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Top in North Island Secondary Schools 13 March 2023 St Paul’s Collegiate School rowers tied with Waikato Diocesan School for Girls as the top school at the North Island Secondary School (NISS) Championships and were recipients of the Derbyshire Trophy for the first time since its inception in 1974. Read more
Athletics Championship Day breaks records 28 February 2023 After three years of cancelations and disruption, the 2023 St Paul’s Athletics Championship was back to normal with full school attendance. Read more
North Island Rowing Championships 2023 31 January 2023 Over Auckland Anniversary weekend, St Paul’s Collegiate School rowers competed at the North Island Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro. Read more
Making cricket history at St Paul’s 16 December 2022 Long-serving former staff member John Lloyd (1974-1994) joined St Paul’s Collegiate School after Headmaster HR Hornsby (1963–1969) wrote to him in England and asked him to come and work on staff in 1964. Read more
Colts XI Cricket team take on Vettori Shield 13 December 2022 Last week St Paul’s Collegiate School hosted the Vettori Shield on the school campus, seeing schools from all over New Zealand compete in the prestigious tournament. Read more
New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Nationals 2022 13 December 2022 After a couple of late withdrawals due to injury, six St Paul’s Collegiate School students competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Championships held in Inglewood from 9-11 December. Read more
Malachi Wrampling-Alec involved in NZ Under-18 Quadrangular Tournament 17 October 2022 Last week saw Hamilton’s St Paul’s Collegiate School host the New Zealand Under-18 Quadrangular Tournament contested between New Zealand Māori Ngā Whatukura Under-18, New Zealand Barbarians Under-18, New Zealand Schools and Fiji Schools rugby sides. Read more
Award-winning hockey season for St Paul’s 6 September 2022 2022 has been one of the most successful seasons for the First XI Boy’s and Girls' Hockey teams. Read more
St Paul’s Swim Club stun at New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships 2 August 2022 From 28-30 July, 17 St Paul’s swimmers competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Swimming Championships at Waterworld achieving an incredible haul of national medals. Read more
2022 cricket awards 23 May 2022 After a successful season on the cricket pitch, the St Paul’s Collegiate School cricket athletes celebrated their achievements with an awards ceremony on Friday 20 May. Read more
Graham Smith selected to coach Europe swim series 16 May 2022 Current head coach of the St Paul’s Swim Club, Graham Smith, has been appointed as coach of the New Zealand senior men and women’s team heading to the Mare Nostrum swim series in Europe. Read more
Gold medals for St Paul’s shooters 11 May 2022 A sunny day up at the Auckland Metropolitan Shooting club grounds made for a great day of clay target shooting. Read more
ANZAC First XI Girls' Hockey Tournament 4 May 2022 The St Paul’s First XI Girls' welcomed nine hockey teams from around the country to the ANZAC Girls' Hockey tournament and they were treated to some of the finest autumn weather the Waikato region has ever produced. Read more
ANZAC First XI Boys' Hockey Tournament 4 May 2022 The First XI boys' team hosted 11 other schools from all around the North Island from Monday 25 April for three days. Read more
Laura Littlejohn named fastest female sprinter in New Zealand 11 April 2022 From 4-9 April, four St Paul’s swimmers took on the 2022 New Zealand Swimming Championships at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland. Read more
Three gold and a bronze for St Paul’s at the Aon Maadi Cup 6 April 2022 Held from 28 March to 2 April, the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Championships (Aon Maadi Cup) is the most prestigious event on the rowing calendar. Read more
Littlejohn smashes national records 3 November 2021 Blowing her competition out of the water, Laura Littlejohn (Year 12) has gained multiple medals and broken regional and national records over the course of the year. Read more
Triathlon success gains invitation to international stage 3 November 2021 For Oliver Larcombe (Year 13), 2021 has been a triumphant year winning several medals at various triathlons around the country. Read more
Medal haul for St Paul’s Swim Team 27 July 2021 St Paul’s Swim Team placed fifth from 68 schools in the co-ed section of the New Zealand Secondary School Swim Championships held at the National Aquatic Centre in Auckland from 22-25 July. Read more
Samisoni Taukei'aho savours 'dream' All Blacks debut, has Ian Foster with tough call 18 July 2021 Samisoni Taukei'aho says maybe it was a little bit of Dane Coles’ “lucky charm” that led to his magical two-try debut for the All Blacks on Saturday night. Read more