This Friday is a non uniform day fundraising for Blind Low Vision NZ for the Guide Dog appeal. Students can wear black, white and orange and need to bring a gold coin donation if they are wearing non uniform.

Please see the below notice about our upcoming NCEA night for ākonga and whānau.
This will take place at MHJC on Wednesday 5th March from 6pm-7pm in the Theatre.

To start off Term 1 and create lasting relationships, a number of Whānau have spent ‘Splash Days’ at the Panmure Lagoon Pools.
Here, students have been able to practice their swimming skills, participate in manu competitions, and get to know their peers and teachers in a different environment.
We hope students and staff in Wai, Ngahere, and Maunga Whānau enjoyed their days out.

Takutai Whānau is off to Omaha Beach today for their day out.

Maunga Whānau celebrated 元宵節 the Lantern Festival or Chap Goh Mei on Wednesday this week.

Maunga Whānau showed amazing spirit in support of this Festival and did so with an incredible whānau picture.

All members of their whānau stood on the field in the below shape for a drone photo, to remember their day of celebration and learning.

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MHJC

As Chinese New Year celebrations come to a close, we’d like to mark the occasion with the vibrant and joyous Lantern Festival! This festival, which falls on Wednesday 12th February traditionally signifies the end of the Chinese New Year period.

To celebrate, we invite all students and staff to wear red this Wednesday 12th February. Red is a lucky colour in Chinese culture, symbolising happiness, good fortune, and prosperity. Let’s fill our school with a sea of red as we acknowledge this important cultural celebration.

This is a fun and easy way to show our support for the diverse cultures within our school community. So, dig out your red t-shirts, jumpers or any other red clothing you have!

We look forward to seeing everyone dressed in red on Wednesday!

Please enjoy this video of our 2025 Pōwhiri.
We are excited to have all staff and students back on campus!

With school underway, a number of sport seasons are about to begin. Please see the sport notices for Week 3 below.

Monday 10th February – Senior Girls Netball Trial 1 (Y9&10) – lunchtime – Gym

Tuesday 11th February – Senior Boys Basketball Trials (Y9&10) – 3:00-4:20 pm – Gym

Wednesday 12th February – Orienteering sign up meeting (all years) – morning tea in W2

Please see the below reminder for later this week.

𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲
MHJC will be closed.

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲
MHJC will be closed. This is a planning day for teachers.

Our 2025 Newsbrief is now live and has been emailed out to our community.

Please view the publication using the link below. The Newsbrief will also be available to view on our school website and social media pages.

https://tinyurl.com/5cfdzch6

On Friday, we officially welcomed Year 7 students, new students, and new staff to the college with a pōwhiri.
Thank you to all whānau who attended.
We look forward to getting into teaching and learning this week.