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Vista is our online newsletter that showcases life at the college. We celebrate all areas of success, highlight curriculum achievements, performing arts, sports, and other extra-curricular activities.

Vista Term 1 2026

In our first 2026 edition of Vista, we celebrate the exceptional legacy of last year’s graduates alongside a summer of sporting triumphs and vibrant cultural celebrations. We also highlight the diverse range of events designed to challenge our ākonga and prepare them for the journey ahead.
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March 2026

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Japan Week Bake SaleCompetitive Athletics DayYear 9 Parent Meet the Teacher Evening
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Kotahitanga Day, Year 9Year 12 and 13 Parent Information Evening
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11NZQA Scholarship Information Evening
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13Year 13 photograph
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16Kotahitanga Day, Year 9…
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192 Events
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22Jazz @ Knightsbridge Village
232 Events
242 Events
255 Events
263 Events
274 Events
284 Events
29Dental Planet
303 Events
313 Events
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Dental PlanetNational Youth Jazz CompetitionYear 11 Special Assembly
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Dental PlanetFinal Day of Term 1Year 12 Special AssemblyInternational Students Farewell
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Good Friday Public Holiday: School ClosedDental Planet
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Term 1 School Holidays: School ClosedDental Planet
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Term 1 School Holidays: School ClosedDental Planet
Tuesday

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Thursday

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Sunday

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No Events
Monday

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No Events
Tuesday

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Tuesday 3 March – Friday 6 March 2026

Rangitoto College is proud to host over 295 students from Zushi Kaisei Japanese High School this week for our long-standing cultural exchange.

Key Dates:

  • Wednesday 4 March: School Activity Day

  • Thursday 5 March: School Activity Day

  • Friday 6 March: School Activity Day

This large-scale visit is a wonderful opportunity for our students to engage in cultural exchange and build global connections. We look forward to welcoming our guests and their teachers to the College.

   
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Wednesday

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Tuesday 3 March – Friday 6 March 2026

Rangitoto College is proud to host over 295 students from Zushi Kaisei Japanese High School this week for our long-standing cultural exchange.

Key Dates:

  • Wednesday 4 March: School Activity Day

  • Thursday 5 March: School Activity Day

  • Friday 6 March: School Activity Day

This large-scale visit is a wonderful opportunity for our students to engage in cultural exchange and build global connections. We look forward to welcoming our guests and their teachers to the College.

   
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Thursday

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Tuesday 3 March – Friday 6 March 2026

Rangitoto College is proud to host over 295 students from Zushi Kaisei Japanese High School this week for our long-standing cultural exchange.

Key Dates:

  • Wednesday 4 March: School Activity Day

  • Thursday 5 March: School Activity Day

  • Friday 6 March: School Activity Day

This large-scale visit is a wonderful opportunity for our students to engage in cultural exchange and build global connections. We look forward to welcoming our guests and their teachers to the College.

   
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Friday

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Tuesday 3 March – Friday 6 March 2026

Rangitoto College is proud to host over 295 students from Zushi Kaisei Japanese High School this week for our long-standing cultural exchange.

Key Dates:

  • Wednesday 4 March: School Activity Day

  • Thursday 5 March: School Activity Day

  • Friday 6 March: School Activity Day

This large-scale visit is a wonderful opportunity for our students to engage in cultural exchange and build global connections. We look forward to welcoming our guests and their teachers to the College.

   
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Saturday

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No Events
Sunday

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No Events
Monday

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No Events
Tuesday

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No Events
Wednesday

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We’d like to invite students and parents in Year 10 to 13 who are interested in becoming involved in our NZQA Scholarship Exam and Portfolio programme to our annual Scholarship Information evening on Wednesday March 11th, starting at 6:00pm in the college auditorium.
In 2025, Rangitoto College students gained 348 Scholarship passes, an increase of 24 on the previous year and, for the sixth time ever, the most of any school in the history of these NZQA exams and portfolio submissions. Presentations will be from a range of staff as well as Rangitoto Alumni, Dux & NZQA Premier Awards Scholar, Lianne Kim, who will talk about various aspects of the Scholarship programme and cover some insights into the benefits of the Scholarship examinations and how to be successful in them. This event is suited to students who are academically driven, possibly within extension and acceleration programmes and are motivated to achieve at the very top of their subject areas of interest. I nvolvement in the Scholarship examinations and portfolio submissions is generally best suited to senior students in Year 11 to 13; however, a range of the 29 subjects on offer do provide support and preparation programmes to students in Year 10. If you would like to hear more, please come along; we’d love to see you there
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Thursday

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No Events
Friday

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Year 13 photograph is taking place today.  
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Saturday

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No Events
Sunday

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No Events
Monday

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In the event of inclement weather, the scheduled Year 9 Kotahitanga Day, due to take place on Thursday 26 February, will be postponed to this date.  
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Tuesday

