Congratulations to the PNBHS rugby teams that won their grades in the Manawatū Secondary Schools competition this year.  At assembly this morning the captains of these teams presented their team’s banners to the school:

3^rd XV, winners of the Premier 2A grade – captain Ashton Trotter

U15 Colts A, winners of the Premier 2B grade – captain Taj Hauraki

U15 Colts B, winners of the Youth 1 grade – captain Nireaha Carberry

Junior 5, winners of the Youth 2 grade – captain Luke Garrett

U14 B, winners of the Youth 3 grade – captain Zac Wormgoor

Junior Kowhai, winners of the Youth 4 grade – captain Seb Bambry

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• Active Recreation Champion
• Student Sport Administrator of the Year
• Student Coach of the Year (Female/Male)
• Student Official of the Year (Female/Male)
• Student Athlete with Disability of the Year (Female/Male)
• Student Athlete of the Year (Female/Male)
• Team of the Year

Link for nominations is - https://form.jotform.com/SportManawatu/2025-secondary-school-sports-awards

Well done to the PNBHS Kikorangi, Pango and Mā basketball teams that have qualified for the semi-finals of the Junior Premier grade.  In final pool matches last night Kikorangi and Pango fought out a tense encounter. with Kikorangi taking the win 54 – 50.  In the final match in the other pool, Mā won a tightly contested game against the previously unbeaten Manakura 55-52.  Good luck to all of the teams for their semi-finals. 

Today, StudyLink visited our students to present on how to fund their tertiary education.
The key takeaway? Apply early—even if you're unsure whether you'll need a student loan or allowance. Starting the application process now ensures you won’t miss out later due to delays.

The link below will take you to the presentation they shared with students. It's a great resource to help guide your next steps: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DP5bH5uR3uMDpeLipeTODsvVYY1--wCN/view?usp=sharing

Updated Basketball draw. A reminder that with Winter Tournament next week, there is NO BASKETBALL on Wednesday 27 August – we will be back here for the semifinals on Wednesday 10th of September and Finals on Wednesday 17th September.

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Voting papers to elect the Student Representative on the Palmerston North Boys' High School Board of Trustees for 2026 will be issued to all eligible voters at Form Time on Tuesday, August 19 and need to be returned to the ballot box in the PNBHS Library before 12.00pm on Friday, 22 August 2025.

Do NOT give your voting paper to another student.

Place one tick on your voting paper in the appropriate place for your preferred candidate. Do NOT write anything else on your voting paper. Any voting papers that are defaced (have anything written on them other than a tick for the preferred candidate) will be ineligible to be counted.

Find out about the candidates here: https://hail.to/pnbhs/publication/yCs39y1