Bell Times

Bells are rung 5 minutes before a lesson and again at the start of the lesson time. Students are expected to make their way to class at the first bell and be lining up waiting for their teacher outside the classroom before the second bell rings. Bells are also rung to signify the end of a lesson.

Subject Sites

Subject sites are made by your teachers to provide information on your course. In some cases, your teacher will provide online learning in case you have missed content.

Make sure you are logged into your school Google account (….@mairehau.school.nz) or the link to the site will not work!

Careers

The Mairehau High School Careers site provides students and parents with career information. Here you can find local jobs, career related events, news, scholarships, and exchanges, as well as a number of helpful links.

Important Contacts

General Enquires

P: 03 385 3145
E: admin@mairehau.school.nz for general enquiries,

Enrolment Enquires

E: enrol@mairehau.school.nz

Facility Hire

For more information, please refer to this page.

BYOD

We are a BYOD school; all students are expected to bring their own device charged and ready to go daily.

If you feel that you would be unable to provide a suitable device for the start of the year please contact the school as early as possible as there are a number of options available.

Stationery Requirements

These stationery lists are guides to your stationery needs at Mairehau High School. Please contact the school if you have further questions about stationery.

Healthy Lunch Programme/Ka Ora Ka Ako

At Mairehau we are issuing lunches to students in the free and healthy school lunch programme; catering for their requirements including diet, health and cultural needs. Water bottles are all that is needed from home.

Over the last year we have been working closely with the Ministry of Education and our supplier, The Compass Group, on the best way to meet our school’s lunch needs.We are very excited to be part of this project as we know that student achievement is boosted by a healthy diet.

To find out more about the programme please contact the school (Mr Romana/Ms Murphy)

More information found on the Ministry of Education Site.

If you wish to provide feedback please go via the lunches4me portal.

If you have dietary requirements please email Ms Murphy

Timetable

Bells are rung 5 minutes before a lesson and again at the start of the lesson time. Students are expected to make their way to class at the first bell and be lining up waiting for their teacher outside the classroom before the second bell rings. Bells are also rung to signify the end of a lesson.

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Payment Centre

Mairehau High School is a part of Ministry of Education’s donation scheme. This scheme covers all curriculum-associated costs. The school will still be able to seek donations towards curriculum related camps with an overnight component. Any course material take home component may be charged if the school has prior agreement with the caregiver that the item be taken home. Co-curricular activities are not covered by the scheme are still a chargeable cost.

Payments can be made online (Account number 03-0855-0333847-00 ). Please ensure the student’s name entered as a reference. Also, please state any preferred charges that the payment should be allocated to.

Alternatively, Payment can be made at the Resource room (located in Administration block) by Eftpos. Please note that cash/cheques are no longer accepted. The Resource room is open to students form 8:30am to 3:00pm (Monday – Friday), Interval and lunchtime. Students must not visit during class time. Parents and Caregivers are welcome during these times, and also during the day.

Important Dates & Calendar

We do our best to keep these up to date but they are subject to change (events are impacted by weather etc.)

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20th January: School office opens

27th January: Staff Only Day 

28th January: Year 12 and 13 Course confirmation

  • All Year 12/13 students report to the school hall for confirmation of 2026 subjects: 11.30 am – 1 pm

29th January: Orientation Day

  • Year 9 & Year 13 students: Peer support / Orientation Day programme 8.45am – 1pm
  • New International student orientation 8.45am – 1pm

School buses are running. School lunches tbc.

30th January: 8.45am – 2.35pm

  • All students and staff at 8.45 am to practice for pōwhiri
  • All are expected to attend the whole school pōwhiri at 11am to welcome new staff and new students. Parents are welcome.
  • Year-level assemblies and/or Wā Whānau classes will be held, followed by timetabled classes for all students.

School buses are running and school lunches are available.

2nd February: Normal timetabled school day

6th February: School closed: Waitangi Day

*Please note that these dates are subject to change

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Upcoming Events

Keep an eye on updates to the Google Calendar to see when things are happening at school.

Waiora - Learning Support

Waiora at Mairehau High School provides support for students with additional learning needs including but not limited to: neurodiveristy, physical and intellectual disabilities.

Wellbeing & Student Support

We have a counsellor and nurse on-site to ensure the mental and medical needs of students are met. Please get in contact if you have any queries or concerns.