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No Events
Wednesday

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No Events
Thursday

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Rangitoto College welcomes the Educate to Liberate team from the University of Auckland to speak to our Year 9 cohort in period 2. Year 9 students will hear first-hand stories from original Polynesian Panthers, Tigilau Ness, Reverend Alec Toleafoa, and Associate Professor Dr Melani Anae. They will share their experiences of the Dawn Raids in Auckland and its consequences on the broader community.
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Rangitoto College welcomes the Educate to Liberate team from the University of Auckland who are hosting a workshop for our Pacific students in period 3. Pacific students will have the opportunity to hear first-hand stories from original Polynesian Panthers, Tigilau Ness, Reverend Alec Toleafoa, and Associate Professor Dr Melani Anae. They will share their experiences of the Dawn Raids in Auckland and its consequences on the broader community.
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Friday

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No Events
Saturday

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No Events
Sunday

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Monday

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Dental Planet are available at the college on these dates.
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Summer Tournament Week is taking place.
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Tuesday

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Dental Planet are available at the college on these dates.
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Summer Tournament Week is taking place.
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Wednesday

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Dental Planet are available at the college on these dates.
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Summer Tournament Week is taking place.
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The Year 13 Success Integrated presentation is taking place today in period 1 in the Auditorium.
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The Year 9 Success Integrated presentation is taking place today in period 3 in the Auditorium.
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Darren Pereira, one of Oceania’s foremost educational speakers and the founding director of Success Integrated, is presenting this powerfully insightful seminar.  Last year we had a capacity crowd attend this highly successful and informative parent presentation and have felt compelled to bring Darren back to support our community.  We would encourage Year 9 parents to attend the session where Darren will cover a variety of topics which will support parenting a teenager.  You can expect to walk away with how to help your teenager:
  • develop resilience, become adaptive and deal with their current challenges
  • use evidence-based, positive psychology interventions and cognitive behavioural techniques to sustainably manage depression and deal with negative thinking
  • rectify poor sleep habits exacerbating mental health issues
  • deal with disappointment, setbacks and failure
Online registration will be available in Term 1, 2026.
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Thursday

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Dental Planet are available at the college on these dates.
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Summer Tournament Week is taking place.
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Our Senior Drama Company presents a production of Lord of the Flies. Paradise Lost: When Boys Become Beasts A deserted island. A plane crash. And a chilling lesson in human nature that has haunted readers for generations. Forget the pristine beaches and the call of the wild for a group of British schoolboys stranded after a wartime evacuation. Their tropical paradise quickly devolves into a terrifying arena for survival, not against nature, but against each other. Initially, a fragile society emerges. The athletic Ralph takes the lead, guided by the intellectual Piggy and the symbolic power of a conch shell meant to maintain order. Their priority: a signal fire, a beacon of hope for rescue. But hope is a fleeting luxury when confronted by the primal instincts lurking just beneath the surface. Enter Jack; magnetic, dangerous, and obsessed with the thrill of the hunt. He quickly sways the younger boys with promises of freedom from rules and the intoxicating allure of violence. As a mythical "beast" fuels their deepest fears, the thin veneer of civilization cracks, then shatters. What unfolds is a brutal, unstoppable descent into savagery. The conch, the very symbol of their lost world, is destroyed. Innocence is murdered. And the island, once a sanctuary, becomes a fiery hunting ground where former schoolmates become predator and prey. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is more than a story; it's a chilling mirror reflecting the darkness that lies within us all. Are we truly civilized, or just a few steps away from the jungle? The cast is made up of an all male cast and an all female cast of seniors with the exception of Anthony Chen who is in Year 10. Rehearsals are well under way and we are excited to bring this production to the stage. Shows dates: Week 9, Term 1 - Thursday 26th March at 7pm, Friday 27th March at 7pm, Saturday 28th March, Matinee at 2pm and closing show at 7pm. Ticket information will be available soon.
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Friday

