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PNBHS NEWS
G Block Room Changes
Sports Team and Cultural Group Photographs
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Big Sing
The Big Sing Regional Festival was held last Thursday, with 14 choirs taking part. PNBHS was represented by three groups – the ‘allcomers’ SOAP (Son of a Pitch) Choir, Te Aitanga a Tāne (senior Kapa Haka students) and MANifesto. All three groups performed with distinction and were Highly Commended. SOAP received the award for Best New Zealand Work, Aitanga a Tāne received the award for Best Song in Te Reo and the Spirit of the Festival award, and MANifesto were first equal in the Own Choice category. Congratulations to MANifesto choir, who have been selected to compete in The Big Sing Finale will be held at the Dunedin Town Hall from Thursday, 28 August to Saturday, 30 August.
Basketball Draw
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PNBHS Blood Donor Day – Monday, June 23
Make sure you drink plenty of water in the 24 hours leading up to your donation and have a good breakfast on the day of your donation. You need photo ID – a driver’s licence or your school ID card is ideal. Report to the Speirs Centre five minutes before your scheduled time.
Attendance Update
Attendance to date in 2025 - as of June 19
Young men in Year 9 have, on average, the highest attendance so far this year at 95.0%, followed by Year 10 (94.2%), Year 13 (93.1%), Year 11 (92.9%) and Year 12 (92.3%).
Overall, average attendance across the school is 93.5%.
Of our 1803 students:
1,443 young men have a 90% or higher attendance rate
1,046 young men have a 95% or higher attendance rate
224 have maintained a 100% attendance record so far this year.
Attendance by Club
Murray Club students have the highest attendance rate among clubs at an average of 96.7%, followed by Albion (93.5%), Phoenix (93.3%), Gordon (93.2%), Kia Ora (93.0%), and Vernon (92.8%).
Attendance by Form Class
The top average attendance by Form Class at each year level:
Year 9 - 9BD - 96.6%
Year 10 - 10HO - 97.1%
Year 11 - 11PW - 97.2%
Year 12 - 12DT - 95.6%
Year 13 - 13OM - 97.5%
Well done to our young men and their whānau for continuing to make school the priority.
Badminton
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PNBHS PNGHS Senior production 2026
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Assembly
Thank you to Ben Kang for his performance at the Prefect’s Assembly this morning, to Harry Gardner who presented a book review and Jakob Wong who spoke about the upcoming Form Class Challenge to support the Palmerston North Foodbank.
Cross Country
Over the weekend, Monty Cole (Year 9), Lachie Duffy (Junior) and Jarvis Shaw (Senior) travelled north to Whangarei to compete in this year’s 2025 NZSS Cross Country Championships.
In massive fields of between 109-171 competitors, all three ran well.
Monty - 45th over 3km in 11.51
Lachie - 45th over 4km in 15.45
Jarvis – 42nd over 6km in 22.36 in the strongest Senior Boys field in many years.
Monty and Lachie teamed up with Maddie and Agatha to win the National Junior Mixed Relay Team title.
Jarvis teamed up with Justin Cunningham, Emma and Millie to gain second place in the National Senior Mixed Relay Team title.
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