NX Powhiri 2025
Our Northcross Kapa Haka welcomed new Year 7’s, teachers and whanau to our school with their Karanga. Māori are tangata whenua, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, and are traditionally the first voices heard when groups are meeting. After the karanga, Mr Jensen also welcomed everyone with a korero that acknowledged forests and all […]
Softball Success at NH Tournament
On Wednesday 26 February, under the hot sun, our Y7 and Y8 Boys Softball Teams headed off to Rosedale Park to compete at the North Harbour Intermediate School Softball Champs. With a mixture of experienced and inexperienced players they were eager to impress. Firstly, well done to our first place getters; our Year 7 boys […]
Student Leaders 2025
Our Student Leaders for 2025 have already had a busy few weeks as they have welcomed our new to Northcross students and started taking on leadership roles within their class and team. They are displaying many of the qualities expected of our leadership team including respect, enthusiasm and the drive and ideas to make a […]
NX Swimming Trials
It was great to kick off our first NX sporting event for the year. The NX Swim Meet (trials) saw 96 swimmers sign up to compete in the pool. These can be incredibly intense and challenging with some added rivalry with swimmers from a variety of swim clubs across the district. It was awesome to […]
Astro Court Refurbishment
Twenty years ago, the installation of the Astro courts transformed an often-muddy grass area that was unusable in winter, to an all year-round playing surface. It has been of great benefit to the school being used for PE lessons, many sports team trainings, and a year-round play area for students during morning tea and lunch […]
Hakari Toi Performing Arts Festival
Our first ever performing arts festival Hakari Toi 2024 was a roaring success. The event, showcasing dance, music and drama, ran over 6 1/2 hours and feactured the following; NX rock bands, Concert and Stage Bands, music tuition groups and soloists, the Stuffy drama group, Kapa Haka, our dance troupes, String Orchestra and more. Festival […]
NX Athletes Excel at Auckland Athlectics Day
Northcross performed superbly at the Auckland Intermediate Athletics Zone Day. On Thursday 28 November 20 students headed off to Mt Smart to test their athletic abilities with the best of the best in Auckland. We had outstanding results across the track, and field events. A huge highlight at the end of the day was to […]
Project 5-9
The students of Room 59 created an art installation, known as Project 5-9. The art comprises of 10, 2m tall wooden poles depicting images associated with the nations of our pacific islands neighbours. Through research, students created unique and original designs. They carved the poles, dug the holes, helped secure them, and painted them to […]
NX Poets Deliver Poems with Passion
On Friday 13th December we held our annual NX Poetry Slam. The standard this year was exceptional and our finalists spoke with passion, confidence and skill. Individuals, pairs and groups presented their poems with impressive energy and the audience was blown away by the array of topics covered across these events. The winner of the […]
Georgia Hale’s Golden Boots on Display at NX
We are very lucky and proud to have the opportunity to display Georgia Hale’s ‘Golden Boots’ Trophy here at Northcross. Georgia Hale is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRLW. Georgia is a former Northcross student and 2008 Sports Class member, she has represented New Zealand in touch and tag football before switching to Rugby League. In […]