Bay of Islands College stalwart Ruth Hills has recently returned from the Vancouver Island Indigenous Language Symposium where she was an invited guest speaker. The symposium brought together traditional knowledge holders, Elders, advocates and educators from around the world to share stories and their journey to indigenous language revitalization from pre-school to post-secondary to answer […]

Shout out to another past student -Awhina Rose Ashby, check her out in New Zealand’s latest film – Waru, in cinemas now! Movie Review: Waru NZHERALD.CO.NZ Published in Education Central website on August 29 2017.  See Tools4Work November Issue

Sending out a huge congratulations to past student Ashlee Peacock, who has been selected to be a part of a Youth Reference Group, and is now a member of the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO. Awesome!!  Read the full story here 

“I’m over the moon,” says John Paitai. The principal of Bay of Islands College in Kawakawa returned from Wellington last week with the inaugural ‘Got a Trade! School of the Year Award in hand. The accolade was one of four distributed at the 2017 Got A Trade? Got It Made! Industry Training Awards, held at Parliament last […]

A glowing ERO report is proof that Bay of Islands College has overcome past divisions and is on the right track, principal John Paitai says. The report, released on June 30, praised the Kawakawa school’s sound governance, strong leadership and the value it placed on students’ Maori identity, but especially its efforts to rebuild relationships […]

Bay of Islands College Arts Faculty has identified a week to especially celebrate the Arts, starting on Monday April the 3rd through to Friday April the 7th. On Thursday the 6th of April there will an OPEN PUBLIC #ToiTU performance night showcasing students from Music, Drama, and Kapa Haka. The #ToiTU PUBLIC Performance night will […]