PNBHS NEWS

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Athletics
by Gerry Atkin - Tuesday, 11 February 2025, 9:46 AM
 

Congratulations to Kobe Dorn who was first in the U13 Boys 80m Hurdles at the North Island Colgate Games in January.


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Volleyball Senior Premier League
by Dianna Doyle - Monday, 10 February 2025, 12:37 PM
 

11th Feb


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Triathlon
by Gerry Atkin - Monday, 10 February 2025, 11:39 AM
 

Well done to all of the young men who competed in the recent Wellington Secondary Schools Triathlon championships, achieving some impressive results:

U14 Race: First - Zac Wormgoor 39.51; Second - Austin Lean 45.25

U16 Race: First - Ollie Lean 38.46; Second - Bart Tomlin 40.18

U19 Race: Third - Jacob Lean 1.00.56 



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SLS
by Gerry Atkin - Monday, 10 February 2025, 11:38 AM
 

Year 12 student George Fell and Year 11 student Sam Cole have been successful in recent Surf Life Saving competitions.

At the Capital Surf Life Saving Championships George was second overall in the U17 category after finishing first in U17 Beach Flags, U19 Beach Sprints and U19 Relay and second in the U17 Beach Sprints and Open Sprints. At the same event Sam was second overall in the U15 category after finishing first in U15 Beach Flags, U15 Beach Sprints and U19 Relay and second in the U15 5km run, third in the U15 Run Swim Run and U15 Ocean Swim.

The sea conditions restricted events at the Hawke's Bay Surf Life Saving Championships. George won both the U17 Beach Sprints and Beach Flags while Sam was second in the U15 Beach Sprints and U15 Beach Flags.



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Volleyball Draw for February 10th
by Dianna Doyle - Monday, 10 February 2025, 9:25 AM
 

Adult League

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Prefects
by Gerry Atkin - Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:30 AM
 

Congratulations to the young men selected in our 2025 Prefect group, who were presented with their badges at the first full school assembly for the year.

Akshay Aneesh, Dhruv Banerjee, Henry Bovey, Monson Brown, Caidyn Caffell, Cillian Carroll, Angus Chiles, Charlie Chisholm, Louis Crawford, Ollie Davidson, Ben Ditchfield, Isaac Fox, Alex Gordon, Ben Harre, Rhys Hobdey, Fraser James, Aperahama Kahukoti, Hunter Kennedy, Nakul Lakhani, Jacob Lean, Matty Leary, Alo Logan Junior Lokeni, Hamish Lunn, Alex Palazzo, Ihaka Rapira, Oli Smith, Eric Sojan, Oliver Song, Manu Toa, Simon Ton, Blair Verry, Flynn White, Zion William and Jakob Wong,

They will join Head Prefect Tristan Chambers and Deputy Head Prefects Nadith Rathnayake and Henry Speedy as our student leaders for 2025.


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2025 Mentors
by Gerry Atkin - Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 7:28 AM
 

Congratulations to the young men who have been selected as Mentors for 2025. The mentors work alongside Form Teachers in the junior school to assist young men in Years 9 and 10 in their induction and progression through Palmy Boys'. Mentors are selected on the basis of the positive role modelling that they provide for our junior students and consequently make a significant contribution to Palmerston North Boys' High School.

Jakob Abernethy, Farhaal Ahmed, Cooper Aish, Dylan Arnold, Todd Barber, Estijan Basson, Reuel Billinghurst, Ishmam Biswas, Jonty Bunny, Grayson Cattle, Cledwyn Chawanji, Seongjin Choi, Conor Clince, Luca Cockrell, Samuel Codd, George Crocker, Cole Cullen, Xylys D'silva, Jacob Dawber, Corbyn Dekker, Kaushik Doley, Lorence Faatasi, Zi-Yang Fan, Samuel Franklin-Browne, Niroj Ghimire, Sukhdeep Gill, Lachlan Hall, Tav Hall. Yousif Hamidah, Lenny Hansen-Wall, Aidan Harris, Hadley James, Corben Jaslarz, Liam Jurgens, Leejun Kim, Sadeetha Kohoban Arachchi, Kayden Kuiti, Raymond Li, Roger Lin, Campbell Mackintosh, Filip Martin, Leighton Matson, Nathanael McNamara, Kauri Mills, Sora Moriyama, Ezekiel Nacola, Han Park, Dev Patel, Dylan Pearson, Jonathan Peel, Sakthi Prabhu, Colin Qin, Atta Rahim, Nikhil Rana, Yusha' Rasheed, William Revell, Sam Rowe, Alex Sharpe, William Sor, Silas Steer, Micah Steinmetz, Cooper Stephenson, Dan Stott, Dharnel Tamati-Fotualii, Angus Taylor, Tyler Thompson, Daniel Transom, Dylan Tyler-Hirst, Bharat Shyam Vallabh, Benjamin Viljoen, Baxter Walker, Chance Walker, Zi Xian Wang, Alex Waters, Armani Whitehead-Wilson, Sean Wilson and Eric Wong.






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BLAKE
by Gerry Atkin - Monday, 3 February 2025, 12:03 PM
 

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SVA (Student Volunteer Army) Awards
by Gerry Atkin - Monday, 3 February 2025, 9:41 AM
 
SVA (Student Volunteer Army) Awards

Originating from a student-led clean-up effort following the 2010 Christchurch earthquake, the Student Volunteer Army (SVA) has become a network of tens of thousands of student volunteers motivated by a passion for aiding their communities.

The programme is delivered throughout Aotearoa, New Zealand. This morning, we recognised six students who volunteered their time to their communities in 2024 and earned a Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award.

Bronze Award (requiring 32 hours of service)
Farhaal Ahmed
Grayson Cattle
Sakthi Prabhu
Manu Toa

Silver Award (requiring 250 hours of service)
Ishmam Biswas

Gold Award (requiring 500 hours of service)
Zakariya Barzak