Clubs & Activities

Ka mau te wehi! Our second annual Pīpīwharauroa Festival earlier this week was a huge success!

We welcomed our Kāhui Ako schools, @aucklandmuseum, and @whakaatamaori to enjoy a variety of performances, art, and market stalls.

Ngā mihi to our generous sponsors Paramount Services Ltd, @asbbank, and @newworldbrownsbay.

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Ka pai to all our athletes who travelled around Aotearoa recently to compete in various competitions for Winter Tournament Week!

Football ⚽️

1st XI Girls - NZSS Premier Tournament, Taupō - 6th
1st XI Boys - Jim Wishart Tournament, Nelson - 1st

Hockey 🏑

1st XI Girls - Chica Gilmer Tournament, Auckland - 1st
1st XI Boys - Rankin Cup & India Shield Tournament, Wellington - 30th

Basketball 🏀

Premier Girls - AA Zone 1 Premiership, Auckland - 8th
Premier Boys - AA Zone 1 Premiership, Auckland - 11th
Junior Premier Girls - JNR SS Premiership Zone 1, Auckland - 1st
Junior Premier Boys - JNR SS Premiership Zone 1, Auckland - 7th

Netball 🏃🏼‍♀️

Premier Girls - UNISS Tournament, Hamilton - 18th (A Grade)

Rugby 🏉

U15 Squad - Hurricanes U15 Rugby Tournament, Wellington - 9th (Division 1 Bowl Winners)

Golf 🏌️‍♀️

Premier Team - NZSS Finals, Timaru - 8th

Badminton 🏸

Boys A Team - NZSS Championships, Porirua - 8th (Division 1)

Weightlifting and Wrestling 🤼‍♂️

Weightlifting - NZSS Championships, Auckland - 2x- gold, and 5x Silver
Wrestling - NZSS Championships, Auckland - 1x Gold, and 1x Bronze

Thank you to all the coaches, managers, supporters, and sports staff who helped make this week a success!

@rangitoto_sport ...

Our Pīpīwharauroa Festival Art Exhibition opens this weekend! Running this Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September from 11 am to 2 pm in the Rangi Centre, as well as on Monday 18 September during the festival, the event showcases artwork from our junior students, local primary schools, and early childhood centres.

Pictured here are printmaking artworks by our Year 10 students, representing the harvesting of kūmara—a culturally significant food.

E tupu atu kūmara e ohu e te anuhe. ...

As we look forward to our second-ever Pīpīwharauroa Festival in Week 10, we remember the significance of the pīpīwharauroa bird.

The arrival of pīpīwharauroa to Aotearoa in the fourth month of the Māori lunar year marked the time to plant arguably the most important crop for iwi, the kūmara. Māori recognised this bird as a messenger from Hawaiiki, and its great journey over the ocean is acknowledged in its name —wharau “to travel by water,” roa “long”. Its cultural significance is the reason why the pīpīwharauroa has been chosen as the thread to weave learning through for our community festival of mātauranga.

Pictured here are some memories from last year’s Pīpīwharauroa Festival, taken by Richard Ng for the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. ...

Rangitoto recently came away with some incredible results in the DanceNZmade Regional Teams and Solos Competitions!

@dancenzmade focuses on and celebrates dancers in Aotearoa. Their motto is that while we often look beyond for inspiration, and there’s no doubt it’s there, incredible dancing is also just down the road.

💫 Ballet Troupe - first place in Open Division and first place overall
💫 Magnum Senior Troupe - first place in Year 11-13 Division and first runner up overall
💫 Hip Hop Mega Crew - first runner up in Open Division and second runner up overall
💫 Magnum Junior Troupe - first runner up in Year 9 Division
💫 Magnum Company - Directors Award
💫 Marissa Zhou and Lyn Lin - Choreography Award for Ballet Troupe
💫 Summer Hawkins and Sophia Snelgrove - Choreography Award for Magnum Senior Troupe
💫 Sophia Snelgrove, Jennifer Liu, and Felicia Zhang - Choreography Award for Hip Hop Mega Crew
💫 Melody Ullrich - first place in Year 12 Division
💫 Jorja Boese - first place in Year 11 Division
💫 Mia Rajaratnam - first place in Year 9 Division
💫 Ryleigh Hing - first runner up in Year 12 Division
💫 Daniel Stanger, Melody Ullrich, Mia Weber, Mia Rajaratnam, Summer Hawkins, Ryleigh Hing, Sophia Snelgrove, and Riley Weber - Golden Ticket Nominations

For more performing arts content and successes, make sure to follow @rangitoto_performingarts. ...

Our students were in the spotlight with our recent Arts Week!

Throughout the week, ākonga enjoyed lunch-time activities of theatre sports, chalk art, and Just Dance. We also hosted our annual Rangi’s Got Talent and Battle of the Bands.

Rangi’s Got Talent was won by Year 13 dance group 3.0—congratulations to Jesse, Sophia, and Marissa. Battle of the Bands was won by Year 9 band The Watts, featuring Mackenzie, Lila, Dylan, and Sijiu. Well done superstars! ...

Our school grounds have been buzzing as students competed in a school-wide game of KAOS!

KAOS involves students receiving the name of another student and using their detective abilities and skill, to catch that person. Once someone has been caught they give their card to that person and are out of the game. The goal is to collect as many cards as possible. This creates connections across the year levels, and it is awesome to see the teamwork on campus.

Congratulations to the following students who came in the top three:

1st place: Gracie Zhang
2nd place: Luke Bettany
3rd place: Henry Han ...

Last weekend saw fits and fun with our annual Rangitoto Fashion Show. Creations by Textile students from Year 9 to Year 13 were modelled by ākonga.

We recently also had Year 11 students competing in Aotearoa’s biggest youth fashion show, @raiseupnz Walk the Line. Winners of this will be announced this Saturday during New Zealand Fashion Week. Keep an eye on our socials for the results! ...

Library Week was out of this world! Last week, the Library was full of excitement as students participated in activities, competitions, and of course reading!

Thanks to our awesome staff for their hard work to make this week a success. Check out @rangitotolibrary for updates on other exciting events and news. ...

Rangitoto College recently enjoyed Spanish Language Week. Our students participated in games, a screening of Encanto, and a local versus international students quiz.

Estudiantes also submitted videos to @rangitoto_languages celebrating why they speak Español.

Gracias to the staff and Language Ambassadors involved. ...

We are so proud of the support shown by students and staff who got involved in our @shaveforacurenz event last week!

So far our kura has raised over $7,800 for @lbcnz and our fundraising page is still accepting donations—link in bio!

Big thanks to @hairintentions who came to help us out on the day. ...