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Kerikeri High School has entered 22 teams of 208 players from Year 7 to Year 13 in this year's season. Seven student coaches and 22 student umpires are supporting the teams with several new student umpires coming through. 

Thank you to Mrs Melissa Jurisich for her organisation of the teams.

Having studied the Bay of Islands marine environment in class, this trip allowed Year 12 Geography students to experience a pristine Marine Reserve.

Learning in class includes understanding the threat to the marine environment by the discovery of Caulerpa. During this Education Outside the Classroom trip, students were able to snorkel and swim in a healthy marine environment.

Our Kerikeri High School Anzac Day Commemoration was held at interval on Tuesday 28 April.

The Anzac Day Dawn Service and the Civic Service were once again led by students from Kerikeri High School and Springbank School, with their leadership being warmly acknowledged by Kerikeri RSA Past President Mr Bill Godfrey.

Our Prefect Team attended the Dawn Service, and Mr Clent and our Head Students laid a wreath on behalf of Kerikeri High School at both services.

Many of the Kerikeri High School students who belong to the SAVE Groups attended the special ceremony marking the launch of the Interact SAVE Club of Kerikeri High School.

Led by Mr Jimmy Thomas, and Year 9 Dean Mrs Roz Clent, the Year 9 camps were held at Marsden Point Christian Camp, with students participating in a range of fun and challenging activities.

The camp aims are to:

A team of six Kerikeri High School students; Bronte Clarke (Year 10), Emily Godwin (Year 11), Nicholas Louw (Year 12), Bayley Wood (Year 10), Chloe Wright (Year 10) and Taylor Wright (Year 12) recently competed at the NZ Stand Up Paddleboarding Nationals in Auckland, delivering an outstanding weekend of paddling and bringing home some incredible results.

Congratulations to all the Kerikeri High School students who competed in the recent 2026 Henderson Reeves Te Tai Tokerau Regional Championship.

Kerikeri High School's Deputy and Head Students were announced at the Celebration Assembly where the Prefects for 2026 were introduced to the School.

Congratulations to our 2026 Head Students - Head Girl Molly Para, Head Boy Joe Jackson, Deputy Head Girl Willow Cochran, Deputy Head Boy Dillan Blithe-Drake.

Kerikeri High School was proud to host the Minister of Education, Erica Stanford, as she announced the launch of a new Te Reo Professional Learning Development Programme, Te Ataarangi, for 50,000 teachers across New Zealand.

On Monday 2 February 2026, we welcomed new students across all Year Levels, and their whānau, with Pōwhiri. This is a significant and memorable occasion for our school community, with over 1000 people present as either tangata whenua - our full staff and all our Year 13 students, or as manuhiri.

Kerikeri High School's annual Year 13 Leadership Camp in the last week of January, was attended by 111 Year 13 students. Led by Ms Ellie Liddington, the students participated in training to become Peer Support Leaders for our new Year 7 students.