Palmerston North’s new deputy mayor, Debi Marshall-Lobb, is a former Catholic school principal. Among her many leadership roles in education, she’s the former principal of Hato Pāora Catholic Māori Boys’ College and Masterton’s Chanel College. Mayor Grant Smith sees a positive future for Marshall-Lobb (Rangitāne and Ngāti Rangi), who is fluent in New Zealand’s three Read more
Hato Paora College has successfully protested over a rule stopping boys-only schools doing the poi at the National Secondary Schools kapa haka competition. Last month, the organising committee for the competition told boys-only schools they would have to swap poi routines for mau rakau – performances using taiaha. But that change has now been revoked, following Hato Paora’s Read more
Hato Paora College students have just completed a successful visit to the Wairarapa; the first since 1986. They have taken part in the Viard Shield athletics competition at Chanel College, played against Rathkeale and Wairarapa Colleges and performed a concert. Not only did their kapa haka concert at the Masterton Town Hall go off without a hitch, but Read more