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Dental Planet are available at the college on these dates.
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Summer Tournament Week is taking place.
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Our Senior Drama Company presents a production of Lord of the Flies. Paradise Lost: When Boys Become Beasts A deserted island. A plane crash. And a chilling lesson in human nature that has haunted readers for generations. Forget the pristine beaches and the call of the wild for a group of British schoolboys stranded after a wartime evacuation. Their tropical paradise quickly devolves into a terrifying arena for survival, not against nature, but against each other. Initially, a fragile society emerges. The athletic Ralph takes the lead, guided by the intellectual Piggy and the symbolic power of a conch shell meant to maintain order. Their priority: a signal fire, a beacon of hope for rescue. But hope is a fleeting luxury when confronted by the primal instincts lurking just beneath the surface. Enter Jack; magnetic, dangerous, and obsessed with the thrill of the hunt. He quickly sways the younger boys with promises of freedom from rules and the intoxicating allure of violence. As a mythical "beast" fuels their deepest fears, the thin veneer of civilization cracks, then shatters. What unfolds is a brutal, unstoppable descent into savagery. The conch, the very symbol of their lost world, is destroyed. Innocence is murdered. And the island, once a sanctuary, becomes a fiery hunting ground where former schoolmates become predator and prey. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is more than a story; it's a chilling mirror reflecting the darkness that lies within us all. Are we truly civilized, or just a few steps away from the jungle? The cast is made up of an all male cast and an all female cast of seniors with the exception of Anthony Chen who is in Year 10. Rehearsals are well under way and we are excited to bring this production to the stage. Shows dates: Week 9, Term 1 - Thursday 26th March at 7pm, Friday 27th March at 7pm, Saturday 28th March, Matinee at 2pm and closing show at 7pm. Ticket information will be available soon.
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Saturday

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Dental Planet are available at the college on these dates.
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Our Senior Drama Company presents a production of Lord of the Flies. Paradise Lost: When Boys Become Beasts A deserted island. A plane crash. And a chilling lesson in human nature that has haunted readers for generations. Forget the pristine beaches and the call of the wild for a group of British schoolboys stranded after a wartime evacuation. Their tropical paradise quickly devolves into a terrifying arena for survival, not against nature, but against each other. Initially, a fragile society emerges. The athletic Ralph takes the lead, guided by the intellectual Piggy and the symbolic power of a conch shell meant to maintain order. Their priority: a signal fire, a beacon of hope for rescue. But hope is a fleeting luxury when confronted by the primal instincts lurking just beneath the surface. Enter Jack; magnetic, dangerous, and obsessed with the thrill of the hunt. He quickly sways the younger boys with promises of freedom from rules and the intoxicating allure of violence. As a mythical "beast" fuels their deepest fears, the thin veneer of civilization cracks, then shatters. What unfolds is a brutal, unstoppable descent into savagery. The conch, the very symbol of their lost world, is destroyed. Innocence is murdered. And the island, once a sanctuary, becomes a fiery hunting ground where former schoolmates become predator and prey. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is more than a story; it's a chilling mirror reflecting the darkness that lies within us all. Are we truly civilized, or just a few steps away from the jungle? The cast is made up of an all male cast and an all female cast of seniors with the exception of Anthony Chen who is in Year 10. Rehearsals are well under way and we are excited to bring this production to the stage. Shows dates: Week 9, Term 1 - Thursday 26th March at 7pm, Friday 27th March at 7pm, Saturday 28th March, Matinee at 2pm and closing show at 7pm. Ticket information will be available soon.
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Our Senior Drama Company presents a production of Lord of the Flies. Paradise Lost: When Boys Become Beasts A deserted island. A plane crash. And a chilling lesson in human nature that has haunted readers for generations. Forget the pristine beaches and the call of the wild for a group of British schoolboys stranded after a wartime evacuation. Their tropical paradise quickly devolves into a terrifying arena for survival, not against nature, but against each other. Initially, a fragile society emerges. The athletic Ralph takes the lead, guided by the intellectual Piggy and the symbolic power of a conch shell meant to maintain order. Their priority: a signal fire, a beacon of hope for rescue. But hope is a fleeting luxury when confronted by the primal instincts lurking just beneath the surface. Enter Jack; magnetic, dangerous, and obsessed with the thrill of the hunt. He quickly sways the younger boys with promises of freedom from rules and the intoxicating allure of violence. As a mythical "beast" fuels their deepest fears, the thin veneer of civilization cracks, then shatters. What unfolds is a brutal, unstoppable descent into savagery. The conch, the very symbol of their lost world, is destroyed. Innocence is murdered. And the island, once a sanctuary, becomes a fiery hunting ground where former schoolmates become predator and prey. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is more than a story; it's a chilling mirror reflecting the darkness that lies within us all. Are we truly civilized, or just a few steps away from the jungle? The cast is made up of an all male cast and an all female cast of seniors with the exception of Anthony Chen who is in Year 10. Rehearsals are well under way and we are excited to bring this production to the stage. Shows dates: Week 9, Term 1 - Thursday 26th March at 7pm, Friday 27th March at 7pm, Saturday 28th March, Matinee at 2pm and closing show at 7pm. Ticket information will be available soon.
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Sunday

29

Dental Planet are available at the college on these dates.
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Monday

30

Dental Planet are available at the college on these dates.
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The Year 13 Special Assembly is taking place during Period 1, 9am to 10am.
   
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The Year 9 Special Assembly is taking place during Period 3, from 11:30am.
   
 
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Tuesday

31

Dental Planet are available at the college on these dates.
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The Year 10 Special Assembly is taking place during Period 1, 9am to 10am.
   
 
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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Saturday

04

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