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Subway Stage Challenge | Smokefree Rock Quest | Concert Band | Choir | Music Awards | Kapa Haka | Debating | Christian Group | Writers Group | Young Enterprise Scheme

Mission On Stage Challenge

Hawera High School, a regular award achiever in this annual regional event, offers this cultural activity to students at all levels.

Participants can be involved in dance, choreography, concept design, and backstage crew or as technicians. Students take various leadership roles in all aspects of the production.

 The school's entry in this nationally run competition is a meeting ground for a huge variety of students and talent. More than one hundred students participate in various ways including choreography, make-up, costumes, performance, stage design and crew, lighting etc etc. Much planning and practice occur before the event.

Photos: 2009  Stage Challenge performance

Smokefree Rock Quest

Hawera High School students have achieved notable successes at the NZ Smokefree Rockquest competitions having, in recent years, twice won the Taranaki Regional finals. Students compete in stage image, musicianship, original music and lyric writing with prizes and places awarded in each category.

Opportunities are offered at Hawera High School for student bands to regularly rehearse and write original material.

Concert Band

The Hawera High School Concert Band has a long tradition of turning out fine brass players and many have progressed to play in national bands. Several of our students are also members of the local Hawera Brass Band..

Students are offered the opportunity to join the concert band (mainly brass, woodwind and percussion, but other instruments can be accommodated) which rehearses weekly and performs regularly at assemblies and prize-givings.

Members of the Hawera High School Concert Band do an annual tour of the local primary schools.

Jazz Group

Hawera High School offers the opportunity for budding jazz musicians who play saxophone, drums, guitar, bass guitar, piano, trumpet or double bass to join Jazz groups.

Music Awards

Welsh McCarthy
This competition is open to all Year 9 and 10 students at Hawera High School. The aim of the competition is to increase participation and give a performance opportunity for junior students. Entries can be as an individual or duet, on any musical instrument or voice. The adjudicator will be looking for a polished performance and overall performance skills.

Altrusa
The Altrusa Music Award is paid annually to a pupil of Hawera High School who is judged as giving the most polished performance on any instrument. The winner is presented with a cheque and holds the music award trophy for one year. The Lynette Morris Vocal Award is presented to the student who gives the best vocal performance. The prize money will be paid towards vocal tuition fees.

Kapa Haka

Kimihia Te Rangimarie Kapahaka has established itself as strong contenders in the performing arts arena. The group has attained many successes in recent years and are tutored by two very experienced tutors with National honours. The group is made up of students of all nationalities.

Christian Group

The Rock
This is a Christian group which meets regularly in the school

Writers Group

Open to all students interested in creative or formal writing at a publishable standard. The group meets regularly at lunchtimes, usually in the winter terms, to share ideas and develop talent. Established writers maybe invited to speak to the group. Members of the group are encouraged to enter writing into regional, national and international competitions as well as submit writing to appropriate publishing outlets and may be offered opportunities to attend writing workshops.

Young Enterprise Scheme (YES)

The group of senior students plan and run a small business for the year. Hawera High School Yes teams take part in the Taranaki Competition and during the year learn skills such as team work, financial management, marketing, communication and time management. The group has a mentor from the local business community to advise them and a teacher to oversee their activities.
Our 2007 Yes team, called "Cool-It", were Taranaki winners and then went on to win the National prize. Team members Scott Roberts, Jonathan Myers and Liam Ranford received their award from the Governor-General.

We are not running the YES scheme this year.

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