Auckland s St Cuthbert s College ranks highest in top-10 schools rating for universities in US and UK
16 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Some New Zealand schools give students a better shot at entrance into top universities such as Stanford and Harvard. Photo / Getty Images
Some New Zealand schools give students a better shot at entrance into top universities such as Stanford and Harvard. Photo / Getty Images
An all-girls school has topped a national ranking of New Zealand schools based on academic and cultural achievement. The ranking by private tutoring company Crimson Consulting is based on academic achievements from 2019 in Cambridge, International Baccalaureate, University Entrance, and Scholarship exams.
Polyfest back with strong diversity showing
14 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Saint Cuthbert’s College Korean Fan Dancing group perform at Polyfest. Video / Michael Craig
Backstage left, a group of Korean dancers from St Cuthbert s College are on the move, their long, fluorescent robes rustling. They are about to go on stage at Polyfest, and they re excited. We were so worried it would be cancelled, said Year 13 student Karen Liu, who is of Chinese descent. It s nice to have Polyfest back.
The Māori and Pasifika festival sees tens of thousands of secondary school students perform and compete in music, speech, and dance every year. But it was canned last year due to Covid-19, and disrupted the year before because of the Christchurch mosque shootings.