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Our Kerikeri High School Anzac Day Commemoration was held at interval on Tuesday 28 April.

The Anzac Day Dawn Service and the Civic Service were once again led by students from Kerikeri High School and Springbank School, with their leadership being warmly acknowledged by Kerikeri RSA Past President Mr Bill Godfrey.

Our Prefect Team attended the Dawn Service, and Mr Clent and our Head Students laid a wreath on behalf of Kerikeri High School at both services.

Many of the Kerikeri High School students who belong to the SAVE Groups attended the special ceremony marking the launch of the Interact SAVE Club of Kerikeri High School.

At Te Tai Tokerau Festival, Te Pou o Manakō performed a superb bracket led by kaitātaki tāne Phoenix Matthews (Year 13) and kaitātaki wahine Salena Paul (Year 13) and Hawaiki Taituha (Year 12). The roopū represented our school and their whānau with pride and their performance was outstanding.

Led by Mr Jimmy Thomas, and Year 9 Dean Mrs Roz Clent, the Year 9 camps were held at Marsden Point Christian Camp, with students participating in a range of fun and challenging activities.

The camp aims are to:

A team of six Kerikeri High School students; Bronte Clarke (Year 10), Emily Godwin (Year 11), Nicholas Louw (Year 12), Bayley Wood (Year 10), Chloe Wright (Year 10) and Taylor Wright (Year 12) recently competed at the NZ Stand Up Paddleboarding Nationals in Auckland, delivering an outstanding weekend of paddling and bringing home some incredible results.

Congratulations to all the Kerikeri High School students who competed in the recent 2026 Henderson Reeves Te Tai Tokerau Regional Championship.

Kerikeri High School's Deputy and Head Students were announced at the Celebration Assembly where the Prefects for 2026 were introduced to the School.

Congratulations to our 2026 Head Students - Head Girl Molly Para, Head Boy Joe Jackson, Deputy Head Girl Willow Cochran, Deputy Head Boy Dillan Blithe-Drake.

Kerikeri High School was proud to host the Minister of Education, Erica Stanford, as she announced the launch of a new Te Reo Professional Learning Development Programme, Te Ataarangi, for 50,000 teachers across New Zealand.

On Monday 2 February 2026, we welcomed new students across all Year Levels, and their whānau, with Pōwhiri. This is a significant and memorable occasion for our school community, with over 1000 people present as either tangata whenua - our full staff and all our Year 13 students, or as manuhiri.

Kerikeri High School's annual Year 13 Leadership Camp in the last week of January, was attended by 111 Year 13 students. Led by Ms Ellie Liddington, the students participated in training to become Peer Support Leaders for our new Year 7 students.

The Kerikeri High School International End of Year Programme which runs while NCEA exams are on, provides our International Students with experiences showcasing the best of Northland, including visits to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Mania Footsteps of Kupe, Urupukapuka Island; snorkeling at The Poor Knights, walking the Mahinepua Peninsula and doing the Wairere Boulders walk.