CCNZ Success's

Posted 1 Oct by Moses Christopher A.

In the first week of October during the school holidays Church College participated in a number of events which included;

The secondary school national basketball championships for both the boys and the girls and for the first time also had the A2 girls involved in the small schools competition. We won both the girls titles the A1 girls beat Rangitoto in the final and the A2 girls beat Rotorua Lakes High School in the small schools final. Our boys came third just losing in a close semi final to Fraser College. The final was won by one of our old arch rivals St Patrick’s from Wellington. All three teams had players selected for the tournament teams and represented the church and the school with great distinction. We offer our congratulations to the teams and coaching staff for a job well done.

Secondly the final Fine Arts performing group before the closure of the school toured the lower North Island doing 12 shows and 2 firesides over a 12 day period. Those of you who would have been able to see the show I am sure would agree that it was fantastic and again did the church and the school proud!! What a great missionary opportunity was noted by those who were able to follow the group. Well done to Bro Keung and the staff and students who were directly involved.

Your support for the CCNZ Alumni Association has been fantastic. As a result of the sales of reunion DVDs the 50 Years of Yearbook CDs and the koha which we have received we are over half way to covering the reunion costs shortfall.

The reunion DVDs are a reminder of a special celebration, the shows, concerts and photographs will bring a smile to your face, and a tear to your eye. The Yearbook CDs bring back memories that may have become a little fuzzy with the passing of time.

We still have some stock left of the tee shirts, CDs and DVDs which we would encourage you to continue to support your Alumni and buy either on the website (www.ccnzaa.org) by going to the on line store feature or by sending a cheque to myself made out to CCNZAA and mailing it to 43 Rushgreen Ave Papakura Auckland. Or if you are in Hamilton you can get it from the Administration office at Church College.

Remember its $60 for the 6 set of reunion DVDs and $20 for the yearbook CDs and $10 for the remaining odd sized teeshirts that we have. Make sure you check on the website for the cost of shipping if you want it couriered to you. And don't forget to make a koha/donation. By us all doing our own little bit we can all help the Alumni to be more effective at bringing us closer to one another – where ever we may be in the world.


We would like to acknowledge the final year of CCNZ by holding a celebration over the Labour Day holiday weekend 22-26 October 2009. This event is to show our respect for the memories, and celebrate the achievements of a school which has made a unique contribution, to each of us individually and collectively.

If the current plans to return the land to pasture are completed this will be the last opportunity we have to sit in the David O McKay Auditorium, play ball or shuffle dance around in the gym and to reminisce in the classrooms.

Attendance will be limited as we will be using school buildings. Further details will follow later next year.

Although we have a draft schedule in place, if you have any suggestions for any event, workshop or other comments for the weekend please email z4thezeal@gmail.com.

November 2008 is our invite a mate month. We would like to continue to build the numbers registered on the website. If you have a friend or family member who has an association with CCNZ please invite them to register on the ccnzaa.org web site.

Good luck to all our students sitting exams in this final term for 2008 - GO HARD!!