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NZ Herald
19-06-2025
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Big Sing: Hundreds of youth voices take to Hastings' Toitoi stage
From Havelock North High School, Thea Holm (left), was awarded the best student conductor, pictured with Colla Voce – winners of the Open Choice award – and conductor Joe Christensen (second from right). More than 500 students and supporters from across Hawke's Bay gathered at Toitoi in Hastings for the 2025 East Coast Big Sing, an annual choral competition that celebrates youth voices. Choirs from secondary schools performed pieces in various languages and styles throughout the day, returning in the evening for a
NZ Herald
12-06-2025
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- NZ Herald
Smokefreerockquest: Hawke's Bay teens in the running for national music title
Hawke's Bay's top young musicians could well get the chance to make noise on the national stage. Five local acts have now moved into the next phase of New Zealand's only national secondary school music competition – Smokefreerockquest 2025. The Bers, a six-piece band from Havelock North High School, won
NZ Herald
05-05-2025
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- NZ Herald
Havelock North High's 50th anniversary celebrations headlined by opera singer Geoff Sewell
Havelock North High School hit all the right notes to celebrate its golden jubilee. Opened in 1975, the school has had many well-known alumni in its 50 years of schooling, including motorsport legend Greg Murphy, renowned artist Freeman White and multi-platinum opera singer Geoff Sewell, who headlined Saturday's 50th Jubilee Concert. He was joined by the school's alumni choir for a rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone in honour of his 'incredible first music teacher and friend' Roger Stevenson, the school's founding head of music who died last year. Head boy in 1989, Sewell said being back at the school was special.
