By D Thorp | Posted: Friday December 12, 2025
Kia ora koutou.
Another school year is over. Term 4 was flat out with junior activities, NCEA Examinations, summer sports, and lots of Prizegivings.
Our Senior Prizegiving was a wonderful celebration of the boys’ achievements. Luke Winter was named Dux for 2025. What a great year he has had! He was our Arts Captain, an excellent musician, one of our best basketballers, and our number 1 scholar – a true renaissance man! I’m really looking forward to seeing what Luke and our Proxime Accessit, Benjamin Jordan, will achieve over the next few years. Our Junior Prizegiving demonstrated that the stream of academic talent is still flowing strongly.
Our junior students’ results in the CAAs (the literacy and numeracy tests) are improving every year. A lot of effort is going into raising students' numeracy and literacy skills, and the boys are responding well. Over the next few years, the new secondary school curriculum and qualifications will be rolled out. It is a daunting task, but we are up for the challenge.
Cricket finished on a high in Term 4, and they cemented their position in the top flight. Given the amount of money some of Christchurch schools spend on Cricket, our boys do extremely well. Having a nice home ground must help – the rectory field is just beautiful, and the wicket (by all accounts) is top drawer. The TBHS Athletics squad excelled at the National Champs in Hastings. Toby Winter won gold in the Triple Jump and a silver in the Long Jump. Finn Tregurtha-Nairn continued on his amazing Athletics journey, winning golds and breaking NZ records. Rowing is underway, and the boys are into some serious conditioning. I feel that next year’s Maadi Cup National Champs at Lake Ruataniwha will be a good one for coach Brian Smith and our rowing boys.
We are all really looking forward to 2026! Timaru Boys’ will have approximately 830 students. I think that is the biggest roll this school has ever had. Thanks for placing your trust in us!
Have a great Christmas everyone!
Scientia Potestas est – Mā te Mātauranga te Mana – Knowledge is Power
- Dave Thorp, Rector
