LIFE AT HOBSONVILLE POINT SECONDARY SCHOOL
Key Dates - 2026
Term 1 - Friday 30 January to Thursday 2 April 2026
Public holidays:
Friday 6 February - Waitangi Day –
Friday 3 April - Good Friday -
Other key dates:
March 27 - Staff Only Day
April 5 - Daylight savings ends
Term 2 - Monday 20 April to Friday 3 July 2026
Public holidays:
Saturday 25 April (observed on Monday 27 April) - Anzac Day -
Monday 1 June - King’s Birthday –
Other key dates:
May 15 - Pink Shirt Day
June 18 - Matariki Celebration
Term 3 - Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September 2026
August 4 - NCEA Information Session & Course Information Evening
September 1 - 4 - School Production week
September 4 - Staff Only Day
September 11 - Cultural Evening
September 16 - IEMs for Year 12 & 13
September 25 - School Ball for Year 12 & 13
September 27 - Daylight savings begins
Term 4 - Monday 12 October to Friday 10 December 2026
Public holiday:
Monday 26 October - Labour Day –
Other key dates:
November 10 - December 4 - NCEA Exam Period
November 3 - Sports Prizegiving
November 4 - Year 12 & 13 Prizegiving and final day of classes.
November 5 - Study leave begins for Year 12 & 13
December 9 - Year 11 Prizegiving
December 10 - Year 9 and 10 Prizegiving and final day
Schedule
Our school helps students to become self-managing by having no bells to signal class changes. We encourage students to wear a watch to help them with time management.
School Map
Founded in 2014, our modern school is built on an the former Royal New Zealand Airforce Hobsonville Base. To capture that history, the learning spaces are named after historical planes and the phonetic alphabet.
