Thomas Watene’s school achievements are so impressive that when St John’s College held its senior prize-giving, a table was set aside just for his awards. The 18-year-old picked up nine accolades in total – including 2018 dux, top Māori scholar, and five subject awards. Continue reading
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Bill English impressed with St John’ College boys
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Last week the deputy prime minister, and minister of finance Bill English spent almost an hour year with 13 students at St John’s College in Hamilton. “They’re enquiring, they’re confident to ask. At that age, I would never have asked a politician a question, certainly not in public,” he said. “They’re watching the world. There Read more
A St John’s student tops Scholarship Economics again
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015A St John’s College, Hamilton, student has topped NZ Scholarship economics for the second year running. Huon Fraser, 18, had the highest score for the subject in the last round of the challenging NZQA exams. He was under the tutelage of Shaun Healy, who also taught the year before’s winner. Fraser, also the school’s 2014 Read more
Not criminal for a teacher to have consenting sex with 17 year old pupil
Friday, November 21st, 2014
A female teacher who allegedly had sex with two of her students cannot be prosecuted because the boys were over age and consenting – and it would be no different for a male teacher, a prominent lawyer says. The teacher resigned on Friday after allegations that she had sex with two students at St John’s Read more