Kristin Alumni

It’s Football World Cup time! ⚽️ We had an absolute ball taking a trip down memory lane in the archives with some Kristin Football memories. Are you, a friend or a former teammate in any of these photos? Our ‘goal’ is to capture these stories, so tag, comment and share your stories below. 🥅

Explore more Kristin memories at our Kristin Online Archives: https://kristinschool.recollect.co.nz/. You can view Kristin’s story with our new Kristin Timeline. Don’t forget to register for full access to our digital collection, where you can create your own collections, upload memories, tag photos and suggest edits. ⚽️

NZ Music Month may be over for another year, but we are excited to profile one more incredible Kristin artist.

Operatic Soprano Christina Orjis (Class of 2009) is holding a fundraising concert at Auckland Opera Studio to help her achieve her dream of performing in her professional debut role as ‘Ortlinde’ in the opera “Die Walküre”, directed by Sir John Tomlinson, in London.

For more information on Christina’s performance, or to buy tickets, please visit:
https://www.aucklandoperastudio.co.nz/event-details/countdown-to-valhalla-the-christina-orjis-benefit-concert

🎶 This NZ Music Month, we’re celebrating the success of one of our talented alumni. Fables aka Jessica Bailey (Class of 2013) recently released her first album, Change Is a Slow Moving Beast, which made it to number 2 on the Aotearoa Album Chart on debut! You can listen to more of this fantastic album by following 🎶

From the Archives: This week at Kristin marks our first-ever Wholehearted Giving Week, and one of the brilliant projects we’re fundraising for is a new playground for our Year 2s. 🛝 Playground equipment has come a long way since Kristin’s early days — are you old enough to remember Kristin’s first Adventure Playground? Did the hot metal slide burn your backside in summer? Perhaps your monkey-bar dismount tragically ended with a dramatic faceplant. Check out these classic Kristin photos and enjoy a trip down playground memory lane.

If you would like to donate to our new Year 2 Playground visit giving.kristin.school.nz.

If you would like to continue your trip down memory lane, then explore our interactive online archive at https://kristinschool.recollect.co.nz/. New items are added regularly. Register for full access to our digital content, where you can create your own collections, tag and suggest edits!

We’ve hit our first milestone – $10,000 raised! 🎉 Just one step toward our goal of $200,000. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!

To donate or learn more about the projects we are fundraising for go to giving.kristin.school.nz

Kristin’s first-ever Wholehearted Giving Week is officially underway, and today is Match Day Monday, which means your donation can go twice as far.

Every gift helps strengthen the opportunities and experiences that make the Kristin community so special.

Find out more and donate here: giving.kristin.school.nz

giving.kristin.school.nz

⚡️ FLASHBACK FRIDAY ⚡️

From the Kristin Archives…

Mamma Mia! Here we go again! Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Kristin’s annual Senior School production hits the auditorium. To help us get in the voulez-vous mood, the archives have dug up some nostalgic Kristin stage gems. Comment, share and tag your ABBA-solutely fabulous performance memories with us below – we’d love to hear them!
Grab your tickets for Mamma Mia! at https://shorturl.at/x4Wxe.
Want to continue your trip down memory lane? Explore our interactive online archive at https://kristinschool.recollect.co.nz/. New items are added regularly. Register for full access to our digital content, where you can create your own collections, tag and suggest edits.

Applications for the North Harbour Club AIMES Youth Excellence Awards are open now!

The AIMES Youth Excellence Awards recognise talent in the North Harbour region, with scholarships awarded across the following categories:
Arts
Innovation (Science, Technology & Enterprise)
Music
Education & STEM
Sport
Service to the Community

Grants of up to $30,000 are awarded.

Eligibility Criteria:
- Aged 13–25 years by the closing date: 20 May 2026
- Living, working, or training in the North Harbour region, and/or can demonstrate a strong affiliation with the region for a period of not less than three calendar years.
- Demonstrating excellence in one of the categories above

A small selection of our previous Kristin Alumni AIMES award winners are featured here - we know there is a wealth of talent out there in our community and encourage you to apply!

For more information, visit https://northharbourclub.co.nz/youth-excellence-awards/

Thanks to the great crowd that joined us at Smales Farm in Takapuna last night for our Auckland Meet-Up event.

The room was full of stories spanning the decades - from foundation students who started with us at Campbells Bay to our most recent graduates. Between poring over old yearbooks and catching up with familiar faces, there was plenty of reminiscing and school memories shared.

Our Middle School Principal, Kate Pollard, also enjoyed the chance to share some school news from with everyone.

Thanks for a lovely evening and for the wonderful connections made, both old and new. See you at the next one! 🕊