilious OR Shakespeare the Musical and most recently The Sound of Music (schools’ version) in 2021.
Staff responsible
HoD Drama: Mrs Lisa Simpson [email protected]
HoD Music: Mrs Juliet Woller [email protected]
In additional to class productions The Drama department runs a number of extra-curricular activities for students from year 9-13
These include:
Regional Shakespeare Festival (Term 1)
Waka Huia Plays (Term 2)
Open Evening performances and Orientation day performances
Student run clubs on Tuesday mornings- Musical Theatre Club
- In additional to class productions The Drama department runs a number of extra-curricular activities for students from year 9-13 These include: Regional Shakespeare Festival (Term 1) Waka Huia Plays (Term 2) Open Evening performances and Orientation day performances Student run clubs on Tuesday mornings- Musical Theatre Club Theatre trips Drama committee activities including wardrobe, publicity for productions, events management and stage crew, stage lighting and stage makeup. Participation in these events earns points towards a Drama badge, awarded annually. Staff responsible HoD Drama: Mrs Lisa Simpson
Theatre trips
Drama committee activities including wardrobe, publicity for productions, events management and stage crew, stage lighting and stage makeup.
Participation in these events earns points towards a Drama badge, awarded annually.
Staff responsible
HoD Drama: Mrs Lisa Simpson
At NPGHS there are a multitude of events available for students with leadership aspirations. These events are often trips away to other parts of the country or world, but others are offered as day events here in New Plymouth.
Events on offer:
World Vision Conference
Y-Lead
Zeal Leadership Day
Global Youth Leadership conference
NZ Model United Nations
For more information contact: Helen Mumby
[email protected]
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