Into the Woods – Major Production

DIRECTOR AIMEE MARSHALL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CATHERINE FABRE MUSICAL DIRECTOR EMMA JARMAN Thank you to all the Hēmi Hākena whānau who attended performances of Into The Woods, presented to you by the senior campus ākonga. This timeless, yet relevant, piece of theatre is an enchanting and touching look into the nuanced lives of everyone’s favourite storybook […]

Nga Putake Korero – Junior Campus

E poho kererū ana tātou katoa! We are proud to announce that our very own Mahae Johnson has secured 1st place in the Te Reo Māori Tuakana section at the Pūtake Kōrero speech competitions! Ko Hēmi Hākena ki runga, paiā!

New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Brass Band Competiton

A huge congratulations to Daniel Saunders (Year 13) and Hannah Wilson (Year 12) who have been selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Brass Band for 2024. Daniel has been selected for the main band as Solo Tenor Horn and Hannah as a percussionist for the development band. This year’s NSSBB course will take place […]

ShowQuest – Junior Campus

On Tuesday the 25th of June, James Hargest Junior Campus headed to the Civic Theatre for a day of Showquest fun! We had worked on creating our performance, Opportunity Overload, over the course of Term 2 with the help of Senior Campus choreographers Katelyn Street-Wilson, Charlotte Blair, Anahera Unahi and Kayla Harding. Our story focused […]

James Hargest College Ball

Our 2024 Ball was a truly delightful occasion. Special thanks to the wonderful Ms Taylor and Ms Pickering for their leadership and guidance. Thanks also to the dedicated team of dance teachers. We were proud of our class of 2024 and the way they conducted themselves. It was a wonderful evening of glamour and joy.

Year 9 English – Ode to Cookie

9ENG with Ms Paulin have been working hard with their writing skills. As a creative writing task, Ms Paulin baked some cookies for her class and brought them in to create poetry about. The students were asked to go through their senses and then create an ‘Ode to Cookie’. Below is the winning poem, chosen […]

Netball – Southland Secondary School Championships

The Southland Secondary School Netball Championships were held at Stadium Southland recently, and this was a very successful day for Hargest netball. Due to the large number of entries, the Senior A and B, and 10 A grades were split into pools, and they then played off for placings based on their pool results. The […]

Wakatipu High School Exchange

The annual interschool with Wakatipu High School was held in Queenstown recently. It was a very cold and frosty but clear day so perfect conditions for all of the varied sports. It is not often our rugby teams land on thick frost when they are tackled! The day started with a warm welcome to the […]

Youthmark Awards 2024

JHC is incredibly proud to celebrate our Youthmark Award recipients for 2024. This award is funded by the ILT with the purpose of recognising Southland students who excel. Fifty awards are given out each year and all Southland secondary schools are allocated a number of awards based on their Year 13 roll numbers. This year […]

Te Manu Kōrero Speech Competitions

We are immensely proud to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of the four students who represented our school at the Te Manu Kōrero Competitions last Thursday and Friday. E poho kererū ana mātou ki ēnei tokowhā nei: Trinity Duncan (Junior Māori section) Ariana Bragg (Junior English section) Isimeli Levuimata (Senior Māori section) Kiah McLean (Senior English